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iOS surpasses Linux as browsing platform

Keith M — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:30:00 +0000

Seems like only yesterday that Linux was vastly outpacing iOS in terms of how many were using it as a browsing platform. Actually, make that last November; at that time, Linux's presence more than doubled the total iOS stake. Now, iOS-based browsers claim 1.13 percent of all browsing platforms, compared to a declining 0.85 percent for Linux.

To the right is a screengrab from Google Analytics, as I see traffic coming to one of my own websites. However, I'm sure the list looks very different depending on the content. For example, I'm pretty sure TUAW's #1 OS isn't any flavor of Windows (but I'll check).

How long before the total of all mobile-only OS clients outranks desktop OS users in this area?

[via AppleInsider]

TUAW iOS surpasses Linux as browsing platform originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Analyst: Apple producing more iPads

Mike Schramm — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:30:00 +0000

Analyst Katy Huberty from Morgan Stanley tells All Things D that she believes Apple is ramping up production on the iPad, aiming to build as many as three million a month by the end of this year. That would mean that the company could make 36 million iPads next year, which brings the total close to (but not quite) the whopping 40 million units predicted by her supply chain analysis. Sales estimates for next year started out around 10 million iPads, but have since risen to as high as 42 million units, which would be quite a year for a product that didn't exist before this past April.

Currently, says Huberty, Apple is producing about two million iPads a month, and that's brought shipping times on the website down, and helped availability across the board. But the manufacturing process needs to be refined even further, and of course if, as expected earlier next year, the device sees a revision, that may delay things even further. There seems to be one thing most analysts agree on, however: Apple is going to sell a whole lot of iPads in 2011.

TUAW Analyst: Apple producing more iPads originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Texas conducting antitrust review of Google

Nancy Gohring — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:29:00 +0000

Google is facing an antitrust review in Texas.

Doodle Jump si aggiorna ed aggiunge l’alta definizione per i Display Retina di iPhone 4 ed iPod Touch

Fabiano Confuorto  — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:02:59 +0000

E’ appena stato rilasciato un nuovo aggiornamento per Doodle Jump molto atteso da diversi utenti. Il giochino infatti, è tra quelli più scaricati in assoluto dall’AppStore e consiste semplicemente nel saltare sempre più in alto attraverso delle piattaforme mobili e fluttuanti.

Dovremo anche stare attenti ai nemici e alle proprietà delle varie piattaforme che ci ostacoleranno nella nostra scalata. L’aggiornamento ci permette di arrivare alla versione 1.23 con le seguenti novità:

Aggiunto il supporto al Retina Display per tutti gli utenti iPhone 4 ed i nuovi “giocatori” che a breve riusciranno a mettere le mani sul nuovo iPod Touch
Anche tutti i temi per questo gioco sono stati aggiornati con la grafica HD

E se siete stanchi di saltare sempre più in alto, vi ricordiamo che esiste un altro gioco completamente made in Italy, chiamato uFall in cui dovrete cercare di andare sempre più in basso, evitando di toccare le spine che caleranno dall’alto. Anche in questo caso troviamo diversi tipi di piattaforme con proprietà uniche, che estenderanno il divertimento.

Grazie ioTrava per la segnalazione

Demo of survival horror – Amnesia: The Dark Descent released

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:50:34 +0000

Swedish game developer Frictional Games today has released a demo for their upcoming first person survival horror "Amnesia: The Dark Descent". Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a first person horror game with focus on immersion. It is a game where atmosphere and story comes first. Amnesia will be released on the 8th of September and can be purchased in Frictional Game's own online store as well as most major online retailers. Do you have what it takes to survive?

Playrix Launches Fishdom 2 Premium Edition for Mac

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:50:33 +0000

Playrix Entertainment today released Fishdom 2 Premium Edition for Mac OS. In Fishdom 2 Premium Edition, players complete match-3 levels to earn cash which can then be used on building up the aquariums of their own design. Players create their Fishdoms by adding exotic fish, various ornaments and comfort items to their tanks. Fishdom 2 is the sixth title in the Fishdom series, not counting the game's recent adaptation for Facebook and soon to be launched iPad port Fishdom HD.

Free for Limited Time – Walt Disney World Secrets App for iPod Classic

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:50:32 +0000

Portland based TimeStream Software announces today the release of its "Walt Disney World Secrets" Notescast as a free download for the iPod Classic, iPod Video and iPod nano. Filled with nearly 150 fun, magical and surprising secrets of Walt Disney World Resort, the exciting "Walt Disney World Secrets" Notescast works as an innovative new guidebook, allowing guests to tour all of Walt Disney World Resort with their iPod Classic or nano in hand as they discover one new secret after another.

Review: Seesmic for iPhone

Beau Colubrn — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:49:00 +0000

This app won't match the polished experience you'd get from a dedicated Facebook or Twitter client. But it does prove to be very convenient for updating multiple social networks services at once.

“Siti web in Flash? c’è un telefono per questo”: la nuova campagna anti-iPhone di Motorola

Giuseppe Migliorino — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:35:33 +0000

Sulle pagine del New York Times è apparsa oggi una nuova pubblicità del Motorola Droid 2 che sbeffeggia Apple e la mancanza del supporto a Flash Player.

“Flash Websites? There’s A Phone For That“, questa la nuova campagna di Motorola che pone l’attenzione sulla mancanza del supporto a Flash Player da parte di Apple su iPhone e iPad.

Lo slogan riprende chiaramente quello proprio di Apple “there’s an app fot that” e Motorola, con questa mossa, spera di conquistare nuovi utenti, magari “rubandoli” ad Apple.

Ricordiamo che in passato Motorola aveva già proposto una pubblicità ironica contro Apple, ed in particolare sbeffeggiando il problema di ricezione su iPhone 4. Peccato che poche settimane dopo anche il Motorola Droid 2 soffrisse dello stesso “problema”.

Certo, Flash è per molti una mancanza importante sugli iDevice ed è fuor di dubbio che alcuni siti, purtroppo, rimangono per noi ancora inaccessibili. Steve Jobs ha più volte ribadito che Flash su dispositivi mobile è più danno so che altro, a causa dell’enorme mole di risorse richieste, i crash improvvisi ed altri piccoli problemi.

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Fixing broken iTunes Automator workflows in iTunes 10

Michael Rose — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:30:00 +0000

If you depend on Automator workflows for managing music or other tasks in iTunes, the upgrade to version 10 may have come as a bit of a cold shock. Macworld pointed out that most available workflows for iTunes simply would not load with iTunes 10; a frustrating circumstance, to be sure.

Fortunately, the problem turns out not to be that complicated; Automator's version checking thinks that iTunes 10.0 is a lower version than 9.0, because the versions are sorting alphabetically instead of numerically (oof!). Macfixit points to a workaround: opening up the Info.plist files inside the packages for the dysfunctional workflows and manually changing the version threshold. It's not ideal, but if you have critical Automator functionality that would otherwise keep you on iTunes 9, it's worth a try.

TUAW Fixing broken iTunes Automator workflows in iTunes 10 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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