Bank will let iPhone users deposit checks via app
August 10, 2009
The privately owned bank and insurance carrier USAA will soon allow iPhone users to deposit checks just by taking iPhone photos of both sides and submitting them through their app.
Archive for August, 2009
iPhone app: AP Mobile 3.0 pushes the news to you
August 9, 2009
Everything in this app is available someplace else. Actually, about a million someplace elses is more like it and that’s what makes this app, flawed though it be, such a great addition to your news junkie’s toolkit.
Facebook 3.0 for iPhone almost done
August 8, 2009
You’ve been hovering around the oven for what seems like a lifetime, the aroma and sight of double-fudge, peanut butter brownies overwhelming your senses. But, when you checked to see if they’re done by sticking a table knife in the middle, the blade came out gooey, so you’re just have to wait a little bit longer.
Is the new T-Mobile myTouch an iPhone killer?
August 7, 2009
T-Mobile launches the myTouch 3G today, its second Android phone. What does this latest Google phone do, how is it fixed for apps, and where is it likely to fit in the smartphone hierarchy?
O2 to lose UK iPhone exclusivity, a reason for the rest of us to hope?
August 6, 2009
Half a world away, one of Apple’s lesser wireless network partners apparently won’t get to keep its exclusive iPhone distribution deal. Does this news offer long-suffering AT&T users here in the land of milk and Honey Nut Cheerios any hope?
Is the iPhone losing its halo?
August 5, 2009
In some quarters, the iPhone is losing its rosy glow. Service shortfalls by AT&T have begun to rub off on Apple, and recent App Store hassles have people questioning what’s up with Apple.
Apple bans App Store spammer and his 900+ apps, now what?
August 4, 2009
The world’s a strange, strange place, but nothing can compare to alternate reality in which the iPhone software marketplace exists. Whereas Apple’s censors found plenty of time to reject Google Voice and related apps on AT&T’s behalf, they couldn’t be bothered to protect themselves, developers and customers in this massive case of fraud and copyright infringement.
Goldman-Sachs: Iphone, Blackberry run away from pack
August 3, 2009
A new Goldman-Sachs survey regarding Apple, RIM, and the smartphone marketplace finds that the iPhone and Blackberry brands are running away from the competition based on differing user perceptions.
iPhone apps: Local Eats knows the best places to dine
August 2, 2009
One of the most depressing prospects one can face out on the road it yet another merely inspired, corn sweetener-infused cookie cutter meal. Contrariwise, finding a little hole in the wall, mom n’ pop place with more authenticity than a thousand chain restaurant locations can be the wellspring for a lifetime of birthday, dating, anniversary and family memories.
FCC wants Apple, AT&T to explain Google Voice rejection
August 1, 2009
After years of letting industry have its way on just about everything, we’re now seeing a reborn federal telecoms regulator and Apple’s iPhone App Store shenanigans, among other transgressions, have caught the attention of agency’s chairman and watchdogs. Although there’s just as much danger from too much regulation as there is too little, so far things are looking good.
