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Floating Notifications Brings ChatHeads Functionality Without the Need of a ROM

Posted by admin in News on May 20, 2013

If you have been looking for a Chat Heads-like notification center, but don’t find yourself comfortable with the custom ROM flashing, then you will be happy to hear that a standalone application is currently being developed called, Floating Notifications. The application does not need root or any other special magic tricks. Once installed, simply select [...]
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Floating Notifications Brings ChatHeads Functionality Without the Need of a ROM

Posted by admin in News on May 20, 2013

If you have been looking for a Chat Heads-like notification center, but don’t find yourself comfortable with the custom ROM flashing, then you will be happy to hear that a standalone application is currently being developed called, Floating Notifications. The application does not need root or any other special magic tricks. Once installed, simply select [...]
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Floating Notifications Brings ChatHeads Functionality Without the Need of a ROM

Posted by admin in News on May 20, 2013

If you have been looking for a Chat Heads-like notification center, but don’t find yourself comfortable with the custom ROM flashing, then you will be happy to hear that a standalone application is currently being developed called, Floating Notifications. The application does not need root or any other special magic tricks. Once installed, simply select [...]
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Apple Files for Notification Center Patent, Android World Lulz

Posted by admin in News on January 3, 2013

Back in 2009, Google filed a patent for Android’s “notification bar,” a feature that Apple wouldn’t figure out how to implement into iOS for another couple of years. Here we are almost four years after that patent was filed and Apple has decided that its “notification center” is worthy of its own. Android’s “notification bar” allows [...]

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Apple Shared Few Features of OS X Mountain Lion

Posted by admin in News on June 13, 2012

Apple has announced some features of the upcoming OS X Mountain Lion during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference or WWDC. Among these are a better integration with iCloud, a new notification center, a dictation feature, and a Game Center.

iCloud is Apple’s cloud computing service which allows users to save apps and content on the cloud and sync them across the Apple devices that the users own. On the OS X Mountain Lion, Apple is adding new apps that can be synced, including Messages, Notes, and Reminders. For instance, on Messages, users who had been sending messages via the iPhone can continue their conversation on the Mac. Users can also access their Documents and Game Center profile via the same service, enabling users to move work seamlessly from one Apple device to another.

Apple is furthermore adding a Notification Center which feeds to the Mac updates from other devices. This may be found on the top right position of the OS. Users can integrate this with Twitter and Facebook so that they no longer need to open extra windows simply to access their social networking accounts. To give users more control over the notifications, Apple created a disable function, so that the updates will stop once the user chooses to turn it off. This disable function is useful, for example, if the user is giving a presentation, or trying to focus on work and cannot afford to be distracted by the live feeds.

Another feature is the Game Center, which used to be available exclusively on the iPhone and the iPad. This feature allows users to play games online and compete with friends they have added, giving a social networking dimension to gaming on the Mac. The feature is comparable to Xbox Live, where users can also compare scores with other players.

A dictation feature also provides more options to user input. With this feature, users can give instructions to the computer via the built-in microphone, somewhat like the Siri feature in iPhones. Apple is making dictation available not only on Apple apps but also on Microsoft Word.

This update costs $19.99 and will be available starting next month.

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iOS 5 will be available October 12, iCloud launching the same day

Posted by admin in News on October 4, 2011

Mark your calendars, kids. Scott Forstall’s on stage here at “Let’s Talk iPhone” and just gave a hard date for iOS 5′s arrival: expect it to hit next week, on October 12th, with Apple’s iCloud service launching that same day. Though developers have been playing with it for four months now, this will be the first time the general, non-tinkering public gets to taste its 200-plus new features — a list that includes Newsstand, Reminders, iMessage, WiFi sync, Find My Friends, split keyboards, AirPlay mirroring for the iPad 2 (and iPhone 4S!) and the Notification Center. (And, you know, greeting cards, if you’re into that sort of thing.) iOS 5 will be free for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches, while iCloud’s standard 5GB of email / storage will come gratis to folks already using iOS 5 and Lion. Take note that if it’s iTunes Match you’re after (and you live in the states), you’ll have to sit tight a few more weeks yet.

Gallery: iOS 5 landing October 12

iOS 5 will be available October 12, iCloud launching the same day originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Untappd now available as a native Android app — beer drinkers unite!

Posted by admin in News on September 30, 2011

There's two things we love around these parts — Android, and good beer. Untappd just minced the two together with a native Android app for their popular social drinking platform. With the native app, you'll be able to share photos with your check-ins, use the notification center to keep track of what and where your friends are drinking, and it's all done in an easy to navigate way.

While we don't condone doing anything silly while drinking a few beers, we do like to have fun while doing it. If you feel the same way, you can grab Untappd for free from the Android Market (link after the break, works with ALL versions of Android) and look for us there.

Source: Untappd

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iOS 5 turns Japanese iPhones into earthquake alarms

Posted by admin in News on August 22, 2011

Following the devastation wrought by the recent Japanese earthquake, Apple has hooked the country’s early warning system into iOS 5. The tectonically-volatile nation has the most sophisticated alarm in the world, delivering life-saving warnings seconds or minutes before disaster strikes. iOS users already had access to this functionality via apps like Yurekuru, but iOS 5 will bring it directly into the operating system. The service can be activated in the Notification Center settings pane, accompanied by a warning that the constant connection will deplete your battery faster — a fair exchange if it saves your life.

iOS 5 turns Japanese iPhones into earthquake alarms originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iOS 5 for Japan will have Earthquake Warning System Widget

Posted by admin in News on August 22, 2011

Apple, in response to the massive earthquake in Japan earlier this year, is including access to Japan’s earthquake early-warning system. With the flick of a switch users can have their iOS devices poll the system (a near-constant connection) to alert them if an impending earthquake is due.

The setting will be found at the bottom of the Notification Center, the warning above is said to warn users of the excessive battery drain due to the need to stay connected. As you probably learned following the huge earthquake, Japan has the distinction of being one of the most seismically active locations on the planet. In 2007 Japan launched a sophisticated network of sensors that are spread throughout their country and can send a warning message across networked devices and television channels. The warning messages go out prior to the earthquake giving anywhere between a few seconds and a couple of minutes before the ground begins to move.

Time did a number of articles focusing on the preparation and the technology behind it. Japan leader in disaster preparedness and Early-warning system explained. I think manufacturers should all make this a standard offering in Japan and other countries should they ever build such systems.

Source: TechCrunch

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Iterate Podcast Episode 1: SoftFacade

Posted by admin in News on June 29, 2011

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Welcome to Iterate, our new, design-centric podcast focused on user interface, user experience, and iconography from conception to realization. In our debut episode, Marc, Seth, and Rene talk Notification Center in iOS 5, webOS cards and stacks, Photoshop 5.5 and SDK, linen textures, justified text, and talk with Anton and Dmitry of SoftFacade. Loop until done.

If you’re one of the best-of-the-best-of-the-best in mobile design for Android, BlackBerry, iOS, webOS, or Windows Phone, we’d love to get you on the show, or if you’ve found a drop-dead gorgeous app on any platform and really want us to talk about it, contact us and let us know.

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iOS 5 Cuts Cord, adds Location-Based Reminders and Notification Center

Posted by admin in News on June 11, 2011

Continuing its push for a post-pc market, Apple’s latest iOS 5 release is all about an all-in-one user experience right out of the box. It will allow iPhone, iPod and iPad device users the ability to start using their devices immediately without having to sync to a desktop or laptop. Among the other 200+ updates include [...]

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Apple iOS 5 hands-on preview

Posted by admin in News on June 7, 2011

iOS 5 won’t be ready for the masses until this Fall, but lucky developers — and eager tech bloggers — are able to get in on the action right now. We just got done downloading the 730MB BETA, and have decided to turn our iPhone 4 and iPad 2 into guinea pigs for all the newness. Apple says that there are over 200 new features baked into the updated OS, and we’ve run through the biggies from Notification Center to Twitter to that oh-so-convenient split keyboard for you — all you need to do is click after the break.

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Apple iOS 5 hands-on preview originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple unveils iMessage, its BBM competitor, at WWDC

Posted by admin in News on June 6, 2011

It’s here, the moment BlackBerry owners been waiting for since the original iPhone launched: iMessage. Apple has just announced its new data-based push messaging service at WWDC, which looks to be a full-on competitor to the venerable BBM. This service works on an iOS device of any flavor, and lets you send text messages, photos, videos, and contacts to anyone else with one too. It also supports group chats and integrates with the new Notification Center in iOS 5. According to Scott Forstall, it “works over WiFi or 3G, in case you were wondering,” which is yet another blow for RIM. The final nail in the coffin for those of you who simply ‘can’t live without BBM:’ delivery and read confirmations. Boom.

Developing…stay tuned to our liveblog for the latest.

Apple unveils iMessage, its BBM competitor, at WWDC originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple Copies Android, Introduces Pull-Down Notifications in iOS 5

Posted by admin in News on June 6, 2011

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The Apple vs. Android battle is about to get a little more heated, as new elements introduced for iOS 5 at today’s WWDC do little but blatantly copy what Android has already perfected. Pull-down notifications will ship as part of Apple’s latest iOS, and guess what…they are almost identical to what we have had on Android phones for years. Apple’s “Notification Center” gathers all of the iPhone’s system notifications into a single location, one which can be dragged down from the top status bar of the iOS user interface. Sound familiar? Apple, of course, will try to package the new feature as if it is revolutionary and something altogether new. Wrong. But then again, isn’t imitation the most sincere form of flattery? It’s all good, while Apple struggles to implement new UI elements, Google is already looking forward to bigger and better things.

[via iSource, image via Engadget]

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OMG I’m Getting An iPhone iOS Has Notification Center

Posted by admin in News on June 6, 2011

Sure I used to use an iPhone, heck I used a Blackberry too. One of the biggest things about iPhone that annoyed me was the bubble notifications that I’d get while surfing the web or playing a game. I’m playing a game mom I don’t want a text message. Well today on stage at WWDC [...]

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