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A Smart Cover For Your iPhone 4/4s

TidyTilt is a stand, and earbud chord wrap for your post 3GS iPhone that’s designed to look just like the iPad 2’s smart cover. To use it, you’ll need to apply an adhesive magnetic frame to the back of your iPhone for your TidyTilt to stick on to. But never fear! They say it’s easy to remove should the frame bother you. There’s just 22 days left to go of the Kickstarter project, and they already have a manufacturer lined up to start, well, manufacturing them soon.

Get the new YouTube design now

Google’s been rolling out the new YouTube design in stages, but for some of us that’s not good enough. So to get it now, all you have to do is go to YouTube in either Chrome or Firefox, and hit Ctrl / Cmd + Shift + K (Firefox), or Ctrl + Shift + J (Windows Chrome) or Cmd + Alt + J (Mac Chrome). Then paste in this:

document.cookie=”VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=ST1Ti53r4fU”;

After that, just close the console and reload the page. I had to do this twice to get it to keep the look when returning to YouTube, but it works great now.

Siri Ported To iPhone 4, I Cry In Rejoice (Updated)

Yes, it’s true. On the day of the iPhone 4S launch, Siri has already been ported to the iPhone 4. Developer Steven Troughton-Smith has been working with 9to5mac to port Siri over to the 4, and by installing iPhone 4S’s Siri and springboard files on to the 4, they’ve managed to get the beginning steps of a full port going. The main issue at this point is just that Apple obviously isn’t authenticating commands to it’s servers from iPhone 4 hardware.

If your first reaction to the video is sheer terror because of all that lag, don’t worry, that’s only happening because Troughton-Smith had to delete the GPU driver, but once he gets it back, Siri should run just as fast on the 4 as on the 4S.

UPDATE

And now they’ve already got smooth scrolling. Check out the new video:

Ice Cream Sandwich Caught On Video, Probably Getting Official October 11th

Invites are being sent out for the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event scheduled for October 11th, which is where Samsung shows off their latest devices. But this year it’s going to be special because it’s titled the “Google Episode,” and says we’ll “get a look at what’s new from android.” So aside from the blatently obvious reasons to believe this is where the Nexus Prime and ICS will be announced, there’s also the rumors that Samsung is the hardware manufacturer of the next Nexus, and the fact ice cream sandwich was supposed to come out around this time. So there’s very little doubt in my mind that this will be where the Nexus Prime (or whatever you’d like to call it) will be announced.

Now, about this video. Supposedly some guy ordered a Nexus S on eBay, and it came with ice cream sandwich installed instead of gingerbread. Though this could be what happened, I’m not convinced. I think one of two things has happened here, either this is indeed ice cream sandwich, and this video is Google trying to keep people excited about Android through all the iPhone 5 hype, or this is just a really, really good ROM. 

Why You Should Switch To The Dev Version Of Chrome

If you have Mac OS X Lion you know the 3 finger swipe to go to a previous page has been replaced by a 2 finger swipe that only works in Safari, and if you’re a human like me, this must have really upset you. So immediately after downloading Lion I began my epic mission to get the 2 finger swipe backwards to reload a page into Chrome. This did not take very long. After doing one Google search I found there was a dev version of Chrome that had this feature, so I downloaded it instantly with complete disregard for all warnings given, and I loved it from the first time I two finger swept backwards. 

Now, just about an hour ago, I got an update for my wonderful new dev version of Chrome that revamped the “new tab” page (where all the apps are), and it’s wonderful. It splits apps, most visited, and bookmarks into 3 pages (you can have multiple pages of apps). You can also easily remove apps from chrome, as you can see in one of the pictures above. It’s like a mobile operating system.

You might be thinking, I’ll just wait until they release these features for the regular version. You could do that, but the regular version of Chrome is Chrome 13, while the dev version is already 15, so it’d be a while before you’re caught up, and some features might not even make it to the final release. And besides, who doesn’t like having things before everybody else? 

I really recommend you get the dev Chrome, and if you don’t like it, it’s always possible to go back to the regular build, just follow the instructions on the bottom of this page.

Download dev version of Chrome for Mac

Download dev version of Chrome for Windows

Here’s a list of all the special versions of Chrome explaining them:

Stable channel: This channel has gotten the full testing and blessing of the Chrome test team, and is the best bet to avoid crashes and other issues.  It’s updated roughly every two-three weeks for minor releases, and every 6 weeks for major releases.

Beta channel: If you are interested in seeing what’s next, with minimal risk, Beta channel is the place to be.  It’s updated every week roughly, with major updates coming ever six weeks, more than a month before the Stable channel will get them.

Dev channel: Want to see what’s happening quickly, then you want the Dev channel.  The Dev channel gets updated once or twice weekly, and it shows what we’re working on right now.  There’s no lag between major versions, whatever code we’ve got, you will get.  While this build does get tested, it is still subject to bugs, as we want people to see what’s new as soon as possible.

Canary build: Canary builds are the bleeding edge. Released daily, this build has not been tested or used, it’s released as soon as it’s built. Because there’s no guarantee that it will even run in some cases, it uses it’s own profile and settings, and can be run side by side another Chrome channel.  By default, it also reports crashes and usage statistics to Google (you can disable this on the download page).

Download any of these versions on this page.

Nearly 20 Minutes of Meego Harmattan, The Nokia N950, And Thai

Still can’t stop thinking about the N950 and/or it’s software? Well here’s 17:56 of it. There’s also a video below (also in a foreign language) where you can see the slide out keyboard.

Why Facebook Will Die Soon

I hate facebook. And I really believe it will be gone soon, just like Friendster, and Myspace. No social network can last forever. Everyone had a Myspace, but it was recently sold for less than half of what it was bought for. And at one point, people were actually deciding between facebook and Friendster. Now since Diaspora, and Google+ are about to come out (both are in beta), I think the era of facebook is slowly coming to an end.

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iOS 5 Beta 2 Has A Secret Alternate Lockscreen Alert Style First of all I apologize for the lengthy title. I was texting my friend and I was getting the usual new lockscreen notification, but one time I got this. I think in the future this could be an alternate lockscreen alert style, and if there are alternate alert styles to choose from for the lockscreen (like there are for the springboard and in applications), I assume you’ll have the option to keep the iOS 4 style lockscreen notification. This could also be the new version of the iOS 4 style lockscreen notification, since in the old style you wouldn’t be able to “slide to read.”  Whatever it is it has to be something. And, “even if it’s never released at least we know it existed.” UPDATE I’ve tested this a bit more. It turns out the first time you get a notification it looks like that, but if you miss it and check your phone later you see the original iOS 5 notifications (from beta 1). Glad that’s resolved. High-res

iOS 5 Beta 2 Has A Secret Alternate Lockscreen Alert Style

First of all I apologize for the lengthy title. I was texting my friend and I was getting the usual new lockscreen notification, but one time I got this. I think in the future this could be an alternate lockscreen alert style, and if there are alternate alert styles to choose from for the lockscreen (like there are for the springboard and in applications), I assume you’ll have the option to keep the iOS 4 style lockscreen notification. This could also be the new version of the iOS 4 style lockscreen notification, since in the old style you wouldn’t be able to “slide to read.” 

Whatever it is it has to be something. And, “even if it’s never released at least we know it existed.”

UPDATE

I’ve tested this a bit more. It turns out the first time you get a notification it looks like that, but if you miss it and check your phone later you see the original iOS 5 notifications (from beta 1). Glad that’s resolved.