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This would have been a good app to have ready at launch to showcase the Retina display. Either way, the video quality is impressive to the point that it makes the app addictive. Read more We already knew Apple was planning a pretty spectacular 165 ft.

In line with today's claims of taller iPhone prototypes with 3.95-inch displays, one of our sources has provided us with images of what are claimed to be new next-generation iOS device parts being carried by a supplier. The most significant of these parts is a claimed front panel from the next-generation iPod touch, with the supplier claiming that the display would be taller than the current model and that the opening in the front panel measures 4.1 inches diagonally. Apple would undoubtedly use the same display size on the iPhone and iPod touch if it were to bring a larger screen to both of the devices, so it is not entirely clear how to mesh recent claims of a 3.95-inch display with this measurement of 4.1 inches and The Wall Street Journal 's claim of "at least four inches", but all of the reports are in the same general size range.

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We’ve all had the experience of one of our favorite app getting updated and the new version being worse than the previous version. Maybe it’s more intrusive ads, maybe it’s a terribly annoying feature, whatever it is, a poor app update can easily ruin your app experience. The easiest way to avoid this potential letdown is to save a copy of iOS apps, allowing you to downgrade them if you discover the new version is worse. This is much easier to do than you may think, we’ll cover the process of saving a local backup of the app and also how to downgrade to the prior version if you dislike the newest iteration. Note that if you backup exclusively through iCloud you won’t have this option because the apps will not be stored locally.

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Now this best-selling counting & sing-along book is an interactive app! Children count, poke and jiggle the ocean animal babies to watch them graze, skitter, dart, and much more—and then find all the babies in a counting game. “Over in the Ocean” (book) has won nine major awards, including Learning Magazine’s Teacher’s Choice Award and National Parenting Publications’ Gold Award.

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We’re huge fans of Tapbot’s great alternative to the official Twitter app, Tweetbot. This evening a very cool update has been released, which adds iCloud sync for user’s timelines, direct messages, and mute filters. This update is a must have. This Ruby on Rails tutorial for beginners is the perfect comprehensive video guided tour of modern Rails web development.

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If “Siri” seems like a strange name to you, don’t fret. Steve jobs felt the same way, according to Siri co-founder and former CEO Dag Kittlaus. Kittlaus, speaking at Technori Pitch yesterday in Chicago, explained that Siri means “beautiful woman who leads you to victory” in Norwegian, and was a potential name for his future daughter. When his first child was a son, it freed up the name to be used for his software. Reportedly, Jobs was hesitant to use the name when it came time to implement it on the iPhone, but Kittlaus kept pushing to keep it.

As a child, I dreamed of soaring through the clouds flying a Blackhawk helicopter and I’m pretty sure Blackhawk Down had a lot to do with my obsession to be a pilot. Well, many years later, I have a regular…

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Want to watch TV on your iPad? It's natural, healthy and it sure does seem like everyone is doing it. There are hearty hardware-supported options from companies like Elgato, and most pay TV subscription services (Time Warner Cable, Comcast, DirecTV, RCN, Dish Network etc.) have figured out a way to move some of the programming...

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