Over five months ago Google started the beta of Schemer on an invitation basis. Boredom is yesterday, because the service has finally gone live, the application is available for both iOS and Android.

In December of last year Google launched Schemer as a beta version in the United States, users only could be invited by others. Schemer is a platform where users may submit recommendations to activities and schedule them in the agenda. The service has a wide variety of things that you can do, you could for example check out book recommendations, see what parties are going, walk routes and all the other things that you could possibly do. Continue Reading →

The next-generation iPhone that is likely to launch in September of October of this year may be equipped with a 4-inch display. Sources have told The Wall Street Journal that Apple has placed an order for display that are larger ever before. If the sources are correct it will be the first time that Apple will switch to a display larger since the release of the first-generation iPhone. Apple of course refused to comment on the rumor.

Apple is likely to switch to a larger 4-inch display to compete with other smartphone manufacturers, who have been developing giant smartphones with screen sizes of 4.3, 4.6 and 4.7-inch. The recently announced Samsung Galaxy S III is equipped with an even larger 4.8-inch display. Continue Reading →

A new Apple patent application shows a special integration of the iPhone in your car: a special remote control that can be placed on your steering wheel should make it possible to control your iPhone while you are driving. The patent describes how Apple’s clickwheel can be placed in different cars and that it is possible to turn the little remote, allowing users to easily access it with their thumbs.

The clickwheel will be making use of Bluetooth or another RF-signal to connect wirelessly with your iPhone. Like with the later iPod Touch models it is touch sensitive, which means that you swipe through your contact list with your fingers instead of having to press the button every time to go down or up in the list. You will of course still have to connect your iPhone with the stereo of the car or the hands-free system. Continue Reading →

After Steve Jobs deceased last year it became clear that Sony was interested in the rights for creating a movie about the former founder and CEO of Apple. But we haven’t seen a lot of information about the movie, until today. Sony Pictures announced that Aaron Sorkin will indeed write the screenplay for the upcoming Steve Jobs movie. Sorkin is one of the best writers in the business and became famous for his work on various movies, including the movie about Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of Facebook), The Social Network.

Sony Pictures had previously obtained the rights to create a film of the official biography of Steve Jobs, which was written by Walter Isaacson and release shortly after Jobs passed away in 2011. The independent film with Aston Kutcher taking on the role of Steve Jobs is a separate project and looks to be progressing quite quickly. Other details about Sony’s movie have not been released, casting is not determined, although there are reports that Scott Rudin will produce the biopic and that Ashton Kutcher may take on role of Jobs again. Continue Reading →

A new update for Flipboard makes it possible to connect with SoundCloud. This will allow users to listen to music inside the application that is created by their friends or from the people that they are following on the network. This new category that is called Audio lets you also discovered new music thanks to the link with SoundCloud. The application has also been optimized for vision-impaired users by making use of VoiceOver.

Those that have enabled VoiceOver will hear that the application will try to help you navigating and tell you on what buttons you are pressings. Articles are spoken, which means that you don’t have to read them anymore. VoiceOver is a feature that can enable in the settings menu of your iPhone. Continue Reading →

Customs in the United States are currently blocking the import of the HTC One X smartphones. The Customs will examine whether HTC is still violating Apple patents in their latest devices. HTC confirms the import blockade.

The Customs have the right to extensively examine the device to check whether it is still violating Apple patents. HTC has confirmed the blockade of their smartphones, but says that the software is no longer violating any patents. Continue Reading →

The App Store has become a breeding place for developers who would like to earn money with their work. According to research performed by Aapo Markkanen Research there are quite a few users that are spending little on mobile application: 70 percent of the application users are spending little to nothing on a application. A large part of the turnover is therefore caused by a much smaller group of users: 3 percent of the App Store-users are responsible for 20 percent of all the money that is being spent in the App Store.

This report was created by Markkanen in a response to an American study by ABI Research, which suggests that more 65% of the users are spending money on applications: these users were reportedly spending 14 dollars per months on average in the App Store. A good amount of money and probably a little to good, Markkanen argues that this number is likely caused by the 30 percent who does spend money on application. The average would therefore also be a lot lower; at $7.50 per month Continue Reading →

Facebook has been highlighting the last few days, how important the mobile platform is for the company. This of course has something to do with the upcoming IPO, showing the ‘best side’ of the company. The world’s largest social network has enough manpower, but fails to deliver a good application, the Facebook application is slow, even slower than the mobile website, there are hundreds of bugs and the information that the app is displaying isn’t correct.

The notification icon sometimes claims that there are unread messages, but after opening the application this isn’t the case. It doesn’t come as a real surprise when we look at the 2 stars rating in the App Store, the previous version was rated 3 stars. Users are better off using the mobile website in the Safari browser. You wonder how it is possible that Facebook fails to develop a good mobile application. Continue Reading →