Yahoo unveils app search page for Android and iOS, because we need it
Yahoo may be sliding down the search engine totem pole, but the company is doing its best to climb back up, with a new space dedicated to apps.
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Yahoo unveils app search page for Android and iOS, because we need it
Apple announces free iBooks Author OS X app for publishing books to the App Store
We’re here at Apple’s education-themed event at the Guggenheim museum in New York City, and the company’s just followed up its long-awaited textbook announcement with something unexpected: iBooks Author, a free OS X program for creating books.
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Apple announces free iBooks Author OS X app for publishing books to the App Store
Android-style FaceUnlock ported to iOS (video)
Just because it’s CES doesn’t mean that other amazing innovations aren’t going on elsewhere. We’ve spotted this video of an app being built (from scratch) for iOS that duplicates the FaceUnlock technology we know and love on Android 4.0
App downloads top 1 billion during the holiday week
During the holiday week (by which we mean the seven days between the secularized celebration of a Christian holy day timed to replace a pagan winter festival and the beginning of a new year in the Gregorian calendar) the iTunes App Store and the Android Market combined to reach a record-breaking 1.2 billion downloads according to analytics firm Flurry. The sudden surge in downloads is no shock considering the impressive number of activations on Christmas day, but a 60 percent jump over the week of December 4th through December 17th is still quite a feat.
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Nintendo plans improved app store for Wii U, looks to serve Apple and Google in dance-off
Unless you go through the ’80s -style “becoming super cool” montage, the other app stores won’t respect you.
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Nintendo plans improved app store for Wii U, looks to serve Apple and Google in dance-off
LogMeIn remote desktop app goes free on iPhone and iPad
Looks like LogMeIn Inc. has suddenly cottoned on to the freemium business model, deciding to offer its basic remote desktop app for iPhone and iPad entirely gratis. Previously, you had to hand over $29.99 for the simple pleasure of accessing your PC and Mac desktops via LogMeIn Ignition, but the new free version (simply ‘LogMeIn’) amply provides for that barebones service, while bells and whistles are reserved for those who buy an in-app subscription to LogMeIn Pro at $40 per year — including things like HD video and sound streaming, file transferring and integration with cloud storage services
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Animoog debuts DIY synth studio for iPhone 4, BYO talent (video)
Hey kids, if you never thought you’d live to see the day that Animoog offered up its wares for your iPhone, then prepare to be dazzled.
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Animoog debuts DIY synth studio for iPhone 4, BYO talent (video)
Distro Issue 19: Peter Rojas plays 20 questions and Zach Honig boards Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner
If you caught our release of Distro for Android tablets, you know we’re in the mood for giving. In keeping with that sentiment, issue 19 ushers in two new weekly (and exclusive) features: “Recommended Reading,” a guide to the best writing happening outside of our fine publication(s), and “Q&A,” our take on the Proust questionnaire, answered this week by Engadget founder Peter Rojas . Of course no issue of Distro would be complete without a generous collection of reviews, and this one’s packed full: Zach Honig takes a ride on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, Richard Lai covers Meizu’s MX, Dana Wollman puts Samsung’s Series 7 Slate PC through its paces, Tim Stevens tackles the Motorola Xyboard 8.2 and last, but most definitely not least, we examine Verizon’s LTE Galaxy Nexus.
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Distro Issue 19: Peter Rojas plays 20 questions and Zach Honig boards Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner
Apple fixes App Store bug on iOS 3.1.3 devices, you can hold off on that upgrade
Well, it looks like Apple hasn’t completely left behind older iPhones and iPod touches stuck on iOS 3.1.3 just yet. After a few days of not being able to download or buy apps directly on the devices due to a recent App Store update that rendered such basic features unusable , Apple has now returned things back to working order. We’ve confirmed that ourselves on a first-generation iPod touch running 3.1.3, as have a number of iPhone and iPod touch users on the official Apple support forums
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Apple fixes App Store bug on iOS 3.1.3 devices, you can hold off on that upgrade
iPhones, iPod Touches still on iOS 3.1.3 can’t download new apps directly from the App Store
While fragmentation is a rare(r) problem on iOS there’s still quite a few users rocking older versions on their devices.
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iPhones, iPod Touches still on iOS 3.1.3 can’t download new apps directly from the App Store