Remember Ping? Apple’s failed attempt to build a social network within iTunes? You know, the one that didn’t play well with… the Internet? Well forget about it. It’s done. History. Kaput.
Remember Ping? Apple’s failed attempt to build a social network within iTunes? You know, the one that didn’t play well with… the Internet? Well forget about it. It’s done. History. Kaput.
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Just a quick heads-up: Twitter has pushed a new update for their iPhone app which comes with better copy/paste support, direct messages UI redesign, font size settings and more.
In the past couple of days, Path – a popular social networking app – was heavily criticized after developer Arun Thampi discovered that the app is uploading its users’ addressbooks to its servers without asking for permission ( for more info read Arun’s blog ).
The jailbreak community responded immediately through Ryan Petrich, who quickly developed ContactPiracy, a tweak that will prompt you whenever an app wants to access your contacts database.
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The idea behind Stamped, is that you put your stamp of approval on, well, just about anything — books, restaurants, music, games, movies, and more — and share your stamps with your friends, who likewise share their stamps with you.
The idea behind Stamped, is that you put your stamp of approval on, well, just about anything — books, restaurants, music, games, movies, and more — and share your stamps with your friends, who likewise share their stamps with you. The nice part about the whole thing is that there are no 1-5 star reviews or anything like that. You simply stamp something you totally love (so they’re all basically 5-star recommendations), and you’re initially limited to 100 stamps.
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A new piece of software could transform the iPhone into a much more adept gaming device.
The new software is a tool called Onyx Online and is free. Onyx Online was developed by Steve Demeter, the same developer who created the popular and profitable Trism for the iPhone. Game makers and developers who choose to embed Onyx in their creation get a host of social networking features already added. Just a few of which include leaderboards, achievements and forums. What’s more is that iPhone owners playing Onyx Online embedded games would be able to view each other’s profiles, compare scores and see what games everyone else is playing. Onyx Online allows players to find each other and even challenge each other to duels! Demeter explains:
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