By default, iOS uses fairly minimalistic sliding transitions when moving back and forth between panels in many applications, including the built-in System Preferences App. PagePusher replaces that with a page-turning effect, which you may either find beautiful or incredibly annoying.
When we thought Sony was finally secure, a group that calls itself "Lulz Security" broke into three well-known Sony websites: Sony Pictures, Sony Music Belgium and Sony Music Netherlands. 1,000,000 user profiles were compromised, with sensitive information include passwords, home addresses and passwords finding its way onto Internet file sharing services.
Sony is still reeling from its many, many hacker-related problems over the last few weeks. It was only yesterday that Sony finally managed to bring its PSN Store back online across the globe and then, as if the universe was trying to really kick them when they just thought things were getting better, the Music arm of Sony found itself on the wrong end of a fresh hacking attempt. But surely all their hard work behind the scenes have made PSN and Qriocity hack-proof, right? Wrong, according to one industry expert.
Call of Duty Elite, Activision's recently announced subscription based stat tracking oddity has many interesting facets, but one that's not been talked about too much is the mobile applications that will give users access to the world of Call of Duty on their travels. New apps for iPhone, iPad and Android are on the horizon and promise to go some way toward making the yet unspecified subscription free worthwhile.
iOS 5 is going to be Apple's next-generation mobile operating system, running on iPhones, iPads and iPod touches. This new artist-made concept, created by Monkey Color and entitled "4 things we'd LOVE to see in the next iOS", depicts features that are rumored to be coming in iOS 5, such as widgets and an enhanced notification system.
iPhone and Android users are probably aware of Landscape mode, a feature that automatically adjusts apps when users turn the phone sideways. However, on the Android platform, some apps just don't look good turned sideways. Thankfully, there's Smart Rotator, which allows you to set which installed Apps will rotate.
Angry Birds is fast becoming the one game every platform needs in order to be taken seriously. First released for iOS devices, Android and web-based versions have been equally as popular as well as numerous game sequels and add-ons. It seems we just can't get enough of those little pigs. In an effort to bring Angry Birds to the few people who aren't already addicted, the game's creators Rovio have released a native Windows version for just $5.
We're well and truly in the middle of iPhone rumor territory these days, and everyone's an expert it seems. Today's latest expert to offer claims of knowing what's going on in Cupertino is Hudson Square Research‘s Todd Rethemeier, who thinks the next iPhone will actually carry the iPhone 5 moniker and not the 4S we've been warming to.
iH8Sn0w, a Toronto-based iPhone developer, released iFaith, a new SHSH blob dumper for all iOS devices which can save SHSH files of any firmware running on your device even if Apple is not signing it.
Apple has unveiled a WWDC 2011 iOS App, featuring content directly related to the conference, which will kick of next week, on Monday, June 6th. Can you feel the excitement in the air?
