Apple?s iBook App is Brilliant

By far one of the best features of Apple’s iPad is it’s ability to access thousands of apps. It does have a great multi-orientation interface too but the fact that these apps have been designed for the iPad only means there is very little chance of finding them on any other device other than the iPhone and iPod Touch.   The applications cover a wide range of categories from entertainment to business with games, education and sports in between. Apple [...]

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Facebook Poke vs. Snapchat: What's the best sexting app for iPhone?

Facebook Poke vs. Snapchat: What's the best sexting app for iPhone?

Need an app for your iPhone that allows you to send images, videos, text, and other types of media in a secure, highly controlled manner? Facebook Poke and Snapchat both let you send messages that, like in Mission Impossible, self-destruct after a few seconds. Whether you use it for sexting, spycraft, or something else, we're not here to judge. We're just here to help you find the best app possible.

Facebook Poke vs. Snapchat: User interface and design

Considering both Facebook Poke and Snapchat are meant to be used for not-safe-for-work exchanges, most users aren't as concerned with the looks of the app as they are with the privacy it provides. But once functionality is equal, interface matters again.

Facebook Poke's main menu consists of all the "pokes" -- or messages -- you've received. If you see an arrow next to a message, it means you've already watched it and it has expired. If you see a media type next to it, it's a poke you've yet to view. To view a poke, just tap and hold on it. You'll be able to see it for as long as the timer allows, and then it will be gone. If you accidentally let go, you can hold down on it again in order to continue viewing but once the time has elapsed, you won't be able to view it any longer.

Once you've viewed a poke you have the option to reply to it directly. Just tap the arrow next to it and choose the media type. Once you've started to create a poke, you can choose the length of time you want the recipient to be able to view the poke for.

That's really all there is to it. The settings menu doesn't have many options besides the ability to report users, view the help center, and log out. The app does what it's meant to do, and nothing more.

Snapchat's interface is not nearly as refined as Facebook Poke's. It's actually quite cheesy. The main message screen has a ghost background behind it that makes your retinas want to burn in their sockets. It's just not appealing as a static background. The camera interface isn't really any better as it features ugly blue borders and controls.

To take a photo within Snapchat, just tap on the camera icon and you'll be taken to the app's native camera. Just tap on the middle blue button with absolutely no description and a photo will be taken. You can also take a video with Snapchat easily by holding down on the middle blue area. Once you're done filming, just release.

Once you've taken your photo or video, Snapchat will allow you to add writing to it in many different colors. Here is where you can also change the time that the recipient will be allowed to view the photo or video from 1 to 10 seconds.

Anytime you receive any messages from Snapchat, you'll see them in the main home area. From here you can reply to them or view ones you haven't already viewed.

As far as user interface and design goes, Facebook Poke will be much kinder to your eyes than Snapchat.

Facebook Poke vs. Snapchat: Supported media types

Originally, Facebook's poking feature was a simple way to send minor requests for attention that were either cute or annoying depending on your point of view. For the Poke app, Facebook has expanded "pokes" to cover sensitive messages, photos, and videos that will self destruct after they're viewed.

Snapchat supports both photo and video but does not support plain text messages. The way you can get around this is to just write on a photo with your finger. This probably isn't a deal breaker for most unless you insist on sending your sexts, texts, or spy messages with actual written words.

If you're looking to use one of these services strictly for photo and video sharing, either will work. If you need the ability to send messages that can be controlled and destructed as well, Facebook Poke is the winner.

Facebook Poke vs. Snapchat: Privacy controls

Both Facebook Poke and Snapchat are obviously built with privacy in mind so it's odd that neither of them allow you to add passcodes to apps themselves . While messages do end up self destructing after a certain amount of time, that doesn't mean someone couldn't get ahold of your iPhone before you have the opportunity to look at a Poke or Snapchat message, or simply snoop through the list of expired messages.

That could prove awkward to say the least, and could cause considerable problems for some people.

Bewildering lack of passcodes aside, Facebook Poke and Snapchat are neck and neck when it comes to privacy. Both allow you to choose between 1 and 10 second increments and require the recipient to hold down on the video or image to continue viewing it. The timer does not stop once they start viewing it either so regardless whether they use all the time or not, when it's gone - it's gone.

Snapchat blocks screenshots for added privacy. (Though, if you're prepared and want to badly enough, you can photograph the screen with a second device). Facebook Poke doesn't block screenshots but will show the recipient a flash icon to notify them that the message has been captured.

This makes Snapchat more secure than Facebook Poke.

Facebook Poke vs. Snapchat: Cross-platform support

Facebook Poke is currently only available for iPhone, so if you've got friends on the Android or Windows Phone platform, you won't be able to send scandalous messages to them until Facebook ports the app over.

Snapchat has an Android counterpart but does not currently support Windows Phone. If the people you plan to exchange pictures and media messages with own either an iPhone or any kind of Android device, you should be able to share protected messages with them without a hitch.

Victory to Snapchat. For now.

Facebook Poke vs. Snapchat: The bottom line

Let's face it, Facebook Poke and Snapchat are both made for people that plan to send media that they don't want spread around. This basically means they'll be used for sexting purposes more than anything else.

Snapchat originated this type of app, and if your significant other uses an Android phone (what's that about?), it's currently your only choice.

Facebook blatantly ripped off Snapchat, but has the power of their huge social graph behind it, a better looking interface, and support for text messages. If you're an iPhone only couple, Poke wins.

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Who should I follow on Twitter? Android edition

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Welcome to another edition of WSIFOT and this time we're broaching Android -- and some related Google services. After the break, we've collected some official Twitter channels, alongside writers, personalities, thinkers and tinkerers who follow Google's tablet and smartphone OS pretty closely. Our list is a work in progress, so if you think we've missed out any important Android-centric 140-character authors, let us know through Twitter or in the comments below.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/28/who-should-i-follow-on-twitter-android/

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Flying Home? Airport Chatter Brings Airport Info To iPhone, Socializes Travel

overview-profile-phonesAirport Chatter, which debuted just in time to take advantage of the busy holiday travel season, is a new mobile application aiming to be the one-stop shop for everything related to air travel, from the time of departure to the time of arrival. The app includes venue profiles for the shops and services inside airports, allowing users to not only discover the hours of operations and other business info, but also post check-ins and reviews. That makes it something like a miniature version of Yelp, specifically designed for airports.

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ChromeLite: experience the ASCII Web of yesteryear

ChromeLite ASCII extension
Have you ever wondered what the Web was like before the Mosaic Web browser? If you were born in the last 20-odd years, or you only discovered your inner geek recently, did you miss out on monochrome monitors and the dial-up BBS era? Well, here's your chance to get a sneak peek at history: grab the ChromeLite extension and marvel as the entire Web is transformed into ASCII characters.

Now, ChromeLite isn't really all that functional. For the most part, it simply strips images and converts text into a monospaced terminal font. There are a few Easter eggs inserted -- such as a fun message at the bottom of YouTube (image after the break) -- and some fun ASCII art, but that's about it. Rather oddly, most JavaScript continues to work -- so you can still enjoy Google Instant Search!

ChromeLite was actually made by Google as an April Fools' joke -- and indeed, an annoying 'you can uninstall this!' message appears at the top of every page -- but we're kind of hoping that Google, or another developer, takes ChromeLite and turns it into a real ASCII browsing extension with configurable settings. If anything, it will provide an easy way to save bandwidth and CPU time.

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ChromeLite: experience the ASCII Web of yesteryear originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Survival Lab is a fun pixelated game where dying doesn't matter

Survival Lab
In most games, dying is a bad thing. You have to start all over again, or at least revert to the last save point and lose some progress. Not so in Survival Lab: in this pixelated gem you play as a lone individual pitted against ruthless weapons in a sealed chamber. You have to run, jump and duck, collecting little yellow things (I have no idea what they're called).

For each donut-like yellow thing you pick up, you gain a bit of experience. If you manage to collect several in a row without getting hit, this counts as a combo. You can see my mad combo skills in the screenshot, of course. Collecting combos is a good thing, because a ten-point combo gives you for more experience than just collecting ten dounts one by one (getting hit in-between).

Having experience is useful, because once you die, you get to a screen where you can upgrade your skills. You can learn to run faster, double-jump (and then double-jump higher), and duck. You can also gain more armour so that getting hit won't kill you so quickly.

What makes this simple game so addictive is that when you die, your experience doesn't reset. You just go back to the same level, or another level of your choosing, and keep accumulating more and more experience. Lots of fun, especially if you're into the whole retro-gaming thing.

Survival Lab is a fun pixelated game where dying doesn't matter originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Merry Christmas from iMore!

Merry Christmas from iMore!

From all of us at iMore and Mobile Nations, to all of you and yours, in honor of whatever you choose to celebrate, in the spirit of however you choose to celebrate it, we wish you peace and prosperity, health and happiness, love and longevity, geekery and gadgetry, this year and every year that follows.

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Chrome 11 beta adds new experimental APIs for proxies, Web navigation

google chrome 11 proxy
Google Chrome 11 -- which just recently made the move to the browser's beta channel -- has received a minor update that gives developers access to two new APIs.

The first is a full-featured proxy API, which will, for example, allow users to set different proxy servers for normal browsing and Incognito mode. Proxy auto-config scripts are also supported by the API.

The second -- Web Navigation Extension -- is a bit more expansive. This API will allow devs to build everything from more powerful safe browsing extensions -- like Traffic Light -- to data analysis and reporting extensions.

Both APIs are currently experimental, so you'll need to enable them on the about:flags page to try out any relevant extensions. Apart from a proxy example built by Google and shipped with the Chromium source, we're not aware of any examples just yet, however. We'll let you know when we spot any slick, new extensions which do surface.

Chrome 11 beta adds new experimental APIs for proxies, Web navigation originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rock out with Santa during the holidays with Santa Rockstar for iPhone

Rock out with Santa during the holidays with Santa Rockstar for iPhone

Santa Rockstar is a Guitar Hero-style game featuring rock 'n roll versions of popular Christmas songs and Santa Clause. You must help Santa deliver presents in the Merry Christmas Stage sled by touring around the world with the Reindeer Band. If you like Guitar Hero and Tap Tap Revolution type games, rock music, and Santa Clause, then Santa Rockstar is a must-have.

Between five different stages, two of which must be unlocked, there are 21 songs included with Santa Rockstar. There are also a lot of different guitars, picks, pedals, and amps available to boost your performance and a special Rock Power skill that helps you rack up those points.

There are four different characters available in Rockstar Santa: Santa Rockstar, Genny The Gingerbread Guitar Legend, Rudolph the Rock Lord, and Santa Jaws. Characters and other items must be purchased in the store with coins that can be earned during gameplay or bought as in-app purchases. You can also earn more coins by connecting to Facebook and sharing your scores with your friends.

Seriously, this game rocks.

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