WHERE for the iPhone Goes 4.1.5
WHERE, Inc. has released an update to their location-based app – WHERE to version 4.1.5. Here’s what the official text says:
- Morris Visitor Publications editorial content integration, providing the best visitor content for travelers.
- Smart type ahead on the home page: suggests previous search terms, names of places near you and the best part: direct links to places that you’ve saved to your WHERE Lists.
- Faster log in experience.
- Fixed several crashes & bugs.
XFINITY TV for the iPhone Updates to 1.5.1
Comcast’s app for the iPhone and iPad has recently updated to 1.5.1. Here’s what the update text says:
Now watch movies and TV shows anytime, anywhere on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad using a WiFi connection.
The XFINITY TV app also now automatically gives you mobile access to the same TV channel lineup you have at home.
It also lets you browse and tune to more of the On Demand TV shows and movies you expect.
The experience of returning to the application in search on iPhone has also been improved.
Banana TV: AirPlay for you Mac
With Apple’s recent iOS release came a new feature that allows you to stream your photos and videos to an AppleTV. With Banana TV, you can now stream your photos and videos to your Mac utilizing it’s crystal clear and fully functional display. This is also extremely useful if you have a Mac Mini connected to your television. Check out this video to see how easy it is:
With the service enabled, tap the AirPlay button on your iOS device to enable streaming. Banana TV is available for $7.99 at http://bananatv.net/.
Software Fix To Address Flickering Apple TV
There has been some complaint of flickering displays on certain television sets when using the Apple TV. Our friends over at AppleInsider has been informed that Cupertino is planning to release a software fix to remedy the issue.
“An Apple support representative has confirmed that Apple is aware of the issues caused by the latest update to the Apple TV, software version 4.2, AppleInsider has learned. The Cupertino, Calif., company is said to be working on a fix that will address the screen flickering problems for a small number of users.”
BigPhone: Google Voice for Mac
Tired of accessing your Google Voice account through your desktop? Well, there’s a full-fledged app available for your mac that allows you to access Google Voice straight through your menu bar! Say hello to BigPhone.
Google Voice is a service that allows you to unify all of your telephones with one number. If someone calls your Google Voice number, it will ring whatever phones you have connected to it. That means your cell phone, home phone, and work phone can all ring at the same time if you have your settings set to do so. Google Voice also includes free voice mail which is transcribed for easy access, and texting. Check out two of our previous articles on the Google Voice iOS app.
FaceTime for Mac Released Out of Beta for $0.99
A couple days ago Apple released FaceTime for out of beta for $0.99 on the Mac App Store. This occurred just in time for the release of the new MacBook Pro’s with HD FaceTime cameras. FaceTime for Mac allows you to video conference with a bunch of Apple’s devices whether that is another Mac, an iPhone, or the latest iPod Touch. To find out more about FaceTime for Mac, check out our preview here.
FaceTime for Mac comes free on every new MacBook Pro and is available to earlier machines on the Mac App Store for $0.99. Click here to check it out here.
IntoNow: Shazam for Your Television
Have you ever been put into a situation where you’re watching a TV episode and you want to know who’s in it or what the name of the episode is? Well now instead of trying to quickly decipher the credits at the end of the show you can use your iPone with IntoNow.
All you have to do is tap a button and IntoNow listens to the audio of whatever’s on TV to look up its information. You then get a page filled with information including the series title, description, a cast list, a picture, a link to IMDB (International Movie Database) and even a link to iTunes for you to purchase or rent this episode to enjoy it again and again.
iSpice Brings The East and Beyond to Your iPhone
There is certainly no shortage of applications available for both the iPad/iPhone for both the amateur cook and professional chef alike. This number grows each day but one app that I can’t get enough of is iSpice available at the App Store for $1.99.
As the culinary movement of the last 20 years shows no sign of slowing, this is the perfect app for those unfamiliar with a number of spices that you may stumble across in specialty and ethnic markets as well as your local farmer’s markets next spring.
iLife 11 is Here
This week Apple rolled out iLife 11, the new upgrade to the user-friendly multimedia software suite. iLife 11 incorporates some new features that make the software more powerful than its predecessor set.
iPhoto brings home the new influence of full-screen apps on the Mac OS X front, incorporating the elements from iOS. The full-screen view goes more in-depth than the previous experience adding new functionalities and features. Along with that, Apple also expanded on some features, more precisely, iPhotos social network integration. Facebook integration now includes updates and comments made on the photos posted on the users account. The app also includes an more elegant, simplistic, integrated method for emailing photos to recipients. You can now set up an email message with the photos cropped according into a variety of templets. Custom letterpress options are also now available in iPhoto. Letterpress is the process of printing from a hard, raised image under pressure, using a thick and consistent ink. Being that the theme of the event was creating a cycle between the iPhone/iPod, iPad and Mac, the new iPhoto also introduces a new iBooks-like shelf to hold all of your album creations.
The Revolution WILL Be Televised
Well there has been plenty of news to come rolling out right at the beginning of the week. One of the latest developments is built around the new Apple TV (speculated to be rebranded as iTV). Founder of Digg, Kevin Rose, chimed in via his blog by saying that the new set top box from Apple is going to “change everything.”
