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Buy a ringtone and assign it immediately Why waste another call sounding like everyone else with the now-generic Marimba...
Mail tip: thwart spam by not loading remote images Images in spam messages are increasingly used to confirm that your email...
Newsstand Google Reader client has unique Twitter buttons Newsstand offers more control over sharing Google Reader articles to Twitter...

Buy a ringtone and assign it immediately

21. Jan, 2010 0 Comments

Why waste another call sounding like everyone else with the now-generic Marimba ringtone? You can assign a new ringtone while buying it.

iTunes Store

contacts, featured, iTunes Store, ringtones

Mail tip: thwart spam by not loading remote images

29. Dec, 2009 0 Comments

Images in spam messages are increasingly used to confirm that your email address is ripe for more spam. Here’s one way to break the cycle while on-the-go.

Mail, tips

featured, Mail, spam, tips

Newsstand Google Reader client has unique Twitter buttons

06. Nov, 2009 0 Comments

Newsstand offers more control over sharing Google Reader articles to Twitter than other clients.

Third-Party apps, UI

featured, Google Reader, Newsstand, Twitter

Pastebot can accept multiple images as a group

19. Mar, 2010 0 Comments

A popular iPhone clipboard utility can receive multiple images from your Mac with a single shortcut.

Third-Party apps

clipboard, Pastebot, sync

MobileMe Gallery app can take over all gallery viewing duties

06. Feb, 2010 1 Comment

Flip a switch and all MobileMe Gallery links that you tap will open in Apple’s app, not Safari. Well, mostly not Safari.

MobileMe

MobileMe, MobileMe Gallery

Incoming phone calls from shared numbers are handled elegantly

02. Feb, 2010 0 Comments

iPhone OS intelligently displays the incoming caller names when two or more contacts share the same phone number.

phone

calls, contacts

iPod app warns when deleting unsynced podcasts

11. Jan, 2010 1 Comment

Like other media, you can download podcasts with the on-board iTunes Store. Unlike other media, you can delete it from the iPod app. However, if you haven’t synced a downloaded podcast back up to iTunes, you’ll be warned before you finish tossing the episode.

iPod

file management, iPod, media