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So the next generation iPhone called the iPhone 4S was formally announced today. In my opinion the most important new feature is the integration of Siri voice recognition throughout the system.

My favorite cloud based backup service Crashplan, now has an iPhone app (who doesn’t?). Now all your backed up files can be accessed on your iOS device. More notes on backup Access files on the go with new CrashPlan apps | Utilities | Macworld.

WWDC Later today Apple will host its annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) where Apple is expected to showcase their big products for the year and set a direction for the future. So far they have had more hits than misses. Since the last WWDC, Apple has grown to become the second largest market cap [...]

It’s December and 2010 is coming to a close. In January it is expected that we should get a peak at the next iPhone. Let’s call it iPhone 5. There have not been too many rumors about the expected features but here are some of mine. There are the very predictable: faster processor, thinner and [...]

Most people think that buying a better camera will make better pictures, this is rarely the case. Here is a great example of how correct lighting technique can produce professional results with even a mediocre camera.

Skype, the makers of the wildly popular telephony service that allows users to make free skype to skype phone calls all around the world have updated their iphone app. This is a significant upgrade taking advantage of the multitasking features (3GS and iphone 4 only) new to iPhone iOS4. Prior to this version incoming skype [...]

Do you ever want to quickly get to the top of your text message to dial a contact or quickly get to the search bar in your contacts when you are viewing the “W”s? Instead of endless scrolling to the top, tapping the top bar where the time is displayed will quickly let you scroll [...]

Though the fax is ancient technology, it is still widely used by many offices. Being able to receive your faxes on your iPhone helps brings new life to this aging technology by adding the freedom to receive faxes on the go. No more waiting to get back to the office to check on an important [...]

In case you have not heard, Apple released the much talked about iPhone OS4 (now officially called iOS4) at about noon EST today. I did not get a chance to install it till I got home at 4:45p. Getting to my desktop at home I proceeded to back up my iPhone 3G S, iTunes immediately [...]

We all agree that the iPhone 4 is really nice (nice may be an understatement given the 600,000 preorders on the first day). Both the fresh look and the specs are attractive. But at the very iPhone focussed WWDC keynote there were glaring ommisions of whole product lines. Apple has become so much more than [...]