HTML5 and CSS expert Vasily Zubach has put together a quite amazing render of an iPhone 4 created solely using CSS3. Because it was created in this manner, it does not include any images at all, it is all done with code.
This rendering of iPhone 4 and its icons was made in pure CSS3. No images, no base64, no SVG, no canvas, just 3395 lines of CSS code and 335 lines of Javascript code (with jQuery, of course).Viewed best with the latest versions of Safari and Chrome in Mac OS X.
You can see what we mean by amazing, when you visit the full render here. It is not just a render but it also offers a certain amount of functionality too. You can slide to unlock, click the home button and even turn it on and off using the power button. Very clever work!
Source: TNW
If readers in Asia felt left out when Apple announced a special one day shopping event on Black Friday, November 25th, fear no longer as Apple has announced a special one day shopping event on Friday, January 6th in some Asian …
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Yesterday we reported that Apple was going to be having an event at the end of January. Now, multiple sources have chimed in, claiming that the focus will be on education and possibly digital textbooks. AllThingsD recently reported on an …
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Just like the
iBike Dash from the days of yore, Velocomp is back with the Powerhouse -- a
cycling computer that integrates with any standard bicycle along with the iPhone and iPod Touch. Designed in collaboration with cycling coach Hunter Allen, the Powerhouse features distinct fitness plans tailored to the goals of training cyclists and lazy bums alike. Regimens last four to six weeks and include iSlim, Express Fitness, Brazilian Butt, Kid Fit, Weekend Warrior, Zero to 50 miles in Three Weeks and Healthy Heart. Perhaps more intriguing, however, is the ability to purchase additional training routines within the iBike app. The product will be fully unveiled at
CES and will retail for $269, which includes a water / shock-resistant case, a universal mounting system, all the necessary electronics and the iOS app -- which lets cyclists listen to their music as they train. Those interested in the finer details may check the PR just after the break.
Continue reading iBike Powerhouse to be unveiled at CES 2012, a cycling computer to shed your holiday excess
iBike Powerhouse to be unveiled at CES 2012, a cycling computer to shed your holiday excess originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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As noted by GigaOM, a lot of iPhone 4S and some iPhone 4 users are continuing to experience an issue where they cannot hear anything from the recipient on an outgoing call.
The issue in question is when the iPhone 4S (and according to some reports, the iPhone 4, too) mutes all audio on the caller’s end when placing an outgoing voice call. The person on the other end of the line can hear everything just fine, but on the caller’s end, there’s no ringing sound and no audio from a recipient speaking.
The issue has pushed the Apple Support Communities discussion thread past 110 pages with users expressing their frustration and calling for Apple to do something about it. Two of our editors, Rene and Georgia, have both had their iPhone 4 devices swapped out by Apple when the earpiece stopped providing audio (only the speaker phone would work).
It has been speculated that iOS 5.1 won’t address this issues — assuming it is addressable by software — but we’ll have to wait and see.
If you’ve had the same or a similar problem, let us know, and let us know how it’s been handled so far.
Source: Apple Support Communities via GigaOM
Noted Montreal iPhone photographer and videographer, Martin Reisch, better knows as *safe solvent™ on the internet, used a scan of his passport displayed on an iPad as identification while passing through the U.S. border from Canada. The man was visiting friends in Vermont when he realized that he had forgotten his passport. Luckily he had a scan of it saved on his iPad so decided to use it at the border.
Martin Reisch is certain that if Steve Jobs was alive, the tech innovator would have something to say about him.
“He’d probably say: ‘Here’s something to work on for the future.’ Maybe have some kind of digital certification or encryption to let people travel like this,”
Unfortunately not everyone shares those sentiments. Federal critics claim border officers failed in their duty by accepting digital proof of identity. MP Brian Masse claimed that it was troubling because a scanned copy of a passport is not a secure document and could be altered. He did however accept that electronic passports could be used in the future if the correct safety features were implemented.
After a certain TiPb editor-in-chief bothered Reich about his passport photo missing his trademark hat, Reich also added:
i get in with an iPad, i break technological ground but the comments are about my haircut…
Source: Montreal Gazette
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Voting has been opened up for the 2011 Best App Ever nominees. These awards have been put on every year for a few years now by our friends over at 148 Apps, and they feature many of the greatest apps you'll find on the iOS store, chosen by users. To vote on this year's awards, head over to the Best Apps Ever page, and choose your favorites from all of the various different categories from Best Overall App to the various technical choices in each category.
For the first time I can remember, the awards also talk about Android apps this year, so if you have an Android device and some favorites on that side of the fence, be sure to represent over there as well. But despite the fact that Android is being honored, Best App Ever is still planning to announce the final winners later this month at Macworld, as usual. Voting is open until January 25, and be sure to put your votes in. We're curious to see which of these great apps is crowned with a win.
Voting now open for Best App Ever awards originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Voting now open for Best App Ever awards originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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While we wait for Microsoft to release Office apps for iPad and iPhone, CloudOn – Silicon Valley based startup has released an free app in the App Store that brings Microsoft Office functionality to the iPad. CloudOn for iPad allows …
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We have some good news for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 users who are eagerly waiting for a jailbreak. iOS hacker pod2G whose untethered jailbreak was used by Chronic Dev team to release the Corona iOS 5.0.1 Untether and by …
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WowWee, the company best known for its endless supply of adorable
robot toys, is kicking off 2012 with something a little more virtual than
visceral. AppGear combines actual physical toys with iOS and Android apps, like the launch title Foam Fighters. Each collectible, action figure or playset is paired with its own free, downloadable app that offers an augmented reality game or virtual way to interact with the toys. The line will be launching in "early" 2012, for between $9.99 and $19.99 depending on the particular toy. Six products will be available at launch, including Alien Jailbreak, Zombie Burbs, and Elite Commander which you can check out in the videos below alongside some incredibly vague PR. And we'll be gunning for WowWee booth when we land in Vegas to get some hands-on time with this lineup of AR-toys.
Continue reading WowWee's AppGear turns toys into smartphone 'appcessories' (video)
WowWee's AppGear turns toys into smartphone 'appcessories' (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Readers who went to college in the pre-App Store days will likely remember what it was like to receive a college brochure when they were shopping for schools. It was so exciting to thumb through the pages of a bright and colorful brochure which was printed on thick, glossy paper. In the next several years, these brochures will become obsolete. Gradually, schools will use an iOS app or other digital media to both compete for prospective students and engage current students.
BostInno, an online blog covering the city of Boston, took a look at iOS apps for several Bean Town colleges and universities including MIT, Babson, Berklee College of Music, Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, and Northeastern. We won't spoil the fun and tell you which one BostInno likes best, but we will share their conclusion that many schools have a long way to go with their apps.
Apps offer many features over a static brochure, but many of the schools didn't leverage this advantage. The schools released apps that didn't engage users and were described as "boring." Some even had features, like a bus schedule, which just didn't work. Hopefully, these apps are early first efforts and will evolve as students begin to use them and offer suggestions for improvement.
Boston schools producing iPhone apps originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Boston schools producing iPhone apps originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Clayton Morris has chimed in on the January media event and what Apple may have in store for us.
- This event will focus on iTunes University and Apple in education
- This initiative has been in the making for years.
- The announcement will be small in size but large in scope: a big announcement in a demure space.
- I expect at least two large project announcements as they relate to Apple in education.
- Steve Jobs was intimately involved with this project before his passing. He gave a hat tip to the textbook side of this project in the Isaacson biography.
- This will not be a hardware-related announcement.
It was previously speculated that Apple may be holding a special iBooks-related event, which could definitely hold true in respect to textbooks as Morris has outlined. Check out his whole post via the link below.
Source: Clayton Morris
If you need motivation to get to the gym when you find your desire to stick to your resolutions waning, GymPact is offering a financial incentive to actually get you to go.
The free app works when you commit to go to the gym and then set a monetary amount for each day. You must go at least one day a week, and you have to set at least a $5 penalty for missing a day of exercise. If you meet your goal, GymPact will give you a cash reward, minus a 3 percent cut for GymPact, culled from that ever-growing pot of those who floundered and decided to watch "Man vs. Food Nation" rather than hit the gym.
Pacts are made on a weekly basis, so you're not locked into them like you are into a gym contract. And don't try sitting on your couch pretending you're at the gym either. The app's GPS integration will quickly confirm that you're not there. GymPact only applies to valid fitness centers, so your corner of the living room or office gym won't count.
GymPact is available now, though some people are reporting issues signing up through the recently released app. If you don't want to put your money on the line but do want ideas on getting in shape for the new year, check out our suggested apps for sticking to New Year's resolutions.
[via TechCrunch]
GymPact for iPhone pays you to hit the gym originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
GymPact for iPhone pays you to hit the gym originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Silicon Valley startup CloudOn today released a
free iPad app [
App Store] that aims to bring the functionality of Microsoft Office to the iPad. The iPad app actually serves as an interface for the full cloud-based app on CloudOn's servers, and thus requires an Internet connection to function, but offers what seems to be a remarkably functional implementation of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, all integrated with file storage and syncing through Dropbox.
CloudOn’s WorkSpace allows you to:
-Use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint on your iPad to create or edit documents.
-Rename, delete and manage documents with your Dropbox account
-Display, edit or create charts, change formatting, spell check, insert comments, into any Word, Excel or PowerPoint files
-Track changes while reviewing Word documents
-Use pivot tables and insert formulas in Excel workbooks
-Display and edit animation or transitions in PowerPoint presentations
-Present in full PowerPoint mode (not in PDF)
-Open files directly from your iPad email accounts or Dropbox account
-Automatically save documents to avoid losing changes
In our limited testing, the app appears to function as advertised, offering the Office-style ribbon toolbars with a significant number of features and tools included. Given the constraints of operating on an iPad and via a cloud-based interface, however, there are some limitations such as an inability to insert outside images into a document via the interface.
The CloudOn company itself is a bit of a mystery, with little in the way of publicity or web presence. Founded in 2009 as AppToU by several former Cisco employees, the company has attracted
several rounds of financing as it has quietly built its cloud-based tool for delivering Office functionality to the iPad.
Microsoft has acknowledged at least exploring the possibility of bringing Office to the iPad, and recent rumors have suggested that the company is
"actively working" on Office for iPad.
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Cydia Blog has an update on the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1 by i0n1c , indicating a release may be possible shortly after Apple pushes the firmware update to the public
Following the release of 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak by pod2g, Stefan (i0n1c) immediately tweeted to confirm that all his exploit and vulnerabilities are still alive, which means he might use them to untether 5.1 jailbreak.
As far as we know, this untethered jailbreak doesn’t cover the iPhone 4S or iPad 2, which are both powered by the Apple A5 chip.
We’ll keep you posted on any updates we see, but in the meantime, you can head over to our Jailbreak and Unlock Forums for all your jailbreak needs!
Source: Cydia Blog
The hard part about New Year’s resolutions is following through and we often need a little (or a lot) of help to stay motivated in the pursuit of our goals. New Year Motivation 2012 is here to help with inspirational quotes from some of the most admired individuals.
Begin 2012 inspired and motivated with New Year Motivation!
Every day for a month New Year Motivation will bring you specially selected motivational and inspirational wisdom from some of the most admired individuals on earth – Dale Carnegie, Anthony Robbins, Norman Vincent Peale, and more. Their words will forms seeds of ideas in your mind, help focus your direction and thoughts for 2012, and ultimately empower and support you to make this new year your best yet.
Your month starts from when you first open New Year Motivation – so you’re not limited to starting on Jan 1st – and you can review your past days at any time. New Year Motivation runs on all your iOS devices at no extra charge- iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch – without requiring a data connection, making it easy for you to fit New Year Motivation into your busy life.
This year, start the year in the right frame of mind – with the power and inspiration to make 2012 your best year ever!
Giveaway
The good folks at Breaking Art have given us promo codes to give away to 5 lucky readers! For a chance to win, just let us know one of your goals for 2012 in the comments below!
New Year Motivation 2012 is available on the iPhone and iPad and on sale for $0.99.
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You’ve made a New Year resolution to lose weight and intelli-Diet App | Weight Loss App is here to help! Just tell intelli-Diet what food you have at home, and it’ll build a healthy well-balanced diet for you. Leave the meal planning up to intelli-Diet!
The app takes the foods you have, and then creates a well-balanced diet of whole, natural foods. And… your diet’s customized by your gender, weight, activity level, and more. It’s like having a Dietician in your pocket!
HOW IT WORKS:
- Select your weight loss goals and food preferences.
- Determine which foods you have in your kitchen.
- Let the system automatically create you a well-balanced diet.
- Watch the pounds come off. It thinks, you eat!™
FEATURES:
- Receive an automatically generated shopping list.
- Customize any meal with easy food swaps.
- Track your weight loss progress in charts and tables.
- Use it anywhere, anytime! No internet connection required.
- Meal reminders, water trackers, and much more.
Giveaway
The folks at Barracuda Partners have given us promo codes to give away to 5 lucky readers! For a chance to win, just let us know how much weight you hope to lose this year.
intelli-Diet App | Weight Loss App is available on the iPhone and on sale for $3.99.
Have an app you’d love to see featured on TiPb? Email us at iosapps@tipb.com, tell us about your app (include an iTunes link), and we’ll take a look.
The video above shows how Safari on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S trounce the Windows Phone 7 browser without even breaking a sweat.
Mobile Safari is one of the most advanced mobile browser currently available, and it’s clear that competitors have a lot of catching up to do.
The proof is in the pudding, folks.
Source: YouTube
Apple is considering bidding for the rights to stream English Premier League (EPL) football matches, 
