Brad Linder NPR has released its second iPhone app. And while the first was understandably focused on NPR’s news programs and streaming audio from member stations, the new app is focused on music. In a nutshell, the NPR Music app for iPhone makes it easy to access all of the content available on the NPR Music web … Read more
Want to sync your iPhone with your computer over a wireless connection? Right now the only way to do it is to jailbreak your iPhone and purchase the Wi-Fi Sync app from the Cydia Store. But someday you might actually be able to do it without voiding your warranty. Steve Jobs has made a habit … Read more
Apple has released a version of its iBooks app for iPhone and iPod touch models running iOS 4. Up until now, iBooks was only available for the iPad. The eBook store and reader joins a crowded field of eBook apps for the iPhone. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo (Borders) already offer apps for the … Read more
Facebook has released an updated client which adds support for watching Facebook videos on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The app also has a few other new features, including the ability to view and write on the walls for events, and upload photos that are 720px wide. Facebook 3.1.3 for iOS also has a … Read more
While we’re waiting for Amazon and Barnes & Noble to launch eBook reader applications for Google Android, it turns out that there’s already a pretty decent option available for anyone looking to download and read eBooks on and Android device. Kobo offers a decent selection of free and paid content, including a number of titles from the New … Read more
Most Asus netbooks, notebooks, and desktops ship with free access to the Asus WebStorage service, which lets you store between 1GB and 500GB of data online. You can use WebStorage to backup files from your hard drive, or to share data between multiple computers. Now you can also access your files on an Android device using … Read more
Most Android devices support a handful of media codecs out of the box, including H.264 and MP4. But there are a ton of formats that aren’t typically supported, including MKV, DiVX, Xvid, and WMV. And RockPlayerBase can handle them all. That’s the good news. The bad news is that RockPlayerBase isn’t available from the Android Market … Read more
Amazon released a minor update to its Kindle app for iOS this week. Kindle 2.1 features a few tweaks that are aimed at iPad users, and one major new feature for iPhone/iPod touch users. The iPad version gets bigger fonts and more font sizes as well as faster navigation between home and archived items. The … Read more