While Apple never meant iCloud to work like Dropbox or Google Drive, if you don’t mind polishing up your ninja-skills you can get it to do just that! There’s no shortage of online storage solutions — Dropbox, Box.net, SugarSync, Microsoft SkyDrive, Apple’s soon-to-be end-of-lifed iDisk, and now, Google Drive. Apple’s new iCloud isn’t meant to [...]
Archive for April, 2012
How to use iCloud like a Dropbox or Google Drive-style cloud store
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2012
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod 
Tags: Google Drive, Mobile Documents, Mobile Downloads, New Folder 
Comments OffSurprise! iOS still beating Android in enterprise penetration
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2012
Okay, it’s not that big of a surprise, but Good Technology’s latest data from their enterprise customers confirm that yes, iOS is killing Android in the business world. In the first quarter of the year, the iPhone 4S accounted for 37% of Good’s activations, followed by the iPad 2 with 17.7%, while the new iPad [...]
Australia Parliament investigating why Apple’s digital goods cost more down under
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2012
The standing committee on infrastructure and communications in the Australian House of Representatives will be launching an investigation into why digital goods (such as iTunes music and iBooks) are priced so much more highly in Australia than elsewhere in the world. Traditionally, shipping costs drove prices up for physical goods, but for electronic files you’re [...]
Now you can block retweets from individual users with Tweetbot 2.3 for iPhone and iPad
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2012
The widely popular twitter client for iPhone and iPad, Tweetbot, has been updated to version 2.3 and brings with it some great new features, including a new tweet detail view with both inline conversations and replies, the ability to stop retweets from individual users, new gestures, and more. The new tweet detail view is very [...]
iOS app designer guide to working with developers [Infographic]
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2012
A Lithuanian developer, LemonLabs, has recently published an interesting infographic detailing a few simple ways in which designers can prepare their assets for developers in a useful and sensible way. The advice ranges from simple standard resolutions for icons, to highlighting particular Apple style guidelines, and how to package your final bundle of assets. A [...]
Six months later, how much are you using Siri? [Poll]
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2012
How much are you using Siri? It’s been six months since Apple released the iPhone 4S and that means it’s been six months since Apple launched Siri, their virtual personal assistant. Siri does a lot of things very well — it’s the fastest way to set alarms or Reminders, and an easy way to call [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod Tags: Ally Kazmucha, Mandarin Chinese, SMS, Zooey Deschenel Comments OffRIM may have been behind Apple store Wake Up flashmob
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2012
Some additional investigation into the “Wake Up” flashmob that happened at Australia Apple stores last week reveals it may actually be BlackBerry and Research In Motion behind the stunt. This conclusion was drawn from a wily forum-poster who checked out the teaser site, and found within the source an account code for DoubleClick (an online [...]
Incipio Smart feather Ultralight Hard Shell Case for The new iPad only $21.95 [Daily deal]
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2012
For today only, the iMore new iPad accessory store has the Incipio Smart feather Ultralight Hard Shell Case for The new iPad on sale for only $21.95! That’s a whopping 37% off! Get it before it’s gone! Measuring less than 1mm thin, Incipio’s Ultra Light Feather Case is ideal for the The new iPad user [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod Tags: Features Ultra, Incipio Smart, Shop Incipio Smart, Smart Cover Comments OffApple avoids billions in corporate taxes, states all their practices are legal and ethical
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2012
Each year Apple — an many, many other tech companies — manages to avoid billions in corporate taxes around the world and across the U.S. They do this by setting up offices and funneling money to tax-friendly places like Ireland and Reno, Nevada. Even though Apple’s corporate headquarters is in Cupertino, California, having offices to [...]
View multiple windows on your iPad with Quasar jailbreak tweak [Updated]
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2012
A new jailbreak tweak called Quasar will let you have multiple apps open and running at the same time. If you’ve always yearned for the opportunity to have your iPad work more like a desktop OS like Windows or OS X, Quasar could be just what you’ve been looking for. Quasar is (the very first) window manager [...]
