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[Nov 26, 2008 | No Comment]
Google breaking the rules?

Apparently Google admitted to breaking some of Apple’s rules to have the latest Google Mobile app available.  A Google Spokesman confirmed Google did use undocumented APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) in order to use the iPhone’s proximity sensor. I have yet to use this app, I think its necessary at this point, but it seems the proximity sensor is used to prompt a verbal search.
Details of where Apple and Google now stand are still a bit unclear. In the past, using undocumented API’s would violate Apple’s. As of late more app …

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[Nov 19, 2008 | No Comment]
$5 app made me rich

Not many of us can say that but, 29 year old Steve Demeter, developer of Trism can proudly state this. After two months his app Trism, priced at only $5, made him $250,000 in profits after only two months. After attending the 2007 iPhone conference Demeter decided to brainstorm with a few friends and see what, if anything was possible. The result of the brainstorming was Trism, a fantastically new puzzle game that utilizes all the iPhone’s amazing features, including its tilt functions.
He has now started his own company, Demiforce, …

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[Nov 18, 2008 | No Comment]
Balmuda’s NumPad

Plenty of us know the frustrations of not having a numpad (numeric keypad) on most notebooks. This is particular true on those MacBook and MacBook Pros (I wouldn’t know about that, I use a big-ol ACER).  Balmuda has released an application recently that will transform your iPhone into a numpad. Your computer will connect to your iPhone via wifi and virtually turn your iPhone into a fully functioning keypad. I have yet to use it, and most likely won’t any time soon being that it’s only available for Mac at …