The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the group that assigns the age and content ratings for video games, has updated its iPhone app to include voice recognition. According to the ESRB, parents can now access a game’s “rating summary” in detail by simply speaking the name of the game into their iDevice. This capability...
Apple has launched iTunes Match by releasing iTunes 10.5.1 Final today. The music-matching service has been in beta for a while, but Apple has finally decided to roll it out to the masses, albeit still in beta. Even though iTunes 10.5.1 is now available to the general population with iTunes Match, Apple still labels...
As it turns out, Apple was planning to launch a radically redesigned iPhone this year, but Steve Jobs didn’t like the screen size so they cancelled it a few months before the iPhone 4S announcement, according to person with inside knowledge. The device, boasting a complete redesign and a 10 megapixel camera, should be...
Apple has found that some early iPod nanos pose a safety risk because of the aging batteries that power them. The company has launched a worldwide replacement program that asks customers to stop using their players, and apply for a new unit. “Apple has determined that, in very rare cases, the battery in the...
Apple’s latest iOS release has been confirmed as jailbreak-able by people testing the bits against Redsn0w 0.9.9b5, the newest jailbreak tool from the iPhone Dev Team. A group who makes a habit out of jailbreaking the heck out of Apple’s devices and posting tutorials on the web, Redmond Pie can confirm that he latest...
Apple has officially launched the ‘unlocked’ version of its latest iPhone, meaning you can pick one up in-store, go home and slide in a SIM card and start using it on your preferred carrier’s network, so long as it’s a ‘supported’ one. Apple makes an important note of the fact that its unlocked iPhone...
iOS 5.0.1 is now available to the masses following an internal trial run, as well as a beta testing session with select customers. As promised, the update delivers the battery drain fixes and other tweaks and enhancements. iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users connecting their devices to iTunes will be greeted by a dialog...
An interview with Walter Isaacson has revealed that it took about three years to gather information for his biography on Steve Jobs, and that everyone agreed Jobs was a perfectionist – a trait that sometimes took its toll on the people close to him. Asked what his sources were and how he chose the...
Greenpeace has posted the latest edition of its Guide to Greener Electronics, placing HP at the top of the list with the highest score, and Apple on the no. 4 spot (up five places since last year), calling the Mac maker “a joint top scoring company on green products and relatively strong on sustainable...
People close to Adobe say the company’s development plans for the future do no include Flash for mobile platforms. Instead, the company behind Photoshop will be increasing their investments in HTML5, just like Steve Jobs predicted in April, 2010. The announcement was revealed to ZDNet, with Adobe reportedly saying “Our future work with Flash...
