lokwat | an evergreen

A few weeks back, Google announced a new and improved version of Gmail for the iPhone which includes such great features as Search and Offline mode. Offline mode takes advantage of Safari’s implementation of the HTML 5 Database spec by allowing sites/applications to store data locally within the browser.
I noticed a couple of weeks ago [...]

There’s a market cropping up for paid apps that only run on jailbroken iPhones. I applaud the ingenuity and creativity of these folks and am happy to support them.
That said, I’m torn: what happens when Apple releases a software update that effectively blocks the use of said software? Do I get a refund? Probably not.
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Last week, I successfully went through the process of jailbreaking my iPhone and was able to install two of the apps I’ve been waiting for: Qik and Ustream.tv.
As part of my weekly podcast, I want to do a live streaming episode, somewhere on-location. It can’t be a lengthy interview because the phone doesn’t have a [...]

I’ve been mulling over an iPhone jailbreak for months now. My biggest concern has been that I might brick my phone, but also that the process seemed like a PITA.
So, when I saw the oh-so-creatively-named InstallerApp from RipDev pop up on Gizmodo and Engadget, I jumped on it. (After all, they are “The iPhone [...]

I have seen the future of the webernets, news and syndication and it looks a lot like this. Fwix is putting a simple and highly powerful app in the hands of iPhone users.
Fwix, a social news site that skims through dozens of web services to generate a News Feed’ for your city, has just [...]