Facebook 3.1 for iPhone Adds Push Notifications
Facebook has released v3.1 of its free social networking app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Added in the upgrade are push notifications, which signal new messages, comments, photo tags and…
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App Store Reaches Three Billion Downloads
Apple announced today that the App Store has now reached three billion downloads in it’s less than 18 month existence. The one billion mark was reached last April and two billion was in…
Review: RedLaser, The Must-Have iPhone App for Any Shopper
First of all, I’m not going to spend any time trying to compare features of RedLaser with any other barcode scanner available in the App Store. I’ve tried the other ones, and none of them…
ProSwitcher Brings Cover Flow Style Multitasking to Jailbroken iPhones
ProSwitcher is a very cool app for jailbroken iPhones. It works with Backgrounder and gives you a Cover Flow like way of multitasking between different apps, similar to the Palm Pre’s…
Outside Weather App for iPhone
This is a cool weather app for the iPhone. It gives you a graphical representation of what the weather is like outside. Outside is available in the App Store for $2.99. Push Notifications…
Pro Photographer Chase Jarvis and His iPhone App, Best Camera
Pro photographer Chase Jarvis, known for his empowering affirmation that the best camera is the one that’s with you, has created the iPhone app Best Camera. Best Camera lets you take photos…
Dragon Search App Now Available for iPhone and iPod Touch
The makers of the Dragon Dictation voice recognition app for iPhone have released Dragon Search. You can use your voice to enter search terms for Google, Bing, iTunes, YouTube and more. The…
Automatically Update Google Latituide with Your iPhone
Longitude is a new app available for jailbroken iPhones from the Rock Your Phone app store. Daemon runs in the background and it will automatically update your location on Google Latitude…
Microsoft Releases Bing App for iPhone
I don’t have any desire to try this app, but for those of you who are interested, Microsoft has released its official Bing app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It includes map, movie and…
Epson Releases iPhone Printing App
Epson has released a free printing app for the iPhone. If you have an Epson printer and an iPhone, you might want to check this out. Now you can touch up your photos with the Photoshop.com…
Apple Approves Video Recording on iPhone 3G and 2G
Video recording is now available on the iPhone 3G and 2G with the iVideoCamera app. Previously this was only possible on the 3GS, or a jailbroken 3G or 2G. The app has the ability to save…
OPINION: App Store Approval Process Becoming Less Stringent
From ipodNN: Apple may be adopting a more tolerant approach to flaws in submitted iPhone apps, one developer’s experience suggests. Vimov notes that it recently submitted an update for…
Dragon Dictation Mostly Delivers Hands-free Typing on iPhone
Ars Technica has a review of Dragon Dictation for the iPhone. Dragon Dictation is a voice recognition app powered by Dragon NaturallySpeaking and allows you to speak and instantly see your…
DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone
Macworld has a review of DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone. It allows you to remotely control your Nikon or Canon DSLR. The cost is $20 for the full version and $2 for the Lite one. It has some…
Safari on iPhone gets competition from a $1 browser app
Full Browser, a Safari alternative for iPhone and iPod touch, brings along some much needed features like text search and a more desktop-like tab layout. The app has a few odd design…
An iPhone app that actually speaks three languages for you
iLingual is a very simple but really cool app. First you create your profile by taking a picture of your mouth, then you choose from 400 different phrases, and hold the iPhone up to your…
Turn Your iPhone into a Blower
This app may not have a practical use, but it’s still pretty cool. It would be cooler if it was free, but 99 cents isn’t bad if you want to show off to your friends what the iPhone can do.…