Pinned picks up where the iPhone’s Maps left off. You get a Google Maps-based app with numerous additions and features! Pinned lets you personalize your world by improving the way you bookmark and view locations. Create your own categories and begin building a respectable collection of pins. One of the coolest features of Pinned is the ability to map all your pins at the same time. Now, when out on the town, you can view all your surrounding pins and know where to go. |
In addition to the typical map app features, you can… |
… map all your bookmarked pins at the same time. |
| … list your bookmarks and their distances from your geolocation (in yards). |
| … create your own categories or choose from defaults. |
| … call or launch a website directly from the map. |
| … find your geolocation on launch. |
| … view your search result pins on a separate map to prevent cluttering your pins. |
Today the WSJ confirms as much, citing “people familiar with the matter.” The Journal adds that the Web-based service would negate the need to download the iTunes software.
You wouldn’t need to download your music either; it could live on the cloud, accessible anywhere with a Web connection. Lala users current pay 10 cents to stream a track forever, significantly undercutting iTunes’ model – Apple might choose to keep that model intact. Read more at mashable.com |
| At last, Apple has released a much-needed patch: iPhone OS 3.1.2 is out and it solves the sleep issue—in which the iPhone refused to wake up—brought in by the previous version. There are other fixes too: |
• Resolves sporadic issue that may cause iPhone to not wake from sleep
• Resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart
• Fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video streaming Read more at gizmodo.com |
interesting…Not sure about the affluent part for me…but i do have more than one Mac! A desktop and a laptop so i definitely fit into that category. 66% of Apple computer households have three or more computers. For Windows households, only 29% have three or more computers.
Apple owners are more likely to have a notebook — 72% of Mac households have a notebook, while only 50% of PC households go portable.
The average Apple household has 48 consumer electronics devices, while the average computer household has about 24.
36% of total computer households have an iPod, but 63% of Apple households have one.
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“While Apple owners tend to own more computers and more electronics devices, there is also a high correlation among Apple owners and more affluent consumer households,” said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis. “Thirty-six percent of Apple computer owners reported household incomes greater than $100,000, compared to 21 percent of all consumers. “With a higher household income, though, it’s not a surprise that those consumers are making more electronics purchases,” Baker said Read more at mashable.com |
| About 54.2 percent and 43.4 percent of people using Wi-Fi in a cafe say they use the iPhone and iPod touch, respectively. |
| New York had the highest number of public Wi-Fi hotspots out of all U.S. cities (887) as of June. San Francisco (872) came in second, and Chicago (792) trailed behind in third. Stacey’s hometown of Austin, Texas, (417) rounded out the list by taking the 10th slot. |
| 53 percent of Wi-Fi cafe users say they go to social media sites during their visits. |
She had wanted to get a photo booth for the reception, so that guests could take home photo-strip mementos of the occasion and she could have copies of the images for her own picture album. But renting a digital booth – like the ones used in arcades that have also become popular for special occasions – for a day would have cost nearly $2,000. |
Instead, David cleverly used his Macbook laptop, a $99 printer, an old wardrobe frame and some Ikea shower curtains for a do-it-yourself photo booth. |
He programmed the computer (using the free Automator program that comes with late-model Macs) so that guests were prompted to enter their names on the laptop. Three pictures were taken, which were printed on a strip to take home. The pictures were also saved on the computer for his sister. Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com |
iPhone owners may ultimately get their chance to use Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Voice?and it may happen before the FCC finishes (or even starts) its investigation into why Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) rejected the app in the first place. That’s because Google is reportedly working on a web-based version of the Google Voice app, meaning iPhone users won’t have to go through the App Store to get it.
Read more at www.washingtonpost.com |
In order to prevent accidental disclosure of bad words, the programming team was nice enough to require users to type in entire bad words in order to see them (”fuck” not “fuc”) - ensuring you can’t just flick through and find them - but that’s not nearly enough for Apple. No, the dictionary must be scoured of scurrilous talk. |
| After being rejected a first time, the programmers removed most of the bad words, missed one, and got rejected again. Finally, they took out all the words including ass, snatch, pussy, cock, and screw. Finally, after a long wait they got into the app store but on double-secret probation with a 17+ rating and warnings of potential objectionable content.Read more at www.mobilecrunch.com |
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