Disney World’s Nazi Secret Uncovered by WikiMe?
So, I was at Disney World last week, and it being one of the few times I have ever left my house, I figured it would be an ideal chance for me to test out the WikiMe iPhone app. WikiMe is designed to use your iPhone’s GPS to figure out where you are and then use Wikipedia matches to give you information about local points of interest. Well, I certainly found this result interesting… Being an animation major at school, I had of course heard the rumors that Disney... Read More
Anyone know how to program for the iPhone? I have an idea…
Hello faithful readers. Like just about everyone on the planet, I have come up with an idea for (what I feel is) an incredibly important iPhone application that I would love to see made. No, it is not another Sudoku game or tip calculator – at the risk of sounding melodramatic, I feel my app could potentially save lives. Unfortunately, I don’t yet have my C and C++ skills up and running yet, so I am looking for a brainy reader to come to my rescue. The app in question... Read More
“DV Awareness” app doubles as a “Politicially Correct Tool Finder”
Anyone waiting for a “Horrors of Darfur” slideshow app for their iPhone may be happy to know that the second most depressing iPhone app imaginable has hit the iTunes store. Behold DV Awareness. I’m against domestic abuse as much as the next guy, but just reading DV Awareness’ description makes me want to hit someone (a stranger, of course, not anyone I’m married to): October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Wearing, or in this case virtually... Read More
20 apps I keep on my iPhone solely to impress people
When I announced last month that the iPhone could hold “only” 148 applications, many people wondered why I would possibly need that many applications on my iPhone. To be honest, I don’t. However, one of the greatest thrills an iPhone owner can experience is showing a friend or family member some cool feature or iPhone-specific application that makes them feel inadequate. Yes, making others feel bad about their cell phone and themselves in general is truly the... Read More
Tommy Smothers’ iPod charger invented
When Skynet becomes self-aware (at 2:01 am), odds are the robots will attempt to block out the sun so none of our solar-powered iPhone/iPod chargers will work, rendering us “tuneless”. However, one ingenious Swede has come up with the perfect foil for our soon-to-be robot overlords – may we present the iYo YOYO Induction Charger. iYO YOYO from Peter Muungano on Vimeo. That’s right. Thanks to inventor Peter Thuvander, now you can charge your iPod... Read More
OMG Shoes! Can you spot what’s wrong in this picture?
Flickr user charlesdavisIII posted this shot he took of a shoe store ad he came across in a Danbury CT shopping mall. Can you spot what’s wrong with this picture? That’s right! There are no shoes in it! How is a girl with an upsidedown iPhone supposed to sell shoes if you can’t even see her feet? Read More
Interview with Christina K, the brains and beauty behind Fuzzle
When I think of the words “computer programmer” normally I think of a dorky, pasty male who lives on snack foods and emerges from his basement only to replenish said snacks and occasionally attend a World Wide Developer Conference. So I was understandably intrigued when the stereotype-shattering video below surfaced of the lovely Christina, the programming brains behind the highly successful iPhone app Fuzzle. My 6 year old daughter is a big fan of Fuzzle, and I am... Read More
Review: Speck ToughSkin for iPhone 3G
I remember the first time I dropped my 1st generation iPhone. I was getting out of the car and the phone hit the driveway (with no case) and received a very noticeable (to me, anyway) scratch on the corner bezel. Heartbroken, that night I began searching the web for the ultimate, shock-proof iPhone case, and by the end of the week I had settled on the ToughSkin case by Speck. Since that day, aside from occasionally coming out to test other cases, my iPhone has lived inside that... Read More
PhoneSaber finally re-released as Lightsaber Unleashed – Oh, and yeah, THQ ruined it
[Note, as of this writing, Lightsaber has not yet hit the iTunes store, but it DOES show up in your updates if you previously bought PhoneSaber] There was much speculation a few months back when THQ asked TheMacBox to remove their popular free PhoneSaber Star Wars app from the iTunes store citing copyright issues (apparently you can’t just make apps based on popular movies without permission… who knew?). Many wondered if it would still be free when it returned, while... Read More
First “accelerometer-based” iPhone game cheat discovered!
Looks like the days of “Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, B, A, Select, Start” may be over! One of the best things about game cheats is the usually unlikely series of tasks that must be performed in order to discover them. The iPhone, lacking physical buttons, offers game developers a fun new way to hide these game cheats – namely, the accelerometer. Faithful Macenstein reader MF has discovered what he believes may be the first accelerometer-based... Read More
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