Kirstie Allsopp’s Twitter Account Hacked
This past weekend Kristie Allsopp’s twitter account was hacked by iPad spammers.
The British TV host, who is best known for her Channel 4 property shows “Location, Location, Location” and “Kirstie’s Homemade Home”, found out that her twitter account had been hacked when some of her 47,000 followers alerted her to the out of character tweets.
Fly Effect Real 3D Coming to iPad
The upcoming release of Fly Effect Real 3D will have the option to play in either standard 2D or 3D mode with stereoscopic glasses.
Fly Effect Real 3D places you in a fantasy universe where you must fly a spacecraft through various tracks. The game’s objective is to complete each track on time and collect all of the bonuses along the way to achieve the highest score. The game also allows for online sharing of your results.
Skyfire’s Browser Brings Flash To iOS
Skyfire’s mission is to bring the full web browsing experience to all mobile devices.
Last week Skyfire submitted their browser to Apple’s App Store for approval. Currently available for Android, Windows Mobile, and Symbian, Skyfire allows mobile device users to view flash videos. When a user opens up a page with a flash video on it the browser redirects the content to Skyfire’s cloud computing center and converts it to HTML5 for playback. The user can then choose to play the video in full screen by selecting it from the skybar at the bottom of the screen.
Cubotronic 3D
Cubotronic 3D by Maystorm Games is a challenging 3 dimensional puzzle with over 100 levels.
The puzzle is initially composed of cubes placed on multiple platforms with the object being to combine them into one eliminating the open spaces. In the game the player has the ability to rotate the platforms and determine the order in which they are combined.
Cubotronic 3D is available for download from the App Store for $0.99.
iOS 4.2
iOS 4.2 will be available for download this November.
During Apple’s media event yesterday, Steve Jobs announced that the iPad will be getting all of the current iOS 4 features plus 2 new ones.
- Wireless Printing from the iPad to a wireless printer.
- AirPlay (formerly AirTines) in addition to audio will also allow the streaming of video and photos.
No Jailbreak For iOS 3.2.2
The recent iOS update has closed the exploit that was used by jailbreakme.com. According to the DEV TEAM’s official statement a new jailbreak for iOS 3.2.2 will not be forthcoming.
“Jailbreakme v2.0 was a great success, and it’s provided a nice leveling point for all jailbreakers and unlockers on all devices at firmware versions less than 4.0.2/3.2.2. We hope that everybody ever interested in jailbreaks or unlocks was able to join in on the jailbreakme bonanza. Those of you who had Cydia capture your SHSH blobs, or those of you who captured them locally, will always be able to benefit from the jailbreakme.com v2.0 release. Congratulations!
iPads Shipping In 24 Hours
Starting this past Saturday, iPad orders placed through the Apple online store are shipping within 24 hours.
One hundred and seventy days after Apple took its first iPad pre order, production has caught up with demand. Apple’s initial iPad supply was depleted over the April 3rd launch weekend. The 3G and international launches ended up being postponed. At one point the Apple online store had shipping delays of up to 3 weeks.
Apple brought the shipping time down to within 2 weeks from the middle of May to the middles of August, after that the delay gradually shortened to the current 24 hour time frame.
Premium iPad Cases
If you are looking for a premium leather case for your iPad then you might want to head over to the Sena Cases website.
At present Sena Cases offers 7 different choices for the iPad, each is available in either smooth or patterned leather and a variety of colors. All of the cases are handcrafted by leather artisans in Turkey and range in price from $59.99 to $150.00.
Coming Soon: Mortal Combat 2
It seems that the new titles from Gameloft are never ending.
The latest for the iPad is the sequel to their very successful iPod Touch and iPhone game Mortal Combat. At present, little is know about about the upcoming Mortal Combat 2 except that it will be released this fall.
To stay up to date with all of Gameloft’s new offerings you can subscribe to their YouTube Channel.
MAME Ported For iPad
The release of iMAME4all for the iOS brings classic arcade gaming to the iPad.
MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator and was originally developed for the PC platform in 1999. The project’s stated purpose is to save the arcade classics for future generations. The games themselves are downloaded from the original arcade machine roms and are readily available on the Internet.
iMAME4all which requires a jailbroken iPad, is available through the BigBoss repository.
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