Despite the very recent ejection of their co-founder and Chief Architect, Mike Lee, Tapulous, the venture-capital backed iPhone development start-up, has dropped the latest version of Tap Tap Revenge, version 1.2. The uber-popular iPhone game, which passed up the 1,000,000 download landmark earlier this month, promises more features, more fun, and more tap tapping with their latest effort. Also, feel free to check out our initial review of Tap Tap Revenge v1.1.
Here are the entire details from the iTunes’ page:
More than 30 songs!
Tap Tap Thursday: Hot new tracks by top artists every Thursday
Revenge Mode: Fun new 8x mode!
Streak and multiplier indicators. You’ll be a pro in no time
Volume control for iPod touch
Better leaderboards. No more booting out of the game; see your own top scores.
Apple has confirmed that, yes indeed, the widely publicized iPhone security flaw will be patched sometime in September. The exploit, which allows access to locked iPhones (by pressing emergency call from the unlock screen and then pressing the “home” button twice), was confirmed by Apple today.
In an email to MacWorld, apple rep Jennifer Bowcock said, “The minor iPhone security issue which surfaced this week is fixed in a software update which will be released in September.”
The September release of Apple’s 2.1 firmware is gearing up to be a momentous occasion, as MacRumors notes:
The list of issues to be addressed or new features to be released is ever increasing. The list now includes this security fix, fix for iPhone app crashing, 3G connectivity improvements (partially addressed by 2.0.2), and “push” background services for applications.
In the meantime, iPhone users can protect against the hack by changing their settings. Adjusting the double-clicking of the “home” button to route to the home screen will enable the unlock screen for locked iPhones.
It’s not uncommon for periodicals to keep running obituaries on file for high-profile characters. The accidental publishing of such an obituary, however? Very uncommon.
Such was the case today when Bloomberg, the financial newswire, mistakenly published their 17-page obituary for Steve Jobs, who is indeed alive, well, and kicking today despite past health concerns. A snippet from the publishing:
A college dropout who co-founded APple Inc., Jobs won ardent supporters by ushering “cool” gadgets to market. He delivered the Macintosh, the first user-friendly computer, and conquered the online music industry with the iPod, making white ear buds fashionable. In 2007, he led Apple into the mobile-phone market with the Web-surfing iPhone.
Accompanying the standard postmortem accolades was a list — people to contact in the event of Jobs’ death. Among them: Al Gore (on Apple board), Steve Wozniak (Apple co-founder), Eric Schmidt (Google CEO), and Bill Gates.
While the story was obviously redacted shortly after publication, we’re just hoping none of the people on Bloomberg’s list were actually called for comment.
AT&T unveiled two new iPhone-exclusive data plans today for international usage:
$119.99 / month for 100MB of data
$199.99 / month for 200MB of data
While no long-term commitments are required, one month is the minimum purchase period (i.e. you won’t be able to get 2 weeks pro-rated). Also the pricing is in addition to, not instead of, your regular service plan, which would make for one hefty bill.
Executive VP at AT&T, Bill Hauge, said, “AT&T has worked diligently to provide affordable options for international roaming because the feature-rich mobile experience of iPhone is indispensable to users.” On a pay-per-use data plan users could expect to pay as much as 2 cents per kilobyte, translating into nearly $40 for a mere 2MB of data. Using this rationale, AT&T appears to think that hitting you with a bill for nearly $300 is a steal.
On top of that, the plan only covers 67 countries, charging additional fees (varying from 1-2 cents) for international usage outside of these areas.
Rocking Pocket Games, the self-proclaimed “new game company” that “will keep you entertained for hours,” has released some nifty demos of their first effort: Blue Skies, Air Force Academy.
Though carrying what’s been established as the premium gaming price-tag of $9.99, Blue Skies might just be worth the price, promising:
top down 2D scrolling action
uses the accelerometer to steer
30 levels
Rocking Pocket Games says Blue Skies should be available via the App Store shortly.
