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Fixed: iPhone 14 Won't Turn On
By Rachel Needell
Getting a new iPhone is always exciting, but your enthusiasm may be dampened if you can't get your brand-new iPhone 14, Pro, or Pro Max to turn on. Whether your brand-new phone won't turn on or the phone you've had for a while is giving you trouble, we've come up with a list of a few possible fixes to get to the bottom of why your new iPhone won't turn on.
The Tech That Made Us
By Elisabeth Garry
These days, technology develops almost too quickly to keep track of. Every year, Apple releases a new iPhone that can do things that even a few years ago would have sounded straight out of a science fiction novel (and sometimes more in a Blade Runner than an Avatar way). Mark Zuckerberg wants us all to live in the metaverse (can’t he just get a Second Life account?); Elon Musk wants to evacuate the ultra-rich to Mars. We’ve become so used to walking around with supercomputers in our pockets that it can be easy to forget just how futuristic today’s tech would seem from the vantage point of even the early 2000s, let alone the middle part of the 20th century, when computers emerged in our cultural consciousness.
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Geotagging photos on your iOS device or desktop computer
By Werner Ruotsalainen
As has been mentioned some weeks ago, it's pretty easy to record GPS information and, later, incorporate it into photos taken on a non-GPS-enabled camera.
Unfortunately, the current camera lineup doesn't really please people that would like to geotag their shots. Neither the, because of the high price-value ratio or high image quality (IQ), most popular point-and-shoot (P&S) or DSLR (including mirrorless [aka EVIL] or some lower-end [Sony] SLT) cameras have built-in GPS modules.
Some examples of the current, most popular cameras lacking any GPS support:
P&S-style "luxury" fixed-lens camera
Steve Jobs quote on death
By David Averbach
By now I'm sure you've all heard the news of Steve jobs' passing. I just wanted to express my condolences to Steve's family and my gratitude for all of his innovations. Below is a quote from Jobs' Stanford commencement address:
Time magazine picks up on "Dress like Steve Jobs day"
By Jim Karpen
Tomorrow is "Dress up like Steve Jobs day." The idea for this Facebook event came from iPhone Life staff, who announced it last week. You are invited to dress up like Steve to honor his extraodinary contribution to the world. And you can post your photo on the Facebook event page. We'll be publishing the best photos.
Sonos Play:3 Review - Unboxing and setup!
By Nate Adcock
This is how you will want to watch Flash(-only) videos and use dynamic Flash content
By Werner Ruotsalainen
Flash support has always (according to some people, painfully) been missing from the iOS platform. In the article below, I explain how you can watch any kind of Flash videos (via SkyFire) and how you can use full(!) Flash (and even Silverlight!) applications on your iPad (via AlwaysOnPC). All this without having to jailbreak!
Pure Flash videos
This is how you can make use of your Bluetooth gear (keyboard, mouse, GPS, game controllers etc.)
By Werner Ruotsalainen
Fortunately, there are a lot of utilities in Cydia (accessible from any jailbroken iDevice) that provide help in using these devices.
Withings Blood Pressure Monitor and App
By Anonymous
I bought the Withings scale about a month ago and love it. Between it and the WiScale app my iPad and iPhone, I keep tabs on my weight loss progress. It's easy and convenient. Today, I received the Withings Blood Pressure Monitor for review. Here's what I like about the unit:
Summertime is vacation time. And if you use campgrounds when you're vacationing, you'll want to check out Woodall’s RV & Camping Copilot (free). It lists more than 12,000 private and public campgrounds and RV parks in the United States and Canada, plus Mexico. It offers campground information, including amenities, services, types of campsites, on-site recreation, as well as identifying many camping discounts offered at parks. Private campgrounds also include Woodall's 5W/5W Rating System.
Other tips on programming for Cydia (or just system hacks) + new iPhone 3GS/4 video camera enhancer tools
By Werner Ruotsalainen
If you have problems installing Fink...
Review: Cryptic Keep by 3D Methods
By Eric Pankoke
In my humble opinion the term “adventure game” has become too broad these days. I see some sites even try to classify an FPS as an adventure game. To me it is games like the King’s Quest series from Sierra or Zork from Infocom that defines the adventure game genre. Games that require you to really explore your surroundings, solve many puzzles, and quite often interact with dozens of non-player characters in more than just a “pardon me while I shoot you” capacity. Cryptic Keep certainly strives for the feel of the classics, though the distinct lack of NPCs and very little story save snippets at the beginning and the end make it feel more like Myst than a true adventure game. Still, I appreciate that developers are trying to reinvigorate the genre, and it was fun while it lasted.
iOS programming: making backup copies of system files and restoring them (in the iPhone 3GS / 4 Video Camera Enhancer tools)
By Werner Ruotsalainen
(Beware: highly technical article! If you aren't a programmer and/or don't want to see how my backup / restore algorithm works, step right to the last two chapters, starting with "Important note for 3G S users"!)
Did you know the effective resolution of the iPhone 4 video is better than that of TIPA's Best 2011 Generic P&S Camera?
By Werner Ruotsalainen
For this, I've used the well-known ISO 12233 resolution chart available HERE for printing / ordering. Please read THIS (additional info in THIS / THIS / THIS article) in order to be able to correctly understand how the frame grabs should be evaluated.
Yet another great iPhone 4 video camera hack by me (v11 released with sources)!
By Werner Ruotsalainen
New, vastly enhanced iPhone 3G S video recorder enhancer released (with source code)!
By Werner Ruotsalainen
I've just uploaded version 1.4 of my free(!), open-source(!) iPhone 3G S video recorder enhancer tool to Cydia. As usual, add the repository „http://www.winmobiletech.com/cy” or „http://winmobiletech.com/cy” to your Cydia client and download the new version from my repository. When the development is finally finished, I'll make the two programs be available in traditional Cydia repositories so that you don't need to access it from my private repository.
Main changes in this version:
This is how you can make your iPhone 4 into a much more versatile video camera
By Werner Ruotsalainen
(Note that this article, as with most of my stuff, shows you not only how the camera can be reconfigured, but also shows you - how you can play back a YouTube video frame-by-frame; - how you can create and upload packages to your Cydia [an alternative to Apple's AppStore] repository and, last but definitely not least, gives you a full source-level explanation of the entire app that I've written to quickly switch between the different iPhone4 camera configurations. No one has released anything similar for the iPhone 4 or the iPhone 3GS [for which I'll also release a very similar utility in a few days] before!)