Couple of days back, Google briefly experimented with an interesting login system that allowed users to log into their Google account from a public terminal using a smartphone.
This meant that users didn’t have to enter the password on the public terminal, which can be compromised. It could also be used when you’re on a public or non-trusted Wi-Fi network.
 on the computer.
You are presented with a QR code.
Launch a QR code scanning app such (more…)

It looks like the app was available in the App Store since October 2011 and was available for $0.99. According to the
article published on 6th January 2012, it was a free app.
We’re not sure how the app sneaked into the App Store, as we’re quite sure that the app used unpublished API’s that officially break Apple ‘s iOS Developer agreement. The other issue is that when you click on the
for developer’s website, you’re taken to an under construction (more…)

While we wait for Microsoft to release Office apps for iPad and iPhone , CloudOn – Silicon Valley based startup has released an free app in the App Store that brings Microsoft Office functionality to the iPad.
The app is no longer available in the App Store.
CloudOn for iPad allows you to create, view, and edit files directly in Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint in your workspace using Dropbox account.
Use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint (more…)

The cases that were pulled.

(Credit:
Case-Mate/BGR)

In a peculiar move, accessory maker Case-Mate briefly posted renders of a new line of cases for the Apple ‘s next iPhone , which has not yet been announced by the company.

Included in the renderings were depictions of Apple ‘s next device, which was shown as having a rounded aluminum backing, similar to the iPad 2′s design.

The accessory gallery (more…)

, which we hear are 
. In fact, Chinese counterfeiters seem to be so confident that the case designs are accurate that they’ve already started 
 in China.
 as they feel that leaked iPhone case designs have a decent track record in predicting future iPhones.
has just reported that Case-Mate, one of the major US-based case manufacturers also seem to be working on iPhone 5 cases based on the leaked designs. In fact, Case-Mate briefly (more…)

customers.
The pricing details seem to have gone live after last night’s downtime on Apple ’s Online Store but Apple has quickly removed the Verizon iPhone ordering pages.
will be available for pre-orders from February 3rd to qualified Verizon Wireless customers, ahead of general availability from February 10th.
Anyways, if you are eagerly waiting to pre-order the Verizon iPhone then here are all the details.
The 16GB Verizon iPhone model (more…)

Though the Netflix app is now available on the App Store, the movie streaming service has left scores of iPhone users disappointed since the application does not stream movies over the iPhone . Steve Swasey, VP of Corporate Communications at Netflix had written last month:
“For those of you asking whether Netflix will be on the iPhone and iPod Touch: We wouldn't invite you to dinner without planning to serve dessert. In other words, we're (more…)

.
David Pogue of New York Times interviewed Apple ’s CEO Steve Jobs after the special event and had asked him why Apple had omitted the camera from the iPod Touch like many had speculated.
“Mr. Jobs reiterated what Phil Schiller, the marketing vice president, had said earlier in the onstage presentation: that Apple is really pitching the iPod Touch as a game machine these days. And to do that, you have to make it as inexpensive as possible.
(more…)

The reason for Apple 's addition of the new category is unknown, although it seems possible that the company may have reconsidered its decision to remove the “overtly sexual” applications in the face of backlash from developers and users and has decided to create a dedicated category in an attempt to find a middle ground in the controversy. The use of a dedicated category for explicit material could supplement the age-rating system used for all (more…)

Elgato’s EyeTV iPhone app isn’t supposed to allow you to stream video from a computer to your iPhone over a 3G connection, but a recently discovered backdoor exploit allows users of the app’s first version to do so anyway.

Apple reacted to the news of the backdoor exploit by quickly pulling the app from the App Store on Saturday. Today, we found out that the app has been restored to the store and was briefly for sale again–an unusual (more…)