Archive for October 18th, 2009

University Scientists Hack iPhone API for True Augmented Reality Application

The Visual Media Lab at Ben Gurion University in collaboration with HIT Lab NZ have unveiled a hacked version of the iPhone API that would enable iPhone developers to perform on-the-fly analysis of the live streaming video that is captured on the iPhone. This is the first time a core…

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Mac 101: Add Screen Sharing folder to Dock for quick access

Filed under: Mac 101 More Mac 101 , our series of tips and tricks for novice Mac users. This is really two tips in one. The first is a fairly basic one that new Mac users might not know: you can drag any folder to the right-hand side your dock (to the right of the faint-white lines which separate the Trash from applications)

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Talkcast reminder: it’s Mac Help night, live at 10 pm ET

Filed under: TUAW Business , Podcasts Last week, we were joined by NPD & Engadget’s own Ross Rubin for a fun-filled hour of tablet speculation, iPhone VoIP consideration and Talkshoe & Skype frustration. You can download the show, along with all past shows, from Talkshoe or subscribe in iTunes.

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Thundergod gets you out in the rain without getting wet

Filed under: iPhone , iPod touch , App Review I’m spending the weekend in Northern Arizona on a photo shoot. It’s dry up here, but I took along a little iPhone/iPod touch app that put me in the center of several dramatic thunderstorms. The app is called Thundergod [ iTunes link ].

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Monitor too bright? Put on some Shades

Filed under: Software , Odds and ends This one goes out to all the night owls. As much as I love my iMac, I was surprised to see how little control it gave me over the screen’s brightness

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How to Jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.1.2 Using PwnageTool 3.1.4

iPhone Dev Team released PwnageTool 3.1.4 for iPhone OS 3.1.2 few days back to allow users to jailbreak their iPhone and also preserve the baseband firmware so that they can unlock their iPhone. This step-by-step guide will show you how to use Dev Team’s PwnageTool 3.1.4 courtesy folks at iClarified…

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New Verizon Ad Attacks iPhone: Claims Everything iPhone Doesn’t Motorola Droid Does

We have been writing over the past few weeks about the declining possibility of Verizon selling iPhones anytime in the near future. That possibility is now virtually over with a new Verizon ad promoting the upcoming launch of an Android supported Motorola handset which is pretty much positioned as the…

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Orbit – Jailbreak App Brings Homescreen Exposé to iPhone

If you liked the concept developed by Ocean Observations that showed how a homescreen expose feature can be introduced on the iPhone to let users sift through several iPhone apps scattered on their iPhone’s homescreen with just a few taps then the good news is that iPhone developer Steve Troughton-Smith…

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