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- One way to reduce glare on an iMac
- How to set up Gmail's 2-step verification with Mail on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- Sprint drops the iPhone 4S price by $50 ahead of new iPhone announcement
- Solar : Weather for iPhone review
- Tweet Cleaner for iPhone allows you to quickly search and delete Tweets
- Bling My Thing Swarovski Slim Cases for iPhone review
- Poll: How do you access YouTube on your iPhone and iPad now?
- Forums: YouTube gone, Photo size increases, Are you upgrading to the next iPhone?
- How Amazon and Apple security flaws allowed a digital life to be destroyed
- Remains of the Day: Just a little bit
- Battery Status displays the battery levels of your Mac's connected hardware
- AT&T shared data plans: Are they right for you?
- Apple will not include YouTube app in iOS 6
- iOS 6 beta 4 removes YouTube app from iPhone, iPad... and that could be a good thing
- eBay Now escalates same-day shipping wars
- No YouTube App in the Latest iOS 6 Beta
- Apple releases iOS 6 beta 4 to developers
- Analysis: Security in the iCloud age
- Price Drops: PhotoForge2 On Sale at 99 Cents
- Playing Amazon Instant Video from iPad to TV
| One way to reduce glare on an iMac Posted: 07 Aug 2012 04:30 AM PDT  If you remove the iMac's front glass, you can reduce the amount of glare from the screen. | ||
| How to set up Gmail's 2-step verification with Mail on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:58 AM PDT
After the news of Mat Honan's horrible experience of getting hacked, many of you are probably (and if not, should be!) taking extra precautions with your accounts, passwords, and general outlook on digital security. One of the big mistakes that Mat said he made was to not set up Gmail's 2-step verification. Admittedly, this is a somewhat annoying security measure, but it's totally worth it. iMore is here to help you every step of the way with setting it up! What is Gmail's 2-step verification?The first think you are probably wondering is what exactly is Gmail's 2-step verification. It's simply an option level of security that not only requires your password, but also a passcode that gets sent to your phone via text or voice. Any computers you mark as "secure" will only require you to enter the code in every 30 days, but all other computers will you require it to enter it every time. Some apps and services do not yet support Gmail's 2-step verification. Three of those apps includes Apple's built-in Mail apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The good news is that Gmail has provided an alternate method to increase your security, namely, requiring a separate, auto-generated password for each of those apps. Like I said, initially, setting up 2-step verification is a bit of a hassle, but the extra security it provides is priceless. How to activate 2-step verification
How to set-up passwords for iPhone, iPad, and Mac with Gmail's 2-step verification alternativeNow that Gmail 2-step authentication is up and running. You will probably immediate notice that all your Mail clients, including your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, start giving you incorrect password errors. This is a good sign because it means your activations was a success! To access your Gmail from your iOS and Mac Mail clients, you must create separate passwords for each one.
There you have it! Now you're all set to use Gmail's 2-step verification security feature and still have access to your email from the Mail clients on your favorite devices. 
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| Sprint drops the iPhone 4S price by $50 ahead of new iPhone announcement Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:25 AM PDT
The move to reduce the price shouldn't come as any real surprise; we have already heard that Apple will hold a press event on September 12th where it is expected to announce the next iPhone, a revamped iPod touch and even the rumored iPad Mini. The new iPhone, according to our information and based upon recent parts leaks should have a slightly taller 4-inch 16:9 screen and have access to the LTE network. Price reductions by Carriers are simply a way to create a buzz around existing stock in the aim of selling it before a new model replaces it. Last year we saw some similar activity on the lead up to the iPhone 4S announcement in October. We would expect to see similar reductions from AT&T and Verizon in the U.S. in the coming weeks and no doubt around the world too. If you want the latest iPhone, now would not be a great time to buy one; with the expected product refresh just around the corner. Instead, hold on to your money for just a little while longer. Having said that, if you are more than happy with the capabilities of the current iPhone 4S and just want to pick up a bit of a bargain, now could be a great time to do just that. Source: Sprint 
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| Solar : Weather for iPhone review Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:25 PM PDT
Solar: Weather is a very unique weather app for the iPhone that offers a one-of-a-kind interactive UI and experience. Instead of simply displaying the weather forecast for you, Solar: Weather will display different information based on gestures. For example, swiping up with scroll through the 24-hr forecast, swiping down will display the 3 day forecast, and swiping left/right will switch between locations. It's actually very fun to use. The iTunes description for Solar: Weather actually sums it up rather nicely, so instead of trying to find a clever way of restating it, I'm just going to share it here:
This description should immediately tell if you Solar is for you or not. If you need a weather app that clearly displays specific information (like the forecast for 2p) in a traditional format, then Solar is not for you. If you're a sucker to unique, clever UI's that are exciting to use, then keep reading. The main screen of Solar is a simple gradient of colors that represent the time of day and weather conditions. The bottom of the screen displays the location and the upper right corner displays the time, date, conditions (like "clear"), and temperature. One of the fun details about this screen is that if you don't touch it, the colors will subtly pulsate to add slight movement to the background.
If you swipe down, the 3 day forecast will slide down from the top of the screen. Each day includes the day of the week, high and low, and an icon that represents that day's conditions. The really fun gesture is swiping up. As you swipe up (I recommend you do this slowly), a little analog clock will display in the up right hand corner that represent the current time you are looking up. The digital clock display will also adjust as your scroll. If you scroll slow enough, you can look at every single minute over the next 24 hours hours. As you scroll through time, the temperature will adjust to the forecast and the background colors will also change to match the time/condition. This gesture is extremely cool and somewhat mesmerizing to use because of the analog clock and changing background.
The pinch-to-zoom gesture will let you view up to four different locations at a time. You can swipe through multiple pages of locations and hold your finger down on one to edit their arrangement or delete one. The good
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The conclusionSolar: Weather is a really fun weather app. It's one of the coolest ones I've seen for the iPhone, yet. Too often I see developers strive to create a "unique" app, but end up with a confusing (albeit, unique) mess. Not so with Solar. The folks at Hollr did a killer job with Solar : Weather, and although it's definitely not for everyone, it's awesome for many. $0.99 - Download Now
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| Tweet Cleaner for iPhone allows you to quickly search and delete Tweets Posted: 06 Aug 2012 09:48 PM PDT
Tweet Cleaner is a new iPhone app that lets you easily delete Tweets from your Twitter account. You can also easily search your timeline by keyword or date, making it easy to find the exact Tweet you may be looking for. Furthermore, Twitter only allows you see your last 3200 Tweets, but Tweet Cleaner will store older Tweets, allowing you to have your own personal archive. The first time you use it, Tweet Cleaner will load your last 3200 Tweets, then keep adding more Tweets every time you launch it.
What's great about Tweet Cleaner is its simplicity. It consists of primarily two different views: your timeline and the filter options. To delete a Tweet, you simply tap edit, then tap the Tweets you want to delete (you can choose select all if you wish to go nuclear), then tap Delete. Although Tweet Cleaner allows you to delete your viewable Tweets, it's worth mentioning that Google's cashe may still pick a few of them up for awhile. Also, don't forget that deal Twitter made with the U.S. Library of Congress -- undeleted Tweets that are more than 24 weeks old (6 months) get sent to the Library of Congress for archiving, so even if you delete them from your stream (after 24 weeks), they will forever be in the hands of the US Government. To exclude individual tweets from this archival process, just include #noloc in your Tweet. If you're looking for a way to easily delete all your Tweets and start fresh, check out Tweeticide, also made by the same developers. Do you have some Tweets you need to delete? Perhaps anything that mentions an ex, or some drunken Tweets you now regret? Or perhaps you're getting ready to apply for a job and just want to make a good impression. Let us know! $1.99 - Download Now
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| Bling My Thing Swarovski Slim Cases for iPhone review Posted: 06 Aug 2012 09:13 PM PDT The Bling My Thing cases for iPhone are slim style cases encrusted with Swarovski crystals and, as you can imagine, that makes for a stunning combination. While the cases are manufactured, the crystals are individually placed by hand. Swarovski crystals aren't cheap, and they make for an absolutely beautiful finish. But how do they hold up as cases?
The Swarovski crystals in the Bling My Thing cases are set into slightly receded areas, which reduces the chance they'll pop off due to wear and tear from regular use. I used one of the review units for about a month and despite the brutal way I treat my phone, I didn't lose a single crystal. Speaking of which, the Bling My Thing is not meant to be an ultra-protective armor case, but it did survive a few accidental drops and bumps, and not only kept my iPhone is fine working order, it kept itself in one piece as well. While some slim cases have been challenging to put on or take off, the Bling My Thing case was easy. When it's on, you have full access to all the usual ports, including the Dock and 3.5mm headset jack. Volume, mute, and On/Off buttons are likewise easy to hit. The front of the case does rise slightly above the iPhone screen, so you can put it down on really smooth, flat tables without worrying about scratches or scrapes, but keep it away from extra round, bumpy surfaces.
There's a good range of colors and designs available. The major styles include Simple is Beautiful, SPLASH!, Elegance, GOD SAVE THE BLING!, and Prélude. Each style has a variety of color options, and Simple is Beautiful contains numerous sub-styles including Milky Way, Diffusion, Stripe, Flower, Butterflies and dot.matrix. I'm not wild about all the styles. Some of the cheaper ones don't have anywhere near the amount of crystals needed to make an impression, and when you're buying a case for Swarovski crystals, you need on that has a good amount of Swarovski. They all follow the Japanese practice of Deko-Den, which is essentially decorating phones, and Bling My Thing has been working with Swarovski since 2005, with craftspeople trained by Ayano Kimura. The idea of Deko-Den is to transform something common and utilitarians, like a phone, into something unique and glorious, like a fine piece of jewelry. Unlike some other Swarovski encrusted cases on the market, Bling My Thing isn't focusing on artistic works printed onto the cases, or a range of artistic patterns. They're making a few designs, in a few variations, and doing them very, very well.
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The conclusionThe Bling My Thing cases for iPhone are definitely for those with style and flare -- and by that I mean a desire to draw attention and show off. While you can get some inexpensive models, the more crystals, the more beautiful, so I definitely recommend going big... er... bling. Just pick a style you like -- or better yet, a style you think that someone special in your life would like -- and go for it. Variable - Buy now
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| Poll: How do you access YouTube on your iPhone and iPad now? Posted: 06 Aug 2012 09:24 PM PDT Since it looks like Apple's YouTube app is going the way of the Dodo with IOS 6, and we'll all be left to use YouTube.com's mobile site to get our video fixes until Google can put out a YouTube app of their own, I started wondering how many of us use the YouTube app to begin with? Do you use the current YouTube app a lot and does this move upset you? Did you long ago switch to the more feature-rich if not always as natively functional YouTube.com site, so you're good? Or do you simply not use YouTube? Vote in the poll above, comment in the comments below, and let me know -- how big a deal is Apple dumping the built-in YouTube app on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad? 
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| Forums: YouTube gone, Photo size increases, Are you upgrading to the next iPhone? Posted: 06 Aug 2012 07:05 PM PDT
Found an interesting article you want to share with iMore? Have a burning question about that feature you just can't figure out? There is ALWAYS more happening just a click away in the forums. You can always head over and join in the conversation, search for answers, or lend your expertise to other members of our community. You check out some of the threads below: - New iPads at our school If you're not already a member of the iMore Forums, register now! 
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| How Amazon and Apple security flaws allowed a digital life to be destroyed Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:49 PM PDT
Mat Honan was hacked over the weekend, his Apple ID/iTunes, Gmail, Amazon, and Twitter accounts all compromised, and his digital life laid ruin. Had his attackers been out for more than just "the lulz", they could have also done incredible harm to his financial life as well.
It's a chilling tale, and it should embarrass and infuriate Apple and Amazon into implementing proper, modern security policies immediately if not sooner. It should also serve as a giant neon light, flashing, for everyone on the importance of good security and backup. Go read it, then spend a few minutes wondering if you should take an axe to the network, Battlestar Galactica style. Because what happened to Mat Honan was just one very public example of the exploits and inattentiveness faced by all of us, every day. Anyone making any changes to their account setup? Source: Wired 
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| Remains of the Day: Just a little bit Posted: 06 Aug 2012 04:30 PM PDT  Apple may be doing a little bit of shopping, a California Apple Store is having a little bit of work done, and Macs helped just a little bit with the latest Mars rover. | ||
| Battery Status displays the battery levels of your Mac's connected hardware Posted: 06 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT  Battery Status's menu icon displays a graphical representation of the battery level of your Magic Trackpad, Magic Mouse, or Wireless Keyboard. | ||
| AT&T shared data plans: Are they right for you? Posted: 06 Aug 2012 02:45 PM PDT  AT&T's shared data plans will launch on August 23, allowing subscribers to connect several phones, tablets, laptops, and hotspots under one big pool of data. | ||
| Apple will not include YouTube app in iOS 6 Posted: 06 Aug 2012 12:50 PM PDT  Apple will not include a native YouTube client in iOS 6. Google will instead provide an app via the App Store. | ||
| iOS 6 beta 4 removes YouTube app from iPhone, iPad... and that could be a good thing Posted: 06 Aug 2012 12:10 PM PDT
iMore is getting a steady stream of reports that iOS 6 beta 4 removes the native YouTube app from the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. This isn't a huge surprise, as iMore reported back in May that Apple was going to be using iOS 6 to remove as much of Google as possible from their mobile operating system. Access to iOS user data is hugely valuable to Google, and Apple doesn't want Google having that kind of competitive advantages. That's why Apple has gone to the trouble of building their own native iOS 6 maps app, that's why they're using Siri to intermediate and broker queries away from Google, and it could also be why the YouTube app is gone from the iOS Home screen. 9to5 Mac caught wind of the removal almost immediately, and other sites are reporting it now as well. But here's the thing -- it might not be entirely bad news. It might even be good news. Frankly, the ongoing animosity between Apple and Google has lead to iOS having substantially worse Google-powered apps than Android has been enjoying for a while now. While Apple and Google argued over turn-by-turn and Latitude, Android got better and better maps. The iOS YouTube app also lagged behind the Android YouTube app so much many preferred to use the pure Google web app instead. For those of us who want the best of Apple and the best of Google, removing Google from the built-in apps -- apps that only get updated when Apple updates the entire iOS firmware stack, if Apple chooses to include them in that update -- could end up being great news. For the same reasons Apple releases many of their apps into the App Store, and Google has decoupled some of their from the core Android OS and moved them into Google Play, If Google releases proper Google Maps and YouTube apps into the iOS App Store. Due to past federal scrutiny, it would be hard if not impossible for Apple to reject them, and it would allow Google to be Google and Apple to be Apple, and let iOS users once again enjoy the best of both worlds. iOS YouTube was introduced after Apple first showed off the iPhone but before it launched in 2007. Back then, getting video on mobile was by no means and easy task. Times have changed. Flash on mobile was attempted and failed. H.264 video has become more and more prominent. The iOS YouTube app is no longer needed. YouTube.com or a dedicated Google YouTube app would far better serve Apple and Google users. Just please, Google, don't make it a thin UIWebView wrapper around the mobile YouTube site. If you release a YouTube app -- and I really hope you do -- make it as good if not better than your much-improved Google+ for iOS app. Update: Apple has issued a The Verge concerning the removal of the built-in YouTube app from iOS 6 beta 4:
That's certainly interesting language, as is Apple issuing a public statement on an NDA beta. Update 2: For those asking about the Apple TV YouTube app, which doesn't have an App Store or 3rd party apps, the answer could well be AirPlay. 
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| eBay Now escalates same-day shipping wars Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:30 AM PDT  The auction site offers same-day retail delivery in a limited geographic area to rival similar and expanding services. | ||
| No YouTube App in the Latest iOS 6 Beta Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:46 AM PDT
Apple has released the latest iOS 6 developer beta today – beta 4 – and there's one very noticeable absentee in this latest beta version of the next major iOS version. There's no sign of the YouTube app. As you can see in the screencap above, Siri is letting me know the app is not found on my testing iPad. There's no word as yet on why the app is missing, though many are already speculating that this is the latest example of Apple's desire to move away from Google apps on iOS. iOS 6 no longer uses Google Maps and perhaps Apple will provide an alternative to YouTube in the final release of iOS 6. I've always found the YouTube app to be a very poor performer on the iPad and very rarely use it, as there are plenty of very good 3rd party video apps that feature content from YouTube and elsewhere. So I won't miss the YouTube app if it is dropped in the final release of iOS 6. Will you? © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us | ||
| Apple releases iOS 6 beta 4 to developers Posted: 06 Aug 2012 10:53 AM PDT
Apple has just released iOS 6 beta 4 (10A5376e) for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad to developers. iOS 6 beta 4 is currently available to paid developers via Apple's developer portal, developer.apple.com and as an over-the-air (OTA) software update via Settings, General, Software Update on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. iOS 6 was introduced at WWDC 2012 on Monday, June 11. Beta 2 was released on two weeks later on Monday, June 25. Beta 3 was released three week later on Monday, July 16. Now, Beta 4 has followed 3 weeks after that. While slightly longer between releases, iOS 6 is sticking to a more regular, Monday schedule than last year. We previous looked at how many betas there might be for iOS 6, using past release schedules as checkpoints, and how iOS 6's flagship features compare to those of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Windows Phone 8, and Blackberry 10. If reports of a September 12, 2012 Apple special event are accurate, that will likely be the date for an iOS 6 Gold Master (GM) seed for developers, with general public release following on or around September 19, shortly before the new iPhone 5 launch rumored for September 21. Thanks Ronald! 
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| Analysis: Security in the iCloud age Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:00 AM PDT  Wired's Mat Honan got hacked hard over the weekend, and the attacker wiped out his iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Protecting yourself from malicious ne'er-do-wells requires secure passwords, clever security answers, solid backups, and careful considerations. | ||
| Price Drops: PhotoForge2 On Sale at 99 Cents Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:18 AM PDT
PhotoForge2, the excellent photo manipulation app for the iPad and iPhone, is on sale right now for just 99 cents. It's down from its standard $2.99 price as a summer sale offer. This is a very versatile app with a large number of good features for both photo editing and photo effects. I listed it in a roundup of best photo editing apps for iPad last year and I especially like its powerful resizing tool. Here are just a few of its notable features:
Here's an App Store link for PhotoForge2; it's a universal app designed for both the iPad and the iPhone. © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us | ||
| Playing Amazon Instant Video from iPad to TV Posted: 06 Aug 2012 10:30 AM PDT  There's no technical reason that you shouldn't be able to stream any video from your iOS device to an attached TV. It's simply a matter of getting around the license restrictions. Chris Breen shows you how. |
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