This week's New York Times editorial agrees with the US Copyright Office that "jailbreaking" an iPhone, or hacking it to make it run non-Apple-approved apps, is legal, and Apple is not allowed to charge a fine. The Copyright Office's ruling essentially says that you should be able to do whatever ...
Apps that don’t exist, but should
David Pogue wrote a piece in last week's New York Times on some good ideas for iPhone and iPad apps that his readers have sent in. Sometimes it feels like all the good app ideas have been done before, but obviously that's not actually the case! In general the apps that resonated the most for me are ...
Jailbreak available for iOS 4, enables multitasking
For those of you with an iPhone 3G, early iPhone 3GS, or early iPod Touch 2nd generation, you can now update to iOS 4 and still jailbreak your mobile. Why jailbreak? For one, it will enable wallpaper and multitasking on these devices, which normally is disabled. It also gives you the possibility of ...
excellent iPhone 4 review
Is here. It's long, but you could skip to the Conclusions section at the bottom. Summary: it's an excellent phone with a beautiful screen, with a few flaws. Also, the reception problems when gripped a certain way are real, though solveable by not holding it in such a way that you're touching the ...
How to find a cab in NYC? Use your iPhone!
CabSense is an app available for both iPhone and Android phone that uses millions of pieces of actual cab data to analyze the best place to find a cab in NYC, in a particular location at a particular time. Their press release says that they use an algorithm based on 90 million taxi rides to ...
Favorite Handmade Tech Items
Etsy is the great place to shop for handmade items that are the perfect mix of craft and tech. The combo of the two is a special interest of mine. Here are five favorite categories. 1. Flash drives (also known as USB drives). They range from old Pez dispensers to old keyboard keys to handmade cases ...