Facebook’s updated iPhone app is now live in the App Store.
The app update, announced at Facebook’s Places event this afternoon, brings a new Facebook Groups interface, deals, improved checkins and a flurry of bug fixes.
To download the app, click here or check for updates in itunes or on your iPhone or iPod touch.
Update: If you’re experiencing issues, I know it doesn’t help but please be patient.
[via: thenextweb]
Skyfire for iPhone
It was supposed to come out tomorrow, but SkyFire Web Browser is already available in the App Store at $2.99. Featuring SkyFire’s technology that allows you to view flash videos on the iPhone through a server-side conversion to HTML5, SkyFire for iPhone also features Facebook and Twitter sharing in-app, a Facebook “Quickview†menu to check on your Facebook wall with one tap, private browsing, tabs and a desktop user agent option.
We’re testing the app right now and we’ll update this post with our impressions in a few minutes. In the meantime, check out the release notes below.
FEATURES:
• Play millions of Flash videos – everyday, with no limits!
• All-new ‘Skybar’ toolbar gives one-click access to video and related content
• Be social: Share via Facebook and Twitter.
• Stay in touch: Unique Facebook ‘Quickview’ allows you to see your wall and feeds with one click.
• Standard browser elements: Tabs, search, sharing, bookmarks, history, etc.
• Video search, with safe search option helps you quickly find videos about your favorite topic
• ‘Desktop’ option loads pages as on a desktop browser, giving a greater selection of video (vs. mobile sites)
• Private Browsing option: Browse with no history and cookies left behind
• Click the ‘Explore’ button for related videos, news trends, photos and tweets!NOTES:
• Flash VIDEO content is supported, but Flash Games and Apps are NOT supported (aren’t there enough games on iPhone already?)
• Hulu NOT supported (they don’t allow it), but scores of other premium sites available
• List of supported sites grows daily (request new sites via Settings >> Feedback menu)
• It may take 15-25 seconds for videos to load: Preparing goodness takes time…
[via: macstories]
Kazunori Yamauchi,
So finally Gran Turismo 5 goes gold 🙂
The news came from the team Jalopnik at SEMA
We just asked Kazunori Yamauchi, the father of Gran Turismo, in an interview here at SEMA, the question on everyone’s minds — when will GT5 finally be released? His response: “The discs are being stamped as we speak.”
The picture above is Kazunori making a disc-stamping motion with his hands as he answered our query on the ever-shifting release date. We did talk about a number of different topics other than the release — and we’ll have more coming shortly — but for the moment, we thought we’d at least bring you that response.
iTunes connect
Think the current 30 iTunes song previews are too short? Waiting for those 60 second iTunes song rumors to come true? Well today Apple has announced that it will be extending iTunes song previews not to 60 seconds but to an entire 90 seconds. – That’s half the length of many songs! The news comes from Symphonic Distribution (via MR) who received an Apple e-mail, to music labels, detailing the change.
We are pleased to let you know that we are preparing to increase the length of music previews from 30 seconds to 90 seconds on the iTunes Store in the United States. We believe that giving potential customers more time to listen to your music will lead to more purchases.
This news is surely exciting for those who like to listen to previews before purchasing their music. 90 seconds is three times the current iTunes preview lengths and we agree that this will allow music-purchasers to make better music-purchasing decisions. Oh, there’s always listening to the full thing on YouTube first. Interesting to point out is that Apple only specifically mentions the change happening for the U.S. iTunes store so international folks will probably be out of luck for the time being.
via: 9to5mac