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Alexander Vaughn
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Alexander Vaughn

Editor-in-chief/Sofa-chair enthusiast. Contact: alexander@appadvice.com
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Pencast Player App Is The Missing Link Between Your Pen & Your iDevice

Pencast Player App Is The Missing Link Between Your Pen & Your iDevice

Our iDevices are great companions for all sorts of meetings and classes. They're perfect for keeping all our documents at hand, and taking short notes. We can also share the notes and documents easily via Wi-Fi or 3G. Using a capacitive stylus along with a note taking app, isn't always the perfect solution. So how can we have the best of both worlds?

Alexander Vaughn
French Carriers Looking To Subsidize 3G iPads With Apple

French Carriers Looking To Subsidize 3G iPads With Apple

It has been a bit of a surprise, especially for Europeans, that carriers haven't offered a subsidized iPad 3G. It's a current practice for netbooks of all kinds and it probably also helped netbooks gain popularity, so Apple not following suit was a bit unsettling. This could be about to change.

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Chaos in Beijing: Apple Forced To Close Store

Chaos in Beijing: Apple Forced To Close Store

Even a few months after its launch, it can still be very hard to get your hands on an iPhone 4 these days. We've told you about the daily havoc in the flagship London store, yet its pretty much the same story all over the world. Sometimes, it even gets out of hand.

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Infographic: iPhone Popularity By The Numbers

Infographic: iPhone Popularity By The Numbers

Without a doubt, the amount of information we get on the iPhone and the smartphone industry every week is overwhelming. From market share, to app sales numbers, it's hard to get a clear idea of how our favorite iDevice is doing, and what is really going on. To help us get a better view, Billshrink compiled all these recent numbers into one clear infographic.

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Unconfirmed: Chrome OS Caught Running On An iPad

Unconfirmed: Chrome OS Caught Running On An iPad

It seems that yet another system is joining the plethora of OS's that have been hacked to work on the iPad. Posted by Hexxeh, a popular web developer, hacker, and maintainer of Chrome OS builds, the picture above is reportedly the proof that Google's Open-Source Web-only OS Chromium can be run on the iPad.

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Video: New Jailbreak Demoed On The iPod Touch 4

Video: New Jailbreak Demoed On The iPod Touch 4

Remember that new SHAtter exploit that was recently discovered? The one that will soon allow us to jailbreak every iDevice ever? Well, it's well on its way. Musclenerd, an eminent Dev-Team member, just posted a first video of this new jailbreak solution working on a fourth generation iPod touch.

Alexander Vaughn
Apple Gives Game Center-Enabled Apps Special Distinction

Apple Gives Game Center-Enabled Apps Special Distinction

Today Apple gives special treatment to Game Center-enabled apps on the App Store. After featuring some of the first apps that joined Game Center in a dedicated Applist, all Game Center-enabled apps now feature a special distinction at the upper right corner of their iTunes Store description.

Alexander Vaughn