Roku media player gets iOS app for remote control

Roku is a popular media player similar but not as popular as Apple’s own Apple TV media box device. This time Roku gets upgraded with an iOS app for remote control of your Roku device. You can now control your Roku player and choose your movies or shows while resting in your favorite couch potato position.

Here are some of the features of this iOS app:

Choose the chanel you want to watch.
Use superb iOS interface for remote controlling of your Roku media box.
Start, stop, replay and rewind your movie with your iPhone or iPod.
Add or remove content from your device.
Control multiple Roku devices at once.

iOS 5 jailbreak tweaks: CallTell

Jailbreak tweaks and apps are the essence of jailbreaking, and the biggest reason for any iPhone or iPad user to jailbreak their device. Some jailbreak tweaks are essential and practical, others are rather useless or of cosmetic nature only. CallTell is a tweak which falls somewhere between these two opposites, as it isn’t something you couldn’t live without but in some particular situations it could become very useful to you.

Grand Theft Auto available for iPhone and iPad!

One of the most productive gaming companies out there, Rockstar Games has released the superb Grand Theft Auto game for iOS devices including iPhone and iPad. This release comes at the tenth anniversary of this epic action driving game. This game was originally made for Sony’s gaming console PS2. If you decide you would like to try out this classic on your iPad or iPhone you can head over to Apple’s app store and get it for the cost of $4.99.

iPhone 4S coming to Vietnam

Two months ago newspapers In Vietnam reported about the upcoming release of iPhone 4S in this South East Asian country. And now, Vietnamese language daily Thanh Nien News has confirmed these rumors, as Apple is indeed planing to launch iPhone 4S in Vietnam by the end of the week. Both major Vietnamese network carriers have announced the iPhone 4S earlier this week.

Same as in similar cases, user will have to pay much higher price for their devices than what it costs users in US. Users will have to pay as much as $740 for iPhone 4S with VinaPhone, and the price for the same device on Viettel will be $780.

Gmail app for iOS upgraded, new features available

Gmail app for iOS had its up and downs during the last month. After it was released for the first time it was quickly removed from the app store because of some serious bugs, but not before it was heavily criticized by users which have already downloaded the app. But Google is obviously determined to improve Gmail for iOS. So the app has just been upgraded and new features were introduced for the first time. Now you can enjoy Scribbles and make your emails fancy with some nice handmade drawings.

Ford Fusion app for iOS

We have seen a growing trend where major brands go into iOS to provide app’s related to their offers. In line with this trend Ford has just released an iOS only app. With this app you can take controls of a Ford Fusion even before it becomes really available in January of 2012. After you download this app on your iOS device you will see a Ford logo, which when tapped opens into a world where you can test some of the three offered versions of the upcoming Ford Fusion.

iOS gaming by Microsoft: “Kinectimals”

 
Microsoft has being really busy last couple of weeks, as they released a number of various app’s for iOS. Now they venture even further into the iOS world: they want to work their way into the iPhone and iPad gaming world. Kinectimals is a game meant to be played by children primarily and is about interaction with animals in the virtual world. It was first released for Microsoft’s own Xbox console which successfully used the famous Kinect gaming system.

Google working on a Siri like service ‘Majel’

iPhone 4S release introduced a bunch of completely novel concepts into mobile computing. One of the most important and unique features of iPhone 4S is certainly the voice assistant app Siri. Siri is the first good enough voice assistant ever to become available as a commercial scale technology. You could even say that this is the first time an app was able to work with inputs received in natural, everyday language. While Siri is still in a way considered to be in a beta version, it has already demonstrated a surprising level of functionality. The importance of Siri was really well understood by many users and engineers alike, but it did much more, as it deeply surprised Apple’s competitors, chiefly Google with their Android OS.

Microsoft launches OneNote iPad app

Microsoft is venturing in one area after other with varying success. This time they want to capture another stronghold in iOS world, by releasing iPad version of their One Note app. One Note is Microsoft’s version of note taking apps for writing down ideas, notes and to do lists. With this new app you can now write all your notes and great ideas, and enrich them with images, texts and bullets. You can easily edit your to do lists and add check boxes to them.

Apple shares images of the Grand Central store and their enthusiastic new employees

Many great images of Apple’s latest majestic store in New York’s Grand Central Terminal have already being seen, but Apple has now released their own photos posted on their official website. You can now also enjoy in unique images about the whole opening, as well as images about the whole setup of the store.

For starter we can say that the whole scene looks quite impressive, just as Cupertino company has promised. Apple store fits nicely in the background of Grand Central Terminal, and with addition of some expertly arranged lighting sources, the whole scene looks fabulously, especially in night times.