Back in December Google Goggles was released for Android T-Mobile smartphones. This allowed users to search in Google Maps using a picture they took. It highlights recognized objects and then all you have to do is click on it to find out more information. Google announced today that Goggles is available for the iPhone.
Quote (via SearchEngineCompany):
Google Mobile’s blog does warn that since “computer vision” is difficult that it’s still a Labs product and that they will continue to work on it to make it work better. Google Mobile App is in the Apple App Store and users need only downloaded the updated version on their iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 devices. Devices must be running iOS 4 or above and Goggles is only enabled for English-speaking users.
The Mobile Me Gallery App just received a small but cool update.
It is now a universal app
It has fast app switching integrated
Retna display optimized
And you can view friends galleries without a Mobile Me subscription
Like I said small update but it is mostly news worthly because of the universal app part.
Now all we need it the Apple Store, Keynote Remote, and the Texas Hold’ Em app to be universal and then were good to go!
The Beta 2 version of Apple’s iOS 4.2 software update brings a pretty cool new feature. The update for an undisclosed November release, adds Internet Tethering settings for iPads running iOS.
iPad owners will hopefully be able to tether their iDevice successfully by the time iOS 4.2 reaches its final version. According to 9to5Mac, the settings are currently only appearing for European carriers.
If Apple allows iOS 4.2 users to tether their iPad iPhone-style this would be great!
Don’t get too excited. The tethering settings may be removed in a beta version in the feature (remember Game Center on the iPhone 3G? It can happen any time).
Great news, Twitter fans! The official Twitter application, which we’ve known and loved on our iPhone handsets for some time now, has just gone universal. A recent update (version 3.1, which was released today) means iPad owners can now use the app on their 9.7″ iDevices.
And, as you can see from the screenshots below, the familiar app looks markedly different on the iPad. First up, it takes advantage of the iPad’s screen brilliantly. Twitter on the iPad displays your timeline in the center of the screen, adding helpful lists at the side when in landscape mode. By tapping on any tweet, related content will open in the foreground. By sliding panels, you can swiftly navigate through this content.
In addition to this, users can pinch on a tweet to reveal information and further actions. A two finger drag opens up a list of reply options. These new features are simple but very helpful, and we’re sure you’ll really appreciate them.
So, the ultimate question: was Twitter’s universality something worth waiting for? In my opinion, yes, it was. And, let’s not forget this is a free application, so you have no excuse not to download it!
Twitter (for iPhone and iPad) is available now in the App Store for free! Let us know your thoughts on the app in the comments box at the bottom of this article.
Today, August 25, 2010, Apple announced that they will be holding a music-based media event on September 1, 2010, much like they do every year. Here are some of the products we expect them to announce:
New touch-screen iPod shuffle
New iPod touch with front-facing (and possibly back-facing) camera to allow for use with Face Time over WiFi (to be used with email addresses as opposed to phone numbers), Retina Display, 1Gz processor (with maybe 512MB RAM), and better battery life.
iOS4 for iPad
iTV (revamped Apple TV) with it’s own App Store and might be the size of the iPhone 4 – Price: $99 USD
Sorry, no Verizon iPhone will be announced in September. If there will be one, it will be announced in January (most likely). Again, these are all just rumors so nothing is certain for sure, but these products will be very likely to be announced.
If you’d like to receive LIVE updates on Apple’s media event, follow @TechGeec on Twitter where we’ll be tweeting all of the new Apple products that will be announced.
The Mod Stripe iPad Case by CaseCrown is a fantastic low-profile case. It’s faux leather and contrasting nylon stripe add great aesthetic features and all of your ports and buttons are fully accessible, including the SIM card slot (iPad 3G). It’s extremely thin but will still do a great job at protecting the back of the iPad.
The Mod Stripe iPad case by CaseCrown is my favorite low-profile case by far. To start off, they one and only downfall that this case has, is that it will only protect the back of the iPad and a little bit of the sides, but absolutely none of the front. With that said, the Mod Stripe adds only 0.2 cm of thickness to the device and barely any weight. It also allows complete access to all of the buttons (from any angle) and ports as well as the SIM card slot on the 3G iPads (which many cases don’t offer).
The case comes in four different color combinations – Brown/Yellow, Black/White, Black/Silver, and Black/Red. All of the cases are made of faux (false) leather, which seems very durable, along with a nylon stripe that runs down the center of the case which adds a fantastic contrast. To install the case, you simply snap the iPad in and surprisingly, it actually stay on very well, much better than expected.
One feature that I love about the case, is that it allows you to use headphones with it that have larger than normal jacks (the size most headphones – not earbuds – have). This is a very important feature to me because I use my headphones very often and most of the time if I have a case on my iPad, I can use my headphones because the hole for the headphone jack isn’t large enough. This case doesn’t, unfortunately, work with Apple’s iPad dock.
Selling for $36.99, this is a great buy and well worth the money.
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Hey guys, so we have a new giveaway for you all. This time it’s an iPhone application called Elasticr. It’s a really fun game and it’s a lot more addicting than it looks and we can give away 5 promo codes for the app.
To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is follow me on Twitter, @connerowen, and then in one week from now (August 15, 2010) I will send the winners a Direct Message with the promo code. In order for me to send a Direct Message, you have to be following me.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to leave a comment or email be at conner@techgeec.com.
I just want to say first off I didn’t even know they were going to release this today. I was on my iPad and went to download the iPhone version of the app and BAM! There was a universal Photoshop app. So lets get into the review.
via AppAdvice:
Adobe has given their once iPhone-only Photoshop app a bit of an overhaul. Not only has it received a name change, going from Photoshop.com Mobile to the more appealing Adobe Photoshop Express, but it’s now a universal app that sports iPad-specific features.
Adobe Photoshop Express now allows iPad users to edit and upload their photos with ease. The optimized UI gives you the ability to apply effects, borders and artistic filters with only a few taps, crop, rotate, straighten or flip by simply dragging your finger, and just do so much more with your photos. Photos can be uploaded to Adobe’s own Photoshop.com to be shared, or you can take the Facebook route.
But this isn’t merely an expanded iPhone app clone, it contains features specific to the iPad as well, including:
• Support for portrait and landscape orientations
• Redesigned Online, Edit, and Upload workflows
• Ability to work on multiple photos in sequence from within a single workflow
• Redesigned Organizer view with simplified album sharing
• Updated icons and visuals that make it easier to navigate and use the Editor
• Ability to upload to Photoshop.com and Facebook simultaneously
It definitely isn’t a full-fledged Photoshop experience with layers and all, but it does the job while on the go.
Apparently the iPad version isn’t perfect, however, as some users are reporting issues when launching the app:
“We have received reports of some users having difficulty launching the application on an iPad in landscape orientation with certain productivity and printing applications installed. We are investigating these reports. In the interim, you can work around the problem by launching the application in a portrait orientation on the iPad. We are continuing to investigate and will post an update to address these issues as soon as possible.”
I have yet to experience the issue myself, but if you are unlucky enough to, just do as Adobe states and launch it in portrait mode for the time being.
Adobe Photoshop Express is available in the App Store for free.
iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone/iPod touch and iOS 3.2.2 for iPad was released yesterday, fixing the security hole that @comex exploited in order to revive JailbreakMe.com. However, for whatever the reason may be, iPhone neglected to release the new firmware for the iPhone 2G and iPod touch 1G. If you’re an owner of either of those two devices, you can easily patch the security hole with Saurik‘s (creator of Cydia) new patch via Cydia (you must be jailbroken). You can also install this patch on all other iDevices (and on all other firmwares from 2.x on up) if you choose not to update to the new firmware and lose your jailbreak.
To install Saurik’s patch, open Cydia and search for the package named ‘PDF Patch’.
All this fixes is the PDF Exploit and nothing else. So if you require a jailbreak or unlock do not upgrade. I read the terms and that is all that is in the new update. It is available for All iDevices.
It might have taken some time, but Apple just got around to finally pushing out a new version of iOS that fixes the recently revealed exploit that allowed the jailbreakme.com jailbreak.
That’s all it really does, so there isn’t much to be excited about. It comes in two flavors: 4.0.2 for the iPhone and 3.2.2 for the iPad. Should you install it? Well, it’s hard to say. On one hand, it will kill your ability to jailbreak, at least for the time being. Which is unfortunate. On the other hand, it fixes an important security hole that could be exploited by some hackers to do who-knows-what to your iDevice. The decision is yours.
