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Yahoo! Messenger for iOS is now optimized for iPad 2.

Yahoo! has just updated its Messenger client for iOS and is now optimized for iPad 2.

  • iPad-optimized layout
  • Voice & video calling for iPad 2
  • Improved spam management: block one or all add requests from a single view
  • Fixed multiple bugs including the unexpected sign-out issue

This update requires iOS 4.0 or Higher

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WordPress 2.8 for iOS.

WordPress 2.8 for iOS is now available at iTunes App Store.

New features:

  • Quick Photo button: only available on iPhone for now.
  • Stats
  • Added translations to Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Bosnian, Hebrew, German, Dutch, French and Croatian.

WordPress for iOS now has Stats feature just like its Android counterpart.

In addition to that, WordPress 2.8 for iOS could be the last version that supports iOS 3.x.

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Scam Alert: Fake Email Pretending To Be From Apple.

UPDATE:
The DNS registration information was changed on 2011-05-19, also noted by a reader.

Domain Name: APPLESDOWNLOAD.COM
Registrar: ELB GROUP, INC.
Whois Server: whois.retailstudio.com
Referral URL: http://www.retailstudio.com
Name Server: NS1.QUCKBO.RU
Name Server: NS2.QUCKBO.RU
Name Server: NS3.QUCKBO.RU
Name Server: NS4.QUCKBO.RU
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 19-may-2011
Creation Date: 14-mar-2011
Expiration Date: 14-mar-2012

>>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 19 May 2011 20:15:58 UTC <<<

Whois info as of 2011-05-19

Domain Name: APPLESDOWNLOAD.COM

Registrant:
Vanna Berglund
Vanna Berglund        (stalk@mailae.com)
Danska Vagen 68-70
Gothenburg
Västra Gotalandslän,SE-41659
SE
Tel. +46.317078999

Creation Date: 14-Mar-2011
Expiration Date: 14-Mar-2012

Domain servers in listed order:
ns1.quckbo.ru
ns2.quckbo.ru
ns3.quckbo.ru
ns4.quckbo.ru

Administrative Contact:
Vanna Berglund
Vanna Berglund        (stalk@mailae.com)
Danska Vagen 68-70
Gothenburg
Västra Gotalandslän,SE-41659
SE
Tel. +46.317078999

Technical Contact:
Vanna Berglund
Vanna Berglund        (stalk@mailae.com)
Danska Vagen 68-70
Gothenburg
Västra Gotalandslän,SE-41659
SE
Tel. +46.317078999

Billing Contact:
Vanna Berglund
Vanna Berglund        (stalk@mailae.com)
Danska Vagen 68-70
Gothenburg
Västra Gotalandslän,SE-41659
SE
Tel. +46.317078999

Status:LOCKED

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A reader sent in a screenshot of an email pretending to be from Apple.

All clicks lead to: http://tariacuri.crefal.edu.mx/dweb/images/smilies/index.php which redirects to applesdownload.com.
It is likely that tariacuri.crefal.edu.mx site has been compromised.

applesdownload.com whois info:

Domain Name: APPLESDOWNLOAD.COM

Registrant:
Lyubov Bushmakina
Lyubov Bushmakina        ()
ul.Yuriya Gagarina d.38 k.2 kv.99
Sankt-Peterburg
Sankt-Peterburg,196105
RU
Tel. +7.8125540822
Fax. +7.8125540822

Creation Date: 14-Mar-2011
Expiration Date: 14-Mar-2012

Domain servers in listed order:
ns1.thejobrano.com
ns2.thejobrano.com

Administrative Contact:
Lyubov Bushmakina
Lyubov Bushmakina        ()
ul.Yuriya Gagarina d.38 k.2 kv.99
Sankt-Peterburg
Sankt-Peterburg,196105
RU
Tel. +7.8125540822
Fax. +7.8125540822

Technical Contact:
Lyubov Bushmakina
Lyubov Bushmakina        ()
ul.Yuriya Gagarina d.38 k.2 kv.99
Sankt-Peterburg
Sankt-Peterburg,196105
RU
Tel. +7.8125540822
Fax. +7.8125540822

Billing Contact:
Lyubov Bushmakina
Lyubov Bushmakina        ()
ul.Yuriya Gagarina d.38 k.2 kv.99
Sankt-Peterburg
Sankt-Peterburg,196105
RU
Tel. +7.8125540822
Fax. +7.8125540822

Status:LOCKED

The site is currently still up.

This is not the first time such email pretending to come from Apple.

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Apple Store is Down ahead of Retail Stores’ Tenth Year Anniversary.

UPDATE:
It is back up and no noticeable changes.

You’ve read all the rumors about Apple celebrating its Retail Stores’ Tenth Year Anniversary, and at the moment of this posting Apple Store Online goes Down for maintenance. The first Apple Stores opened on May 19th, 2001 at Tysons Corner in McLean, Virginia, and the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California.

Even though Apple Store, Glendale Galleria was the second Apple Store to open, it bears R001 designation as the first Apple Retail Store. Surprisingly Apple Store, Tysons Corner bears R010 designation even though it was the first one to open a few hours ahead of Apple Retail, Glendale Galleria.

We’ll find out what Apple would do for its Retail Stores’ Tenth Year Anniversary.

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About the iPhone after iPhone 4.

In the recent weeks there have been numerous rumors about the next iPhone, be it iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S. We first jokingly reported the so called iPhone 4.5 as an April Fools joke, in fact some of the “made-up” info indeed came from credible sources.

For what we already know about “the next iPhone” in addition to iPhone 5:

  • No, it will not be a “teardrop” design.
  • No NFC
  • No LTE

What we heard is that Apple would release the next iPhone before 2011 Holiday Season. Rest assure that Phil Schiller is not the one who told us this.

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Can we cross the bridge now?

Lodsys explains why it’s not after Apple but only the developers for In-App Purchasing. Apple is licensed to use their patent, as a matter of fact both Google and Microsoft are also licensed.

Lodys sets the licensing fees:

Lodsys is seeking 0.575% of US revenue over for the period of the notice letter to the expiration of the patent, plus applicable past usage.  So on an application that sells US$1m worth of sales in a year, the licensee would have an economic exposure of $5,750 per year.

Lodsys also mentions that it has been getting a lot of hate mails including some death threats.

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Related articles:

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so Apple, Google and Microsoft can cross the bridge, but not people who are riding with them?

This is what the iPad Auto-Correction thinks of Lodsys:

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