Tue, Jun 9th, 2009 | Most Viewed, SciTech, Top Stories |

If you've already checked out our original list of 11 Must-Have iPhone Games, you know that the iPhone's combination of accelerometer, touch screen, Wi-Fi connectivity, and App Store make it the ideal casual gaming device. What you may not know is ...Read More

Apple's draconian developer docs revealed

Tue, Mar 9th, 2010 | SciTech |

In the 1999 movie Fight Club, Brad Pitt famously tells a huddle of pugilistic aspirants: "The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club." Apple's iPhone Developer Program License Agreement phrases that sentiment differently, but its ...Read More

EFF knocks iPhone developer license agreement

Tue, Mar 9th, 2010 | SciTech |

EFF knocks iPhone developer license agreement The Electronic Frontier Foundation obtained a copy of Apple's iPhone developer license agreement and posted the 28-page document on its Web site on Tuesday. The digital rights watchdog group used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the document (PDF) from ...Read More

EFF publishes iPhone developer agreement

Tue, Mar 9th, 2010 | SciTech |

EFF publishes iPhone developer agreement If you've followed the news of App Store rejections over the past couple years, you may have wondered what exactly is engraved upon the stone tablets that govern the terms of Apple's App Store and developing for the iPhone. The ...Read More

Hoover's launches 'Near Here' iPhone app

Tue, Mar 9th, 2010 | SciTech |

Austin-based Hoover's Inc. today unveiled an iPhone application version of its services called "Hoover's Near Here." The business information provider founded in 1990 lists and sells company and industry profiles to sales, marketing, business development and other professionals. The tool for Apple ...Read More

Chinese Companies Plan Tablet PCs Amid Apple IPad Hype

Tue, Mar 9th, 2010 | Most Viewed, SciTech |

Several Chinese companies have jumped on the tablet PC bandwagon as buyers await the sale of Apple's iPad, possibly presaging wide imitation of the Apple device in China. Apple hasn't said if it will sell the iPad in China, but some ...Read More

March Madness For iPhone -- Shelly Palmer

Tue, Mar 9th, 2010 | Most Viewed |

Today's most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: CBS is launching a new March Madness iPhone app that will stream live college basketball games. The app, which will cost $9.99, will bring all the action from the NCAA tournament to ...Read More

Motorola Backflip on AT&T: Not the Full Android Experience

Mon, Mar 8th, 2010 | SciTech |

Motorola Backflip on AT&T: Not the Full Android Experience AT&T may have opened its arms to Android with the release of Motorola's Backflip, but it isn't exactly embracing the platform's open nature. The Motorola Backflip, officially available on AT&T as of Sunday, marks AT&T's first foray into Android territory. Featuring ...Read More

Hands On: TextPlus Free iPhone Texting

Mon, Mar 8th, 2010 | SciTech |

If you have an iPhone, there was a time when you couldn't even send SMS messages--and depending on how you use your iPhone, you still may not be able to. There have been a few free SMS apps for the ...Read More

Steve Jobs says 'No' to iPhone-to-iPad tether

Mon, Mar 8th, 2010 | SciTech |

Steve Jobs has spoken: Apple's "magical and revolutionary" iPad will not allow iPhone-to-iPad 3G tethering. So reports the Swedish tech blog and podcast Slashat.se. When Swedish trance DJ Jezper Söderlund emailed Apple's CEO asking if a WiFi-only iPad could tether to ...Read More

Like iPhone, iPad ad premieres at Oscars

Sun, Mar 7th, 2010 | SciTech |

Like iPhone, iPad ad premieres at Oscars Talk about big premieres. Like it did with the iPhone and its "Hello" ad, Apple used the Oscars as the platform to debut its iPad commercial. The ad, set to the background of The Blue Van's "There Goes My Love," ...Read More

Apple's iPad and Tethering

Sun, Mar 7th, 2010 | SciTech |

Apple's iPad and Tethering We're down to the final weeks before the debut of Apple's famed iPad. Even with the sale date set, though, plenty of pressing questions remain about the highly hyped device. Today, one of those questions appears to be answered. Apple's iPad, as ...Read More

China Unicom Pursues iPhones with Wi-Fi

Sun, Mar 7th, 2010 | SciTech |

BEIJING-China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. is working with Apple Inc. to introduce iPhones with Wi-Fi wireless Internet capability to China, Unicom Chief Executive Chang Xiaobing said. Apple and Unicom, one of three Chinese state-owned telecommunications carriers, started selling the iPhone in ...Read More

Jobs: iPad Won't Tether with iPhone

Sat, Mar 6th, 2010 | Most Viewed, SciTech |

It should come as no small surprise for those still waiting for some kind of tethering option for their iPhones, but Apple's iPad, scheduled to launch April 3, probably won't support tethering either. That's according to Steve Jobs himself, who ...Read More

Mike Elgan: Why iPad is the 'Children's Toy of the Year'

Sat, Mar 6th, 2010 | Most Viewed, SciTech |

Have you ever seen a 4-year-old play with an iPhone? It's actually kind of shocking. Kids take to the iPhone's multi-touch user interface like they do trucks or dolls. They instinctively know that the iPhone is a toy, and they ...Read More

CHINA NPC: China Unicom: Working To Introduce iPhone With WiFi Functions

Sat, Mar 6th, 2010 | SciTech |

BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (CHU) is working with Apple Inc. (AAPL) on introducing the iPhone with WiFi functions to China as soon as possible, China Unicom Chief Executive Chang Xiaobing said Saturday, without giving a more specific ...Read More

Palm's PDK to Allow Easy Porting of iPhone Apps

Sat, Mar 6th, 2010 | SciTech |

Palm's PDK to Allow Easy Porting of iPhone Apps Palm's single biggest asset is webOS. Sadly, the company's single biggest deficit–aside from the public's apparent lack of interest in its smartphones–is the webOS application ecosystem. But that's changing. At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco next week, Palm (PALM) ...Read More

Reader: Steve Jobs says no tethering between iPad and iPhone

Fri, Mar 5th, 2010 | SciTech |

Steve Jobs appears to have fired off a tersely worded email reply to a user in Sweeden who asked whether the WiFi-only iPad could be tethered to the iPhone: "No." Jezper Söderlund of the Swedish website Slashat.se reports that he sent ...Read More

Remote computer access and 2D car racing: iPhone apps of the week

Fri, Mar 5th, 2010 | Most Viewed, SciTech |

Remote computer access and 2D car racing: iPhone apps of the week The big news of the day is the announcement of when Apple's latest creation, the iPad, will be available. According to Apple, the "magical and revolutionary" product will be in stores April 3 starting at $499, but you can pre-order ...Read More

Google Breathes Life Back Into reMail By Open Sourcing The Project

Fri, Mar 5th, 2010 | SciTech |

Google Breathes Life Back Into reMail By Open Sourcing The Project Last month, Google acquired reMail, the startup behind a very powerful application that brought full-text search to the iPhone. That's great news for the reMail team, but it had a major downside: Google was effectively killing off the product by ...Read More

Should you be building universal apps for App Store?

Fri, Mar 5th, 2010 | SciTech |

Should you be building universal apps for App Store? Universal apps. They're the solution for delivering your iPhone OS application to both the iPhone and the iPad and having it run natively on each without silly make-do's like pixel doubling. It's a way to ensure that your app "fits" ...Read More