Twitter made a very interesting move heading into this weekend. They went ahead and entered into an agreement with Atebits to acquire the popular ‘Tweetie’ iPhone and desktop app. Why do this? According to Twitter CEO Evan Williams, the reason was quite clear: “We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve entered into an agreement with Atebits…
Parkmobile brings its mobile parking payment service to downtown and midtown Atlanta
Parkmobile is yet again extending its somewhat complicated to use mobile parking payment service to eight Lanier Parking Solutions lots located in downtown and midtown Atlanta. It’s complicated because it requires that you register before using the service. Still if you’ve already paid parking with Parkmobile in the past, that shouldn’t impact you — you…
Did you know that iPhone OS 4.0 makes your iPhone work with iPad Keyboard Dock?
Did you know that the iPhone 3GS will work with the iPad Keyboard Dock? Well, consider yourself put on notice. Steve Jobs was so busy talking up the multitasking and iAd features of the iPhone OS 4.0 on Thursday’s keynote stage that he apparently forgot to mention that the next major iteration of the iPhone…
Mexico preparing to kill millions of cellphone lines in anti-crime initiative
Say you’re Mexico and you’re facing a big problem with kidnapping and extortion crimes. What do you do? Well, considering that unregistered and anonymous cellphones are being used to send messages and negotiate ransom terms, you could just up and pull the plug on cellular phone service throughout the country. For obvious reasons, that probably…
FCC responds to Verizon CEO’s ‘baffling’ comments on wireless spectrum availability
The FCC recently unveiled their National Broadband Plan in response to the brewing wireless spectrum crisis that’s expected to hinder the growth of high-speed wireless data services in the US. Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg this week responded to the FCC’s plan, undermining the need for a plan to free up more wireless spectrum for carriers.…
iPhone OS 4.0 gets jailbroken, for really this time
It hasn’t yet been a full 24 hours since Apple unveiled their iPhone OS 4.0 to the world, but the iPhone Dev Team has already jailbroken the firmware, complete with video evidence that they’ve managed to open up the latest iPhone OS file system. We first caught wind of an iPhone 4.0 jailbreak yesterday, from…
MTS to offer Disney content to PC and mobile phone users via its portal Omlet.ru
Russia’s MTS and the Walt Disney Company signed a deal to deliver Disney’s movies and TV shows via the Internet in Russia through MTS’ portal Omlet.ru. This may not sound too exciting for anyone living in the Western hemisphere, but for Disney – that’s another story. With this deal they’ve found a solid partner to…
Apple screws non-native iPhone developers and Adobe with iPhone OS 4.0 ToS [updated]
With all the “happy, happy, joy, joy” iPhone OS 4.0 sentiments hitting the web today, we thought it might be refreshing to hear how Apple’s latest iteration of the iPhone operating system will quite possibly hurt non-native iPhone developers. The new Terms of Service (ToS) agreement mentions that iPhone apps which call on official iPhone…
Apple Introduces Its Social Gaming Network ‘Game Center’ in iPhone OS 4.0
With all of the iPhone OS 4.0 news coming out today, one bit of news immediately struck a chord with me. Apple has taken it upon itself to unify iPhone gamers by introducing ‘Game Center’. Game Center will work similar to how Xbox LIVE & Playstation Network do. You’ll have a buddy list of friends…
Apple unveiling iPhone OS 4.0 to the world!
So, today is the day. In fact, we’re just minutes away from Apple’s scheduled press event, where they’re going to show the world what’s what with their latest iteration of the iPhone operating system – the iPhone OS 4.0. What will we see? Well, there may be some RFID tech built into iPhone 4.0 OS,…