tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12132298019552720012024-03-13T03:47:06.555-07:00Jailbreak SoftwaresTop News HeadlinesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03276466549413031898noreply@blogger.comBlogger295125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-54149772085982931892015-09-28T07:13:00.001-07:002015-09-28T07:13:07.880-07:00Introducing Switch, a button that turns on Netflix, dims the lights and puts your phone in DND mode<div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 15px !important; padding: 0px;">
In a somewhat amusing move, Netflix at the 2015 World Maker Faire show <a href="http://makeit.netflix.com/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">announced</a>something called the Netflix Switch.</div>
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What’s that, I hear you ask. It’s basically an Internet-connected DIY physical button that turns on Netflix, dims the lights and puts your phone in Do Not Disturb mode to get you ready for a Netflix marathon with just one press.<span id="more-375842"></span></div>
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“Settle in—the simple way,” teases Netflix. “One press dims the lights, silences incoming calls, orders takeout and turns on Netflix.”</div>
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Netflix’s prototype is housed inside a custom wooden enclosure with a standard momentary push button. The electronics include the micro controller, a built-in lithium-ion polymer, an IR blaster and a Particle Core for Wi-Fi connectivity.</div>
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Particle Core is an Arduino-compatible development kit that features on-board WiFi. The Switch uses a Netflix Recommended TV that has a remote with a Netflix button to start the console and launch Netflix.</div>
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“Our switch recreates this function,” says the firm.</div>
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And here it is.</div>
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The company also unveiled a <a href="http://makeit.netflix.com/the-switch#overview" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">DIY kit which</a> allows anyone to create their own Netflix Switch so no two switches need to be the same.</div>
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“We’ll walk you through how we made ours, but encourage you to make your switch your own,“ writes Netflix. “You should be comfortable with a soldering iron and have a solid understanding of electronics and programming before embarking on your journey to one-switch watching.”</div>
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<img alt="Netflix Switch image 004" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-375854" height="332" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Netflix-Switch-image-004.jpg" style="height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="593" />The project is not for the faint-hearted types, however, as basic knowledge of the electronics, web servers and APIs is required before getting started.</div>
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The schematic is <a href="http://makeit.netflix.com/assets/mns/build_step7_SwitchSchematic-57e2aae8956a70227920796180ed0a60e0454eb3a128ce70f54708635848c72f.pdf" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">available here</a>.</div>
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Source: <a href="http://makeit.netflix.com/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Netflix</a></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-8559387432282750362015-09-28T07:12:00.001-07:002015-09-28T07:13:17.771-07:00iPhone 6s may suffer from iOS 9 bug affecting some apps which tap into compass and gyroscope data<div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 15px !important; padding: 0px;">
Apple’s new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus seem to be affected by a potential software bug present in iOS 9.0 and iOS 9.0.1 that appears to affect some, but not all apps which rely on data collected from the handset’s compass and gyroscope sensors.</div>
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As first <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/09/28/reported-ios-9-gyroscope-bug-affects-iphone-6s-augmented-reality-apps" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">reported</a> by AppleInsider, developer Fifth Star Labs has confirmed that reported issues with the Compass feature in its <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sky-guide-view-stars-night/id576588894?mt=8&at=11l4L8" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Sky Guide stargazing app</a> are indeed limited to the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus and do not extend to older hardware.<span id="more-375864"></span></div>
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“iPhone 6s and 6s Plus users are reporting problems with the way the Sky Guide compass is functioning,” Fifth Star Labs said. “We’re aware of it and are quickly working on a fix.”</div>
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“Under normal conditions, users point their iPhone up toward the sky to see an onscreen view of stars, planets, constellations and more,” notes Apple Insider. “But on iPhone 6s running iOS 9 — including the latest iOS 9.0.1 update — the map drifts uncontrollably.”<br />
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SkyGuide is available for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Apple Watch. The app was updated last week with support for 3D Touch features on new iPhones, iOS 9 multitasking features on compatible iPads, Spotlight Search and more.</div>
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You can read Lorry’s detailed <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/11/02/night-sky-pro/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">review of Sky Guide for iOS here</a>.</div>
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Other apps which tap into compass and gyroscope data seem to be affected as well, especially augmented-reality apps. Fifth Star Labs is currently working on a software fix to mitigate the issue.</div>
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<em>iPhone 6s logic board photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.chipworks.com/about-chipworks/overview/blog/inside-the-iphone-6s" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Chipworks</a>.</em></div>
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On the other hand, Apple Maps, which also uses said sensor data, doesn’t seem to be affected “suggesting the issue lies in a faulty iOS API,” speculates the publication.</div>
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The new iPhones sport the same InvenSense 6-axis gyroscope and accelerometer chip and Bosch Sensortec 3-axis accelerometer module like last year’s iPhone 6 lineup.</div>
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However, on-board sensors inside these new iPhones are controlled and continually calibrated by the new M9 motion co-processor which is now embedded into the main A9 chip rather than being a separate microchip, like before.</div>
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This seems to be a repeat of similar sensor calibration issues that affected the iPhone 5s with iOS 7 <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/10/03/users-reporting-inaccuracies/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">back in 2013</a>, resulting in inaccurate compass and inclinometers readings.<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/10/23/ios-7-0-3-fixes-iphone-sensor-calibration/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Apple fixed those issues</a> with the iOS 7.0.3 software update.</div>
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The company did not comment on the new issue affecting the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus with iOS 9.0 and iOS 9.0.1, but we’ll be making sure to update the article as new information becomes available.</div>
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Apple’s new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus seem to be affected by a potential software bug present in iOS 9.0 and iOS 9.0.1 that appears to affect some, but not all apps which rely on data collected from the handset’s compass and gyroscope sensors.</div>
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As first <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/09/28/reported-ios-9-gyroscope-bug-affects-iphone-6s-augmented-reality-apps" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">reported</a> by AppleInsider, developer Fifth Star Labs has confirmed that reported issues with the Compass feature in its <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sky-guide-view-stars-night/id576588894?mt=8&at=11l4L8" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Sky Guide stargazing app</a> are indeed limited to the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus and do not extend to older hardware.<span id="more-375864"></span></div>
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“iPhone 6s and 6s Plus users are reporting problems with the way the Sky Guide compass is functioning,” Fifth Star Labs said. “We’re aware of it and are quickly working on a fix.”</div>
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“Under normal conditions, users point their iPhone up toward the sky to see an onscreen view of stars, planets, constellations and more,” notes Apple Insider. “But on iPhone 6s running iOS 9 — including the latest iOS 9.0.1 update — the map drifts uncontrollably.”</div>
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SkyGuide is available for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Apple Watch. The app was updated last week with support for 3D Touch features on new iPhones, iOS 9 multitasking features on compatible iPads, Spotlight Search and more.</div>
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You can read Lorry’s detailed <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/11/02/night-sky-pro/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">review of Sky Guide for iOS here</a>.</div>
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Other apps which tap into compass and gyroscope data seem to be affected as well, especially augmented-reality apps. Fifth Star Labs is currently working on a software fix to mitigate the issue.</div>
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<img alt="iPhone 6s PCB front Chipworks image 001" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-375870" height="177" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/iPhone-6s-PCB-front-Chipworks-image-001.jpg" style="height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="593" /><br /><em>iPhone 6s logic board photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.chipworks.com/about-chipworks/overview/blog/inside-the-iphone-6s" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Chipworks</a>.</em></div>
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On the other hand, Apple Maps, which also uses said sensor data, doesn’t seem to be affected “suggesting the issue lies in a faulty iOS API,” speculates the publication.</div>
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The new iPhones sport the same InvenSense 6-axis gyroscope and accelerometer chip and Bosch Sensortec 3-axis accelerometer module like last year’s iPhone 6 lineup.</div>
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However, on-board sensors inside these new iPhones are controlled and continually calibrated by the new M9 motion co-processor which is now embedded into the main A9 chip rather than being a separate microchip, like before.</div>
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This seems to be a repeat of similar sensor calibration issues that affected the iPhone 5s with iOS 7 <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/10/03/users-reporting-inaccuracies/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">back in 2013</a>, resulting in inaccurate compass and inclinometers readings.<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/10/23/ios-7-0-3-fixes-iphone-sensor-calibration/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Apple fixed those issues</a> with the iOS 7.0.3 software update.</div>
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The company did not comment on the new issue affecting the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus with iOS 9.0 and iOS 9.0.1, but we’ll be making sure to update the article as new information becomes available.</div>
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Following Apple’s most recent <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/23/apple-earnings-q2-2014/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">earnings report</a>, <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/23/15-interesting-points-q2-2014/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Tim Cook revealed</a> in a conference call with analyst that there are now more than 800 million iTunes accounts in use and said that <em>“the majority of those have credit cards behind them.”</em></div>
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How does this compare to Amazon, the king of online commerce? Turns out that Apple actually has twice as many credit cards on file than Amazon, at least. This poses a tremendous opportunity should Apple decide to introduce a mobile payment service of its own, as expected…</div>
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Independent industry analyst <a href="https://twitter.com/asymco/status/460724885120380929" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Horace Dediu shared</a> the above chart in a tweet this morning, highlighting the stunning gap between the two technology giants.</div>
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<li style="margin-left: 0em; padding: 0px 1em 0.5em 0px;">Apple’s per-account iTunes revenue in the March quarter was $35 per year.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 0em; padding: 0px 1em 0.5em 0px;">The number of total iOS devices sold to date is 836 million units, which isn’t much higher than the 800 million iTunes accounts.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 0em; padding: 0px 1em 0.5em 0px;">There are approximately 329,000 iOS users added daily across all Apple products. A cool sixty million new registered users were added in the past six months alone.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 0em; padding: 0px 1em 0.5em 0px;">Amazon added nine million accounts in Q1 2013, nine million in Q1 2012 and seven million in Q1 2014.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 0em; padding: 0px 1em 0.5em 0px;">Throughout 2011, Amazon added 34 million new account. In 2012, the figure was 36 million. In 2013: 37 million.</li>
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A disconnect between the number of active iTunes accounts and iOS devices exists because not all iOS devices are new purchases (many are upgrades). Besides, some folks own multiple iOS devices, some accounts don’t have a valid payment method attached and others are being used for stuff beyond payments.</div>
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For those wondering what counts as Software/Services in the chart below, it’s the App Store, Mac App Store, iBooks Store, iTunes Store, iCloud, iTunes Match, Apple’s pro apps, AppleCare and revenue from Google traffic acquisition costs on Apple’s mobile and desktop platforms.</div>
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OS X, iWork and iLife used to contribute to the category, too, before Apple switched to free OS X updates with the release of Mavericks and free iWork/iLife downloads with new iOS device purchases as of last September.</div>
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Apple is a hardware company that runs a few online-only digital stores and sells both its own and third-party products via its online stores. Amazon is both an online commerce company and a physical goods reseller that sells way, way more digital and tangible items compared to Apple.</div>
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Dediu’s chart focuses on just the number of active credit cards on file. We don’t know which accounts are being used to purchase digital items such as apps and media in the App Store and iTunes Store and which ones get used for purchases of physical goods.</div>
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However, this is beyond point – an active credit card on file is an active credit card on file no matter what it’s being used for.</div>
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Sources told <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/21/apple-reportedly-very-very-serious-about-mobile-payments/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Re/code</a> that Apple is <em>“very, very serious”</em> about mobile payments and Tim Cook hinted that mobile payments were <em>“one of the thoughts behind Touch ID.”</em></div>
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<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/25/touch-id-ipad/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">iDownloadBlog has discovered</a> that Apple is getting ready to roll out its sophisticated fingerprint reader across the entire iOS device family (it’s currently an iPhone 5s exclusive).</div>
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That being said, if there really is an Apple-branded mobile payment solution in the works, the established iTunes user base with credit cards on file will surely give Apple a huge lead over Amazon.</div>
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Assuming such a solution launched soon, would you be willing to pay for physical goods using your iTunes account?</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-73090379828779495282014-04-26T14:56:00.002-07:002014-04-26T14:56:12.037-07:00Leo’s Fortune is the best platformer we’ve played in a while<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/26/leos-fortune-review/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Leo’s Fortune is the best platformer we’ve played in a while"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="180" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Leos-Fortune-Icon.jpg" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="181" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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Ah, the platformer, a genre that has stood the test of time for generations. Once Mario and his brother graced our living room screens, we were hooked on the run-and-jump adventure that platformers offer. After so many decades, it is starting to get hard to tell titles apart. It seems like anyone can make a platform game, but not everyone can make it good.</div>
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One great aspect of the game is how good it looks. Players control the mustachioed Leo as he goes on an adventure to find his missing gold. You’ll travel deep into mines, across treacherous harbors, and desolate desert ruins, searching for the thief who stole Leo’s treasure.</div>
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Each level is meticulously detailed with attractive background landscapes. Leo travels along curving, swirling, side-scrolling pathways. Some pathways are filled with obstacles that Leo interacts with in order to progress. Swinging mines and spiky gears fill the land. Players must figure out the best way to get from one side to the other without getting crushed or poked.</div>
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The game features a perfectly suited soundtrack. Each world has a different theme, but all songs run seamlessly together. The sound effects, including Leo’s exclamations of success, add to the overall depth of the game.</div>
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There are five acts, which include five different lands. Each act is based on one of Leo’s relatives, whom he suspects is the dastardly thief who stole his fortune.</div>
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In addition to a well-made game, there is a story to follow, a story with intrigue, betrayal, and misunderstandings. Leo must find out who stole his gold, but traveling to visit those he suspects of the crime turns up nothing. Will he ever find his gold? Will he ever find the thief?</div>
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Seeing this is a platform game that does <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/02/01/list-best-games-compatible-mfi-game-controllers/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;" title="iPhone games with controller support">include MFi controller support</a>, the first thing I did was connect my <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/06/steelseries-wireless-stratus/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">SteelSeries Stratus</a> to my iPad. I played 10 levels of the game before deciding that it was my duty to test the game with its touch screen controls as well. This game is perfect for Apple supported controllers. However, the on-screen controls worked just fine.</div>
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Players start off learning how to control Leo. Move him forward and back using the left side of the screen. Place your thumb anywhere to activate the controls. On the right side of the screen, use an upward swiping motion to “puff” Leo up, which makes him jump and float. Use a downward swiping motion to make him squash down, which is useful for triggering bouncing boards and sinking to the bottom of the harbor.</div>
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If the general touch screen controls don’t work for you, you can switch to traditional button controls by pausing the game and opening the settings section. I found the swiping motion to be a bit awkward on the iPad and switched to button controls. Both work seamlessly.</div>
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After the very short tutorial, you’ll be set on your way. Leo races down slopes, jumps over cliffs, and puffs up to float across wide gaps and spiky pits. There are dozens of little obstacles that Leo must work out in order to move on. Each level features increasingly difficult situations that require your puzzle-solving skills.</div>
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For example, at the beginning of the game, players must puff Leo up to activate a lever that drops a bridge so he can cross a wide gap. By Act 2, you’ll be dealing with traps, blockades, and all manner of spiky obstacles that Leo must manipulate, move, and destroy. On one level, he’ll have to swim to the bottom of the harbor to collect boxes that have to first be dislodged. The boxes will then have to be pushed to a specific location to weigh down a platform that is connected to a gate. When the platform lowers, the gate rises and Leo can get through.</div>
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The whole game is peppered with those types of puzzles. Plus, you’ll be faced with tricky platforms that move and rotate, exposing sharp spikes that stop Leo in his tracks.</div>
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Scoring is based on whether you’ve collected every coin, how long it took to get through the level, and whether you made it all the way through without losing a single life. If you do die, you normally pick back up right around the same spot. Leo has unlimited lives, so you can try and fail over and over again without facing any consequences.</div>
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Each Act, except the last, has four main levels and one bonus level that require a certain number of stars to unlock. There are five acts in total.</div>
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This is the best platform game I’ve played in quite a while. Not only does it look great, but also the puzzles, obstacles, and game mechanics are perfect. No detail was left out. Developers are finally catching on to what it takes to make a mobile game that works.</div>
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There are only 23 levels in total. It took me an average of 10 minutes to get through a level, which means the game will only last about four hours, total. You could potentially beat this game in one evening and still have time to watch Game of Thrones. I want more.</div>
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Value</h2>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/leos-fortune/id830544402?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l4L8" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Leo’s Fortune costs $4.99</a>. This game is definitely worth every cent. Even though, as I mentioned, it is somewhat short, it is definitely worth the price. I only wish there was more to play. I would gladly pay $4.99 over and over again for new acts. Hopefully, a sequel is already in the works. The replay value is relatively good considering it will be almost impossible for you to get three stars the first run through.</div>
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If you like platform games, there is no question that you should spend the money. It is a great buy. This is one of the best mobile platformers I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing and I look (hopefully) forward to a sequel. If you have an MFi game controller, you will love how well it works with Leo’s Fortune. This game is available on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/leos-fortune/id830544402?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l4L8" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Download it in the App Store today</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/06/sometimes-you-die-review/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Sometimes you Die</a> is an interesting take on the platform genre. <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/08/27/super-brothers-ios-news/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Super Brothers</a> is a funny homage to the father of all platform games, Super Mario Bros.</div>
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<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/hulu/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Hulu</a> posted a significant update for its Plus iOS client this morning, bringing the app to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hulu-plus/id376510438?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l4L8" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">version 3.5.2</a>. The release includes a new remote control feature that will enable users to control the Hulu Plus experience on their Xbox One, PS3 or PS4 console using an iPhone or iPad.</div>
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Setup is a breeze. Simply launch the Hulu Plus app on your iOS (or Android) device, and it will automatically detect your gaming console. Once detected, a ‘Cast’ button will appear in the app, allowing you to pair your smartphone or tablet to the selected console and take control…</div>
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<em>At Hulu, we are always in search of providing great experiences for watching TV. Today, we are pleased to announce the first release of the remote control experience for Hulu Plus, a new function that allows you to use your mobile phone or tablet to control the Hulu Plus experience on your living room device.</em></div>
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<em>Expanding on the great Chromecast support we successfully launched last year, remote control functionality for Hulu Plus brings that same awesome experience to your living room through the Hulu Plus app on your Xbox One, PlayStation®3 (PS3®) or PlayStation®4 (PS4™) systems. </em></div>
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All of the standard Hulu Plus controls are here, including pause/resume, seek, and 10-second rewind. You can also use the app to search for another video while a show is playing on your console, and quickly move the stream from your TV to your mobile device if you have to leave.</div>
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Overall, the new remote control feature looks solid, and it should make life easier for Hulu Plus users. I recommend grabbing the update, which you can find <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hulu-plus/id376510438?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l4L8" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">in the App Store for free</a>. Hulu Plus runs $8 month for unlimited on-demand programming, but a 7-day free trial is available.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-26916207556019700642014-04-25T05:13:00.006-07:002014-04-25T05:13:52.801-07:00Pinterest app updated with new ‘Guided Search’ feature<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/25/pinterest-app-version-3-6/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Pinterest app updated with new ‘Guided Search’ feature"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="180" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Pinterest-3.3-for-iOS-app-icon-small.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="181" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/pinterest/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Pinterest</a> users may be interested to know that the photo-sharing site rolled out a major new feature to its mobile apps this morning. It’s called ‘Guided Search,’ and it comes via an <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pinterest/id429047995?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l4L8" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">App Store update</a>, which brings both the iPhone and iPad client to version 3.6.</div>
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Guided Search is a tool made for exploring Pinterest when you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for. So for example, if you enter a vague search time like ‘vacation,’ the tool will help you hone in on a category (i.e. camping, beach, etc) or specific location…</div>
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<em>Search engines are great for answering specific questions—the weather in San Francisco or the capital of Peru—but Pinterest can help with the questions that have more than one right answer. Where’s your next vacation or what’s for dinner tonight? With so many possibilities, you might not know the best one till you see it.</em></div>
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<em>To help you find the best ideas, today we’re introducing Guided Search. It’s made for exploring, whether you know exactly what you want, or you’re just starting to look around. There are more than 750 million boards with 30 billion Pins hand-picked by travelers, foodies, and other Pinners, so the right idea is just a few taps away.</em></div>
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The new feature was introduced last night at an event in the company’s San Francisco headquarters. It also announced that users have contributed more than 30 billion Pins since the service was founded—a number that has grown 50% in the past six months.</div>
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I’m not ashamed to say that I use Pinterest myself to find new recipes, window shop and get inspiration for future vacations, and I think Guided Search is really going to come in handy in these areas. If you’re interested, Pinterest is <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pinterest/id429047995?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l4L8" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">in the App Store for free</a>.</div>
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Continuing with its recent ‘green’ marketing push, Apple offered folks a rare look inside its Maiden, North Carolina data center last night. The company paired up with NBC chief environmental correspondent Anne Thompson to do a spot on Thursday’s edition of the ‘Today’ show regarding its various environmental initiatives.</div>
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The piece is fairly short—just under 3 minutes—but it’s interesting because it gives you a peek inside Apple’s data center operations, and details some of the equipment used to power the large buildings. Also, it features a brief appearance by the company’s <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/05/29/apple-hires-former-epa-head/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">newly-appointed</a> Vice President of Environmental Initiatives Lisa Jackson…</div>
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Apple runs its <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/icloud/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">iCloud</a> online synchronization service, among other things, from the North Carolina data center. Unveiled in 2011, the facility garnered some initial criticism from Greenpeace and others over its power consumption, but it now runs on 100% renewable energy thanks to its super-sized solar panel and fuel cell farms.</div>
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In fact, the Today story comes just a few weeks after Greenpeace <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/04/greenpeace-says-apples-green/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">publicly praised Apple</a>for its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, awarding it a perfect 100% Clean Energy Index score. It also rounds out an unusually heavy PR week for the company, as it<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/21/apple-video-tim-cook-environment/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">touted its ‘green’ achievements</a> and <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/21/apple-retail-stores-revamped/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">redecorated stores</a> in honor of Earth Day.</div>
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Wow, Apple sure has come a long way since <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/1057680/greenapple.html" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Steve Jobs penned</a> the infamous ‘A Greener Apple’ letter in 2007.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-72006411351798125112014-04-23T15:40:00.002-07:002014-04-23T15:40:23.031-07:00Angela Ahrendts to join Apple as retail chief next week<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/23/angela-ahrendts-retail-chief/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Angela Ahrendts to join Apple as retail chief next week"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="134" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Angela-Ahrendts1-220x134.gif" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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During this afternoon’s <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/23/apple-earnings-q2-2014/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">quarterly earnings call</a>, Tim Cook announced that Angela Ahrendts will be officially joining Apple next week. The announcement was <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/10/15/apple-burberry-svp-of-retail/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">made last October</a>, but Ahrendts has been under contract with her previous job—CEO of luxury clothing company Burberry—until now.</div>
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Ahrendts will join Apple as the Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores, a position that has seen significant turnover in recent years. In 2011, Ron Johnson left for a CEO position at JC Penney, and his replacement, John Browett, was ousted in less than a year due to a conflict in strategy…</div>
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Since Browett’s departure, the SVP of Retail position has remained empty, with a team of veteran Apple retail executives reporting directly to Tim Cook. But after a lengthy search, the company announced the high-profile hiring of Ahrendts, who has received wide praise for her work at Burberry.</div>
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In November, Fortune ranked Ahrendts #4 in their <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/11/21/angela-ahrendts-fortune-4/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">2013 list of top executives</a>:</div>
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<em>“Ahrendts was already having a banner year as the CEO of British fashion house Burberry. The stock was up 29%, vs. the FTSE 100′s 10%, despite fears of a slowdown in greater China and continued ennui in Europe — when she shocked the luxury and tech worlds with news that she was decamping to Cupertino, Calif., to head up Apple’s retail and online stores. Ahrendts takes the reins in 2014, and she will oversee an operation with some $20 billion in annual sales (compared with Burberry’s $3.2 billion).”</em></div>
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The hire is seen by most critics as a win for Apple, and as a possible chess piece for its iWatch rollout plans. Earlier this month, <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/16/apples-incoming-svp-of-retail-can-leave-burberry-this-month-but-may-stay-until-june-for-bonus/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">rumors suggested</a> Ahrendts might stay on with Burberry until June in order to pick up a performance bonus, but it appears that Apple made her an offer she couldn’t refuse.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-80935148255939760562014-04-22T03:25:00.005-07:002014-04-22T03:25:56.883-07:00Aaron Sorkin talks Jobs movie at Tribeca Film Festival<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/22/aaron-sorkin-steve-jobs-film/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Aaron Sorkin talks Jobs movie at Tribeca Film Festival"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="146" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Aaron-Sorkin-at-D10-image-001-220x146.jpg" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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Aaron Sorkin took a moment yesterday to speak about his upcoming Steve Jobs movie. The Academy Award-winning screenwriter was answering questions at New York City’s School of Visual Arts for the Tribeca Film Festival last night when the subject of the Sony-backed Jobs film came up.</div>
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Sorkin of course avoided talking about the drama that surfaced yesterday surrounding the picture’s director and cast, but he did offer up a few details about his script. Some of it we’ve heard before—such as his goal to do something other than a ‘Jobs biography’—but there were a few new tidbits…</div>
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<em>Aaron Sorkin’s take on former Apple CEO Steve Jobs — “one of the very few times I ended up writing what I set out to write” — will reveal both hero and antihero, the Social Networkwriter said Monday night at the Tribeca Film Festival.</em></div>
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There’s been a significant interest in Sony’s Jobs flick, from both the tech world and Hollywood, since it was <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/05/15/aaron-sorkin-write-jobs-film/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">first announced in 2012</a>. With Sorkin writing the script, and names like <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/03/20/christian-bale-steve-jobs-sony/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Christian Bale</a> being tossed around for the lead role, it’s believed that the film has the potential to put up some big numbers.</div>
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Until yesterday, it was rumored that Bale was being eyed to play Steve Jobs in the movie with David Fincher directing. But according to a story from <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/21/sony-said-to-be-considering-danny-boyle-to-direct-jobs-biopic-leonardo-dicaprio-could-star/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, Sony is now in talks with Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle, and he is reportedly talking to Leonardo DiCaprio about the role.</div>
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But back to the script. Sorkin <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/14/aaron-sorkin-steve-jobs/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">completed the screenplay</a> back in January, and turned it in to the studio. He has in the past explained that it will consist of 3, 30-minute scenes leading up to 3 major Apple product launches. The film is expected to start shooting this fall, but its release data is not known yet.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-52708033280627738472014-02-08T05:32:00.005-08:002014-02-08T05:32:59.839-08:00Apps of the Week: Final Fantasy VI, Paper, Modern Command, and more<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/02/08/apps-of-the-week-final-fantasy-vi-paper-modern-command-and-more/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Apps of the Week: Final Fantasy VI, Paper, Modern Command, and more"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="220" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/apps-of-the-week-thumbnail-220x220.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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February has begun, which means it is no longer the start of the New Year. Are you sticking to your resolutions? So far, I’m doing pretty good with mine. Not great, but pretty good. Hey, we’ve got 11 more months to get it together, right?</div>
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This weekend, if you are planning on staying in with epic video games sessions on your iPhone, want to catch up on your Facebook news reading, or forgot to order flowers for you mom because you were playing videos games too long, we’ve got a list of apps and game to give you something to do this weekend…</div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-29453776489542772112014-02-08T05:32:00.001-08:002014-02-08T05:32:19.826-08:00Sega adds MFi controller support to Sonic titles<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/02/08/sega-mfi-controller-support/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Sega adds MFi controller support to Sonic titles"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="215" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sonic-1-220x215.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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It got off to a rocky start, but things are looking up for Apple’s MFi controller platform. We’re starting to see more (and <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/23/stratus-steelseries-now-available-80usd/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">cheaper</a>) controller options become available for iOS devices, and developers are adding MFi support to their games daily.</div>
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Case in point, Sega just updated 2 of its most popular Sonic iOS titles with MFi controller support. Now in addition to Sonic the Hedgehog 2, both the original Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic CD are compatible with the new breed of gamepads…</div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-24830352100182305052014-02-08T05:31:00.003-08:002014-02-08T05:31:24.744-08:00Mega iOS app updated with photo sync, passcode lock and more<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/02/08/big-mega-update-version-1-1/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Mega iOS app updated with photo sync, passcode lock and more"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="218" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mega-3-220x218.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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Popular cloud storage service <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/mega/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Mega</a> has pushed an update for its iPhone client today, bringing the app to version 1.1. The update puts the client more on par with <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/dropbox/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Dropbox</a> and other cloud clients by adding photo sync, a passcode option and more.</div>
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The biggest new feature for me is the passcode lock, as it allows you to set a four-digit passcode that would be required every time you launch the app. But I’m sure many folks will find the new automatic cloud-photo-syncing feature just as handy…</div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-73548224945426225672014-02-08T05:30:00.001-08:002014-02-08T05:30:27.354-08:00Proposed CA bill would require antitheft tech in smartphones<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/02/08/proposed-bill-antitheft-phones/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Proposed CA bill would require antitheft tech in smartphones"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="170" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/activation-lock-220x170.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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The New York Times is reporting that California State Senator Mark Leno plans to introduce a bill that would require all cell phones sold in the state to include antitheft technology. He hopes to curb smartphone thefts—a major problem in larger cities.</div>
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The bill is being co-sponsored by San Francisco DA George Gascón, which isn’t surprising considering he’s <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/07/23/apple-iphone-security/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">long been pushing</a> for Apple and other manufacturers to build ‘kill switches’ in their devices. And if it passes, it could go into effect as early as next year…</div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-74643336104810703672014-02-08T05:29:00.001-08:002014-02-08T05:29:30.685-08:00Snapchat vulnerability opens up iPhone users to DoS attacks<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/02/07/snapchat-flaw-dos-attacks/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Snapchat vulnerability opens up iPhone users to DoS attacks"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/snapchat-220x218.png" height="218" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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According to a new report from cyber security researcher Jamie Sanchez, the <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/snapchat/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Snapchat</a>app contains a vulnerability that makes it possible for hackers to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack that can temporarily freezes a user’s iPhone.</div>
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Sanchez and a fellow research discovered a flaw in the app’s system that allows a hacker to send thousands of messages to a Snapchat user in seconds, which can cause crashes. And often times, these crashes can only be fixed with a reset…</div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-86348243327710800822014-01-13T05:55:00.002-08:002014-01-13T05:55:35.643-08:00iOS 7 presents new challenges for theme makers<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/13/ios-7-presents-new-challenges-for-theme-makers/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="iOS 7 presents new challenges for theme makers"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="194" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Space-Blueberry-theme-220x194.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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While the release of a <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/12/winterboard-updated-with-support-for-64-bit-devices-and-ios-7/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;" title="Winterboard updated with support for 64-bit devices and iOS 7">Winterboard update</a> with support for 64-bit devices is very exciting, the entire process of creating a theme has been fundamentally changed because of how <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/ios-7/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">iOS 7</a> is built. The move away from so-called “skeuomorphism” in favor of translucency and vector-based design creates additional barriers that theme makers didn’t face on iOS 6 and earlier… </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-68716590977639589392014-01-13T05:54:00.004-08:002014-01-13T05:54:56.052-08:00Groops review: match patterns like a logic boss<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/13/groops-review/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Groops review: match patterns like a logic boss"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="180" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Groops-Icon.jpg" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="180" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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I have vivid memories of taking pattern recognition tests in school that were supposed to rate my intelligence. I was terrible at them. I never could understand how to figure out what the next logical pattern should be.</div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/groops-puzzle-game-about-matching/id659981940?ls=1&mt=8&uo=4&at=11l4L8" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Groops</a> is a matching game that is similar to the pattern games that haunted my dreams as a child. Only these patterns are easier to figure out and the results won’t make you look stupid to any teachers…</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-62190707215029640892014-01-13T05:53:00.001-08:002014-01-13T05:54:07.261-08:00evasi0n7 1.0.4 brings security update and fix for Retina iPad mini<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/12/evasi0n7-1-0-4/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="evasi0n7 1.0.4 brings security update and fix for Retina iPad mini"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="165" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/evasi0n7-1.0.4-jailbreak-220x165.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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Hot on the heels of yesterday’s release of <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/11/evasi0n7-1-0-3-is-out/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">evasi0n7 1.0.3</a>, evad3rs today pushed another update to the iOS 7 jailbreak tool. <strong>evasi0n7 1.0.4</strong> provides important untether security updates as well as a fix for the iPad mini with Retina display issues.</div>
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This is the second <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/evasi0n7/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">evasi0n7</a> update in two days. Yesterday’s release was also supposed to provide a fix for the boot loop issue that some Retina iPad mini users were affected by, yet many still encountered the problem. As the <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/evad3rs/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">evad3rs</a> note, evasi0n7 1.0.4 will <em>hopefully</em> fix this problem once and for all…<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-26829373009796586192014-01-08T02:33:00.004-08:002014-01-08T02:33:47.432-08:00Apple opens official store on major Chinese e-commerce site Tmall<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/08/apple-opens-tmall-store/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Apple opens official store on major Chinese e-commerce site Tmall"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="121" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tmall-screenshot-220x121.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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According to a new report this morning, Apple has opened an official store on popular Chinese e-commerce site Tmall. The move serves as the company’s latest play in an ongoing effort to boost its device sales and overall presence in the country.</div>
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For those unfamiliar with Tmall, it’s a major online marketplace run by the Alibaba Group. It’s sort of like an online mall, with high profile brands like Nike and Levi’s paying the required deposit to create a digital forefront and peddle their wares…</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-31662004107823367792014-01-08T02:31:00.000-08:002014-01-08T02:31:06.146-08:00OtterBox shows off new Symmetry Series case for iPhone 5, 5s and 5c<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/08/otterbox-symmetry-series/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="OtterBox shows off new Symmetry Series case for iPhone 5, 5s and 5c"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="194" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/symmetry-1-220x194.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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OtterBox says that the new case is the culmination of over a year of design, testing and innovation. It’s one of the slimmest, most protective cases in its class, and will be available in a number of different colors and graphic designs…</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-59118189148966565632014-01-08T02:30:00.001-08:002014-01-08T02:30:07.102-08:00Apple’s iWatch project reportedly plagued by screen, battery problems<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/07/apples-watch-screen-battery/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Apple’s iWatch project reportedly plagued by screen, battery problems"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="123" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Apple-iWatch-02-220x123.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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A new report is out this afternoon claiming that Apple is experiencing multiple problems with its long-rumored ‘iWatch’ project. The company is said to be troubled by challenges related to the device’s screen technology, battery life, and manufacturing.</div>
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The device, believed to be a <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/iwatch/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">smartwatch of sorts</a>, is expected to be Apple’s first big entry into the budding wearables space. It’s said to feature a display of up to 2-inches, and run a version of iOS capable of communicating with both iPhones and iPads…</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-69646286634996602672013-12-21T05:48:00.001-08:002013-12-21T05:48:17.571-08:00Fantastical for Mac and iPhone on sale for a limited time<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/12/21/fantasical-mac-and-ios-on-sale/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Fantastical for Mac and iPhone on sale for a limited time"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="165" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Fantastical-iOS-7-hero-220x165.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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Ok, this is getting a bit out of hand. After <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/12/18/electronic-arts-game-sale/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">the EA sale</a>, and the <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/12/20/disney-warner-bros-game-sales/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Disney and Warner Bros. sale</a>, and the <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/12/20/app-santa-2013/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">App Santa sale</a>, I’m just not sure how many more purchases my wallet can handle. Luckily, I already own two of the three apps we’re going to be talking about this morning.</div>
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Flexibits announced via their Twitter account last night that they have placed all of their apps on sale for the holidays. That means that for a limited time, you can snag the popular Fantastical app for Mac and iPhone, as well as the Chatology messaging app, at a nice discount…</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-77588179245107279122013-12-21T05:45:00.001-08:002013-12-21T05:45:24.544-08:00Google Play Music app updated with new UI for iOS 7 and other improvements<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/12/21/google-play-music-update-1/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="Google Play Music app updated with new UI for iOS 7 and other improvements"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="214" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/google-music-1-220x214.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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Folks trying out Google’s recently-released Play Music app for iOS will be happy to hear that a new version popped up late last night. The update, which brings the app to 1.1.0.988, brings about a refreshed UI and a handful of new features.</div>
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Among the new features is support for ‘I’m feeling lucky’ radio, which builds an instant playlist based on your listening habits, and other new radio options. Users now have access to Genre radio stations and the ability to search for them…</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-63898510300657584482013-12-14T09:08:00.003-08:002013-12-14T09:08:37.940-08:00iPhone 5s is best-selling smartphone at US carriers, 5c is third best<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/12/12/5s-5c-top-iphones-carriers/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="iPhone 5s is best-selling smartphone at US carriers, 5c is third best"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="141" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Christmas-2013-iPhone-5s-iPhone-5c-Apple-Store-001-220x141.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="220" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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According to research by Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley, the <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/iphone-5s/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">iPhone 5s</a> has been the top-selling smartphone at the four major US carriers for the past 3 months. That’s not too surprising, considering new iPhones usually fair well right after launch.</div>
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But what did surprise me was the fact that <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/iphone-5c/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">the iPhone 5c</a> has also been in the top 3 selling smartphones at AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile since September. You know, the same handset that Apple has reportedly been <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/10/10/apple-cutting-5c-production/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">cutting production</a> for due to poor sales…</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213229801955272001.post-88902948465146553712013-12-14T09:05:00.001-08:002013-12-14T09:05:05.894-08:00You can now control iTunes Radio via Remote app<a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/12/12/remote-app-itunes-radio/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: white; color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" title="You can now control iTunes Radio via Remote app"><img alt="" class="index_thumb attachment- wp-post-image" height="187" src="http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Remote-4.0-for-iOS-app-icon-small.png" style="border: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 13px;" width="190" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
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After refreshing its free <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/remote/id284417350?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l4L8" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">Remote app for the iPhone and iPad</a> with some radical redesign to match the overall iOS 7 aesthetics, Apple has just put out a minor update adding a nicely done ability to control <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/itunes-radio/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">iTunes Radio</a> from your iOS device.</div>
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But rather than stream iTunes Radio songs directly (and what would the point be in doing so knowing iTunes Radio is available within the stock iOS 7 Music app), the application simply controls the feature running in <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/tag/itunes/" style="color: #0090ff; text-decoration: none;">iTunes</a>for Mac or Windows.</div>
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Previously, you could only control playback of music and other media kept locally in your iTunes library. If anything, this update will go down in history as a handy little enhancement that makes it ridiculously easy to control your iTunes Radio stations, skip songs and more, right across the room…</div>
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