iPhone games: Infinity Blade 2

Infinity Blade 2 is a brilliant new game for iPhone. It definitely represents a large improvement over the original game, because of many new layers in the game environment and different new characters.

At the beginning of the game you will enjoy in a peaceful scene of an oriental garden with a beautifully fountain containing gold fishes. But don’t relax yet, as cruel, iron armoured monsters are lurking from the shadows, waiting to tear you apart. Game design stays in the same style as the original game but with many new touches and amazing details. There are plenty of interesting little details where ever you look at, and your enemies are now much bigger and more complex. The game story itself makes more sense, as the game story is written by someone who obviously knows his trade. As in the original game you will walk around the fortress trying to find out what is going on.

iPad enabled snowboard, a tribute to Steve Jobs

iShred is a snowboard which is equipped with an iPad tablet. This tablet snowboard cross was made by people in Every Third Tuesday group, as a tribute to legendary founder of Apple, Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was a person which has inspired many creative individuals and teams in various areas of technology, arts and many other fields. As they people behind this interesting snowboard claim, Steve Jobs was responsible for devices which many snowboarders are using and depending on in their adventurous lives. You can see the process, how exactly did they develop, upgrade and finally build this special snowboard in the video bellow. Just like in any Apple product, the whole concept goes from a brilliant (or not so brilliant ) idea through various testing stages to a final great device.

Google relaunches Gmail app for iOS

After it was recently launched and then immediately withdrawn from the App Store, Google has again released their new Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The previous version of the software was pulled out after it was discovered that it contained a number of bugs, among which the Push Notification bug was the most visible one. We bet there is a large number of iPhone and iPad users wanting to use Gmail out there.

Netflix refreshing their iPad app with improved UI and aditional content

Netflix has finally decided to redesign their Netflix iPad app at the same time with the upgrade of the same app for Android tablets, which includes Amazons Kindle Fire tablet and Barnes and Noble Nook tablet.

According to the statement of Zal Bilimoria, who is the manager of mobile products for Netflix, they have created a completely different user experience which is now much more immersive and helps users to choose among a significantly larger offer of titles in their catalog. The new catalog which comes with the upgrade offers as many as twice more different shows and movies, than what was available before. This upgrade also features a significant improvement in using iPad specific features. So now you can easily swipe through different rows of movies and shows represented with larger and better looking icons.

New cooking textbook released as an iPad app

Culinary institute of USA has just published their new cooking textbook named: ‘The Professional Chef’. This major work will teach you how to cook like a real pro right in your own kitchen. This textbook is widely known in professional culinary circles as the ‘bible for chefs’. The book is beign produced as a complete guide to modern art of cooking, and it was build to make best use of iPads large, high resolution touch screen. This edition of the book includes a lot of rich multi media content as well. You can see a variety of interactive photos, videos, notes by famous cooks and much more.

MindNode mind mapping app for iOS upgraded

MindNode is a well known app for mind mapping for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. This app was originally developed to make the best use of touch screen technologies, including multi touch screen gestures which are a landmark of iOS. With a mind map you can boost your productivity level in any field. You can create ‘to do’ lists, organize ideas, do some brainstorming, work on creative tasks like writing and much more. Mind maps are generally used for educational purposes and in work environments.

Apple researching remote 3D gestures for iOS devices

It seems that Apple is continuing their restless run for new techno wonders for their superb iOS devices. Now they investigate concepts which are light years ahead of their competition. According to this news they are exploring a completely new field: hands free remote controlling for iOS devices. This could easily become a new game changer and was revealed thanks to a patent application by Cupertino, California company.

iPad 3 rumors: display resolution

Apple is already working secretly on iPad 3 tablet devices and now we have fresh rumors on the iPad 3 display. According to this rumors iPad 3 could have a 264 PPI quality display. Previously,many analysts predicted that the next generation of iPad will have a 2048 x 1536 screen resolution, that is if Samsung and LG can provide enough displays for Apple. According to the same rumors it seems that both Samsung and LG have encountered bottlenecks as the number of screens needed by Apple is higher than what they currently can provide.

PowderMonkeys, a new iOS game for younger gamers

PowderMonekys is a new game released by XMG Studio compatible with iPad and iPhone and aimed mostly at the younger players. It features a great design, plenty of missions, favourable game mechanics which all combined provide a great gaming experience for the youngsters but also for older generations of players. Sail the high seas, solve mysteries, fight a noble fight with monkey pirates against invading giant bugs? Count us in!

iOS 5 jailbreak now available as a semi tethered solution

If you are a frequent visitor to our blog you will be aware of the fact that iOS 5 jailbreak with RedSn0w or Sn0wbreeze is still a tethered jailbreak, which means that you’ll need to have access to a computer with the jailbreak tool whenever you want to start up your iPhone. While this isn’t a big deal when you are at home, it can become fairly problematic if you travel abroad without access to your usual equipment. And while we have heard many rumors about jailbreak dev community working on the tethered jailbreak for iOS 5, so far this hasn’t become available. Luckily now we have at least a part of the solution. BigBoss has released a semi tethered jailbreak hack for all jailbreakers which really need it. Please note: this is a very limited version of the jailbreak, as it allows you to semi tether without the need to use your computer, but on the down side almost none of the jailbreak apps or tweaks will work after you install this.