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iOS Apps to Require Explicit Permission to Access Address Book Data

By | February 16, 2012 | Apple, Apps, iPad, iPhone | No comments

Last week a controversy came to surface pinpointing a popular iOS app “Path” uploading user Address Book data to their servers without them knowing. Next web reports that U.S. Congressmen Henry Waxman and G.K. Butterfield have now weighed on in the issue, sending a letter to Apple requesting information on the company’s data collection policies it imposes on App Store developers. In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, the legislators state:

This incident raises questions about whether Apple’s iOS app developer policies and practices may fall short when it comes to protecting the information of iPhone users and their contacts.

Apple has issued a statement to AllThingsD and promised to address the issue with the new update of iOS.

Apps that collect or transmit a user’s contact data without their prior permission are in violation of our guidelines,” Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr told AllThingsD. “We’re working to make this even better for our customers, and as we have done with location services, any app wishing to access contact data will require explicit user approval in a future software release.

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ThinkGeek intros iCade 8-bitty Game Controller for iPhone,iPod and iPad

By | February 14, 2012 | iPad, iPhone, iPod | No comments

ThinkGeek has launched iCade 8-bitty a game controller designed to work with iPhone, iPod and iPad. Game controller is very much like a classic console controller and will suit those who are used to or came from console background.

Icade 8-bitty connects to iPhone, iPod or iPad via Bluetooth will fully functional d-pad and eight buttons. Two AAA batteries are required to power the controller. Fully compatible will all iCade games including Atari Greatest Hits app for iPad.

Suggested price is $25 and is expected to appear on the shelves later this year.

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Just Show Me: 3 free apps for your iPhone to plan a romantic evening

By | February 14, 2012 | Apps, iPhone | No comments

In today’s  Just Show Me on Tecca TV, we are showing you three free iPhone apps to help plan and make an evening even more romantic. Here are the list of free apps with links. What are you thinking go get them and have a look at the video below:


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NOAA will Use iPhone and iPad, Drops BlackBerry

By | February 10, 2012 | iPad, iPhone | No comments

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) replacing blackberry devices with Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices running iOS 5 or later.

While a February 3rd memo from NOAA Chief Information Officer and Director for High Performance Computing and Communications Joseph Klimavicz noted that support for BlackBerrys will continue until May 12, 2012, it does not say when the government organization will actually start providing workers with the new Apple devices.

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Soulo Converts iPad or iPhone into Karaoke Machine

By | February 9, 2012 | iPad, iPhone, iPod | No comments

Soulo iPad App

Enter Soulo, a software and microphone kit that can turn an iPad, iPhone or iPod into a karaoke machine. App is free on the App Store but you have to pay for the kit which is $69 for the wired and $99 with the wireless microphone. The software app does emulating the sing-along video animation typically found in a commercial karaoke machine.

An initial bundle of 10 songs or so are free then after that you can download a song for $0.99. Audio output options include listening through headphones or other speaker systems via the devices’ stereo jack. The wireless receiver also can connect to a TV. App can be downloaded here.

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Update: Path Now Lets Users Opt-out of Sharing Contacts

By | February 9, 2012 | iPhone | No comments

Path iPhone App

Path, a popular social networking app available for iOS and Android devices has released an update which allows users to opt-out of sharing contacts. Original controversy was that Path uploads user’s entire address book to their servers without them knowing. Few days back bloggers and news websites bombarded against the issue and rightly so.

Path co-founder and CEO Dave Morin apologized for his company’s not-fully-transparent method to acquire new users. Is that enough to end all that controversy, well we have to wait and see?

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Siri to Support Russian, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese

By | February 9, 2012 | Apple, iPhone | No comments

Siri is Apple’s voice powered assistant which is launched in October last year and is exclusive to iPhone 4S. Siri is one of the biggest differentiating factor when it comes to buy iPhone. Siri at the moment supports English (USA, UK, Australia), French and German. The official Siri FAQ from the onset made it clear that in 2012: “Siri will support additional languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian, and Spanish.”

However it is noted that support for new languages will be limited at launch and only Mandarin Chinese will be available leaving other dialects in the country. New languages support are expected to appear as soon as next month.

Some of Apple’s job openings also indicated that Apple is working to take Siri forward bringing in new capabilities including Siri API for developers so it can be used with third party apps other than Apple. Siri is giving other companies a boost as well. Siri accounts for nearly 25% of  Wolfram Alpha queries.

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Siri Accounts for Nearly 25% of Wolfram Alpha Queries

By | February 8, 2012 | iPhone | 1 Comment

Apple’s new voice controlled AI assistant Siri accounts for nearly 25% of Wolfram Alpha queries according to New York Times. Apple partnered with the answer-engine for Siri that was launched with the iPhone 4S and since then, the Wolfram Alpha staff has grown to 200 employees.

Wolfram Alpha was launched back in 2009 by a British scientist Stephen Wolfram. Wolfram|Alpha introduces a fundamentally new way to get knowledge and answers— not by searching the web, but by doing dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms, and methods.

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iPhone app Path uploads iOS Contacts to its Servers

By | February 8, 2012 | iPhone | 2 Comments

Path iPhone App

Path is a popular social networking app available for iOS and Android devices. It is reported that user’s entire Contact/Address Book information is uploaded to their servers and that is causing a bit of a controversy in the media about manipulating user data without their knowledge.

Co-founder and CEO Dave Morin told TechCrunch that it is working to be more transparent in terms of how the company harnesses user-driven data.

“This is currently the industry best practice and the App Store guidelines do not specifically discuss contact information,” Morin said. “However, as mentioned, we believe users need further transparency on how this works, so we’ve been proactively addressing this.”

With ever growing press against the app it is likely that we see changes in Path in the near future.

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Tip of the Day: How to Setup iMessage to Receive Messages Across all iOS Devices

By | February 7, 2012 | iPad, iPhone, iPod | No comments

iMessage is Apple’s messaging service which works over wi-fi or 3G. Using iMessage you can send messages to people using iPad or iPod. If you own more than one iOS device and you want the ability to use any device to reply to your iMessages then your Apple ID needs to be set up on all devices.

On iPhone iMessages uses phone number by default and you need to make sure that your Apple ID is also set so it can sent across to other devices which are setup using same Apple ID. via iLounge

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