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It looks like folks at Yamaha were inspired by it and they have figured out a way to play the piano using Siri.
Yamaha hasn’t used a Siri Proxy like other hacks. They have given Jim Dalrymple of
Take a standard MIDI songfile and convert it to an audio file (while maintaining the MIDI data). The songfile is then sent wirelessly via WiFi to an Apple Airport Express (which is mounted underneath a Yamaha Disklavier reproducing (more…)

, we have seen developers figure out interesting way to use Siri using it such as
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The proxy server allows developers to create custom plugins that can intercept voice commands and perform any action that is programmable, scriptable etc.
Now an Icelandic developer and hacker named Hjalti Jakobsson has created a custom plugin for Plex. Plex is a partially open-sourced software that can play local and online media.
As you can see in the video (more…)

It’s time for another Apple special event and all that it entails. Sure, the new device (or perhaps new devices) will be the biggest news from Tuesday’s “Let’s Talk iPhone ” session, but a new iPhone will be only part of the experience. Though CEO Tim Cook is expected to preside, it’s still a mystery as to exactly which Apple execs will take the stage with him. And even besides the “who” and the “what” Apple events (more…)

In a recent blog post, Matt Comi, one of the developers has explained the configuration set-up on this new version:
1. Plug your iPad into the TV
2. Pair your iPad with your iPhone or iPod Touch
3. Sit on your couch and play
And that’s it. You never have to get up to touch the iPad. You do everything from the controller. It works great.”
has been connected to a television set, developers of
point out that they have incorporated additional (more…)

“I just got my iPad and the first thing I did was install a build of snes4iphone made specifically for non-jailbroken iDevices. This is the video of the first test. I have 2x scale enabled on the iPad to make it full screen, and I enabled smooth scaling in the emulator. I’m playing Super Mario Kart on my iPad and it looks, sounds, and plays great! This is going to be amazing.”
According to initial reviews, the SNES emulator works very well on the (more…)

, new videos added to Facebook are now being encoded in h264 formatthat can be played natively on the iPhone , iPad and iPod Touch.
However, unlike an HTML5 experience where videos can be played from within the mobile Safari browser, Facebook is providing a link to the video that are loaded in full screen mode. This is very similar to the way iPhone OS devices open YouTube videos. A Facebook representative has told TechCrunch that the company might (more…)

. The iPhone app allows users who have subscribed to Rhapsody To Go service ($14.99 per month) to individually select and listen to more than 6 million songs in its catalog on-demand over 3G/EDGE and Wi-Fi.
Though users can create their own streaming playlists, unlike
they can’t save them to play them offline. Rhapsody plans to address this limitation in the new version as it was the No. 1 request from users.
So with the new version, users (more…)

Google Reader Play is very similar to the slideshow feature on popular photo sharing websites like Flickr. Users are displayed a gist of blog articles – one at a time, which may be navigated through by pressing the arrow keys while on a desktop computer or by using the virtual arrows on an
. Google explains that unlike Google Reader, users may be able to access Reader Play without the need to sign in with a Google account. However, '
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The developers of the accessory have now announced that mass production of the iControlPad is currently underway and it should come to the markets pretty soon. There will be two versions of the accessory on offer. The basic version will contain a sleeve that fits in the iPhone and shall come equipped with a D-Pad, ABXY action buttons as well the basic function keys – Start and Select. An advanced version of the iControlPad will also contain an internal (more…)

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The real NFL season is about to kick off, and EA has seized the opportunity to finally slide in the release of its much-anticipated port of Madden to the iPhone /iPod Touch format. It represents the meeting of the mobile entertainment industry’s unstoppable force, Apple ‘s black slab of wonder, with the gaming industry’s immovable object. Available at $7.99 through the kickoff of the Steelers-Titans (more…)