A company called Shamrock Games has/is preparing to release(d) a new game to the Apple AppStore. It’s called Force Recon and it sees you controlling a small elite troop of Allies which has been sent over the front line to breach the enemy resistance. In their words: Foray through the deserts of Africa, fight against…
Layers is a great iPhone app for artists
Layers is a neat iPhone app I recently spotted. It allows folks with talent to draw on the iPhone/iPod Touch. Sure, we’ve seen some similar apps in the past, but what makes Layers special is support for, well, layers — just like in Photoshop. Of course, don’t expect the versatility or feature set of the…
Apple releases MobileMe iDisk iPhone app for all your file-sharing needs
If you’re a MobileMe users, and you’ve got an iPhone, Apple’s got a little present for you. The iPhone-maker has just released the MobileMe iDisk iPhone application for free on the AppStore. MobileMe iDisk for iPhone allows MobileMe subscribers to view and share files stored in the MobileMe “cloud.” If you have MobileMe, you have…
Apple launches iPhone 3GI, only visible to fanboys
Think your iPhone 3GS is the greatest thing to happen to smartphones since the touchscreen? Well, think again. According to The Onion, Apple has just launched the iPhone 3GI. The iPhone 3GI packs significant hardware and software improvements, a more powerful processor and a touchscreen display that throws out the richest colors and highest resolution…
Apple says iPhone jailbreak supports terrorists and drug dealers
Apple has fired another salvo against the iPhone jailbreaking scene with their claim that jailbroken iPhones could be used to attack and disable cell-towers, as well as helping drug dealers avoid getting pinched by the “fuzz.” In the ongoing battle between Apple and iPhone hackers, Apple would have us believe that iPhone hackers could levy…
iPhone SMS text message bug puts all iPhones at risk
Security researchers have stumbled across an iPhone SMS bug that could be used by nefarious pranksters to “quickly take over every iPhone in the world.” If that sounds somewhat doomsday-ish, that’s because it kind of is. The iPhone SMS text message bug was discovered by Charlie Miller and his similarly-named research colleague Collin Mulliner. The…
GV Mobile resurrected as jailbreak app!
Almost as soon as Apple pulled the third-party Google Voice iPhone app GV Voice from the AppStore, the app shows up in the jailbreak scene. Today, Sean Kovacs gives Apple the mighty “finger” by releasing GV Mobile as a jailbreak application through Cydia. For those of you still not familiar with the the iPhone hacking…
‘Star Walk’ Brings the Night Sky to Life on your iPhone
I’m an astronomy newbie. I have a telescope and enjoy checking out the night sky, but when it comes to knowing what I’m talking about… Heck, I know there are stars and galaxies, and, oh yeah, that’s the moon over there… that’s about the extent of my knowledge 🙂 Thankfully, for people like me there’s…
Playdom’s Mobsters: Big Apple extends into iPhone
Social game developer, Playdom, is “going iPhone” with the release of Mobsters: Big Apple — what they say is the “first mafia game for the iPhone connected to a social network.” Created as an extension of the company’s #1 MySpace game, it offers players the “biggest mafia game experience available on the iPhone.” Playdom highlights…
MeetMe iPhone app uses Yelp to help find a place to meet
Meeting someone for a business lunch? Catching up with old friends? Just need to find a place to grab coffee on the way to work? There’s an app for that! MeetMe is an iPhone application that helps you find places to eat, shop, drink, whatever between any two points. The idea is to help two…