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It’s official, the Apple iPad has hit planet earth!

Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Renzo.

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We all knew it for months in some way, but now we know for sure. Apple has released a tablet and it’s called the iPad.

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Indie Relief, iPhone developers donate revenue to Haiti on 20/01

Posted on 20. Jan, 2010 by Renzo.

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On Tuesday 12 January 2010, Haiti was hit by an earthquake which destroyed the capital Port-au-prince completely, left millions homeless and made more than a hundred thousand deadly victims. The people who are left behind can use all the support they need and therefore the world is coming into action. That includes the independent iPhone developers community and therefore over 60 other iPhone and Mac developers have decided to donate all revenue their apps generate on the 20th of January 2010 to a good cause which is currently aiding the Haitian people.

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Review : Syncopy – Synchronized Copy/Paste between your Mac and iPhone

Posted on 15. Jan, 2010 by Renzo.

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One of the main features of an iPhone is that it integrates perfectly with Mac OSX. For Mac users, the iPhone boasts a native way to transfer media, to synchronize contacts and tasks and to set up email accounts. But one thing that’s missing is a way to synchronize clipboards. And that’s where Syncopy comes in.

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Phix Photo Contest! [iTunes Gift Cards for giveaway!]

Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Renzo.

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we are organizing a contest in which we give away a 150$ iTunes Gift card. The gift card goes to the person who can show us the most amazing picture that is edited with one of the Phix apps.

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Big Holiday Contest!

Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Renzo.

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We’re all in a holiday spirit and a holiday spirit means a lot of gifts, also from us the Apple Bites to you. And that’s why we have been busy gathering all sorts of prizes and promo codes from developers. And we’ve gathered a lot to give away to you all.

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Review : CopyTrans 4 (Windows)

Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by Renzo.

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CopyTrans 4 is the fourth major version of the iPod Backup and media extraction application CopyTrans. With CopyTrans you can easily transfer iPod and iPhone media to your PC. As I found out myself, CopyTrans works for every type of iPod. I connected my first iPod ever, which was a first generation iPod Nano and it synced without issues.

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iPod Classics crash after being hooked up to iTunes 9

Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by Renzo.

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During the last couple of weeks a lot of cases have been reported where an iPod Classic crashes, in many cases beyond repair, when being hooked up to iTunes 9. The cases of which we know mostly concern iTunes 9 for Windows, but Mac OSX may also be affected by this harmful threat.

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App Review : Ghost Capture

Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by Renzo.

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Creepy isn’t it? I know Halloween is weeks behind us, but a nice piece of iPhone software is welcome throughout the entire year.
Ghost capture is a simple app which allows you to add a set of creepy ghosts to any picture. Pictures can either be loaded from your cameraroll or you can take a picture [...]

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App Store listing broken, has Apple tampered too much?

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by Renzo.

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Today reports started flooding the internet of a malfunctioning App Store. According to various sources, iPhone reviewers and iPhone developers, recently submitted applications have gone missing from the “New” listing and this listing isn’t being updated anymore…

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Atom can rock on with Mac OSX 10.6.2 kernel mod

Posted on 22. Nov, 2009 by Renzo.

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With the latest Mac OSX update for Snow Leopard, v10.6.2, Intel Atom processors were no longer supported. This has consequences for a lot of Hackintoshers who installed Mac OSX on their netbooks using the hackintosh kernel-mod. But it took no longer than 2 weeks before the restrictive work of Apple was undone by a new hack of Mac OSX’s Darwin kernel.

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App Store Paid Apps rate well, free apps don’t

Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by Renzo.

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When people visit the App Store to download themselves a nice iPhone App you should assume that quality free apps get high ratings, well…euhm, because they are free. But this isn’t true. Apparently Free apps are less likely to be rated more than 2.5 stars out of 5 than paid apps. A free notepad will get ratings which are approximately 30-50% worse than a paid notepad app with exactly the same features.

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Mac OSX 10.7, “Lion”?

Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by Renzo.

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According to many sources, Apple is busy building the next major version of Mac OSX, namely mac OSX 10.7. Or according to a bug report analyzed by MacRumors, Mac OSX “11A47″. Here are a few rumors and suspicions…

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Apple’s (failed) attempt to clean up the App Store

Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by Renzo.

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While you were all asleep, Apple quietly made minor changes to the App Store. This is good news for all users as it’s the first step to a less cluttered App Store, but it’s a real pain towards developers.