Rockstar Games’ critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is heading for the iPhone / iPod Touch this fall. In GTA: CW, you play as Huang Lee, a spoiled son of a recently killed Triad boss who travels to Liberty City to deliver a sword that is considered a family heirloom to the new boss,…
IM+ 3.4 Bringing Voice Recognition Tweets to iPhone
Whether you’re a Twitter fanatic with thumbs calloused from tapping out 140-character tweets, or just looking for a more convenient way to tweet your thoughts, there’s an iPhone app for you. Or, rather, there will be an iPhone app for you. IM+ 3.4, one of the iPhone’s more popular multi-service instant messaging clients, will soon…
Apple blames exploding iPhones on user error
My whole life, people have come to me asking how to fix a certain computer problem or a particular gadget-related bug. I guess everyone thinks that all geeks are born knowing how to fix gadgets. But I digress. The point is that the first thing I think when someone tells me their computer/gadget has gone…
Apple patent would tailor iPhone homescreen to your location
With technologies like cell-tower triangulation, GPS and WiFi location tracking, it’s not hard for the iPhone to determine your location. Firing up Google Maps and hitting the “Locate Me” button is proof enough that your iPhone can track you more closely than an embittered ex-girlfriend. But, it doesn’t stop there. Apple’s latest patent application indicates…
Updated Facebook for iPhone app good enough to make me use Facebook
Everyone and their grandmother is talking about the Facebook iPhone app update that just went live today. I don’t use Facebook enough (I should, but I don’t) to have cared all that much about what’s being described as the best thing to happen to the Facebook iPhone app since, well, the first Facebook iPhone app.…
Apple’s AppStore moves masses of money
A new report from AdMob shows that Apple’s iPhone AppStore is big business, bigger than you could imagine. Official numbers are staggering. Apple’s own stats show that the AppStore is home to some 65,000 iPhone apps that have apparently been responsible for over 1.5 billion app downloads since its inception last year. But, that’s just…
Augmented reality is a reality for the US iPhone AppStore!
Just yesterday we saw the iPhone AppStore open the doors to Paris Metro Subway. The iPhone app, only supported in Paris (for obvious reasons), gave us a glimpse into the power of AR. The launch of Paris Metro only highlighted how much it would suck to have to wait until Apple officially launched its Augmented…
iPhone augmented reality is a go with Metro Paris Subway!
It wasn’t expected to happen until Apple released the iPhone OS 3.1 firmware update, but it seems at least one iPhone app developer has managed to push through an app-update that enables augmented reality on the iPhone. We’ve seen plenty of AR apps being demonstrated on the iPhone in the past, but they have yet…
Google now crowdsourcing street traffic flow data to make your commute suck less!
Google’s been providing near real-time traffic flow data on highways for a while now by using data from traffic sensors embedded in the ground. I can’t say how many times Google Maps has helped me avoid a long(er) commute by showing where the traffic slowdowns were happening. But, when it comes to street traffic, we’ve…
Chipotle iPhone app brings mobile-ordering back to AppStore
It’s been a long time since we first saw the Chipotle iPhone app hitting the AppStore. In January, Chipotle made their way to the iPhone with an app that allowed users to find their nearest Chipotle location and order custom-made mexican fare. The app was unceremoniously pulled from the AppStore just hours after it went…