Category Archives: Apple

iOS VLC fails after all :(

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Ben Lavery

Back in November a mobile version of VLC was released for the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch.  Many people cheered as the open source media player graced their iOS device.  Though some people didn’t…

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Adium Gains IRC Support – Colloquy to die?

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Ben Lavery

Adiam is an awesome app for OS X which is based on the same code as Pidgin.  Adium has the advantage of being the same as many other open source instant messenger clients out there as well as being coded … Continue reading →

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VLC for the iPhone could fall thanks to the GPL

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Ben Lavery

VLC, the popular open source media plater, has been ported to the iPhone by Applidium.  The media player is available via the App Store for free. VLC is licensed under the open source license called the GNU General Public License, this license … Continue reading →

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Alarm Clock Bug in iOS 4.1

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Ben Lavery

This week I am working the early shift at work.  I must be in Machynlleth by 5am meaning that I’ve got to get up at 3:30am and leave by 4:30am.  However, today when my 3:30 alarm went off, it was … Continue reading →

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Mac OS 10.7

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Ben Lavery

Once again, late to the blogsphere as usual. Yesterday Apple announced it’s plans for the next iteration of OS X – 10.7 “Lion”. Lion will concentrate  on bringing technologies “back to the Mac”, indeed this phrase was the tagline to … Continue reading →

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iPhone Games

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Ben Lavery

Even back on my iPod Touch I liked playing games, and now with my faster, more responsive iPhone I love playing games.  I thought I might share a few of my favourites.  So here we go, in no particular order … Continue reading →

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Blogging on MY iPhone!

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Ben Lavery

Last Friday I recieved my iPhone 4. I have to say I’m impressed with the speed of the thing, much more responsive than my old first generation iPod touch. I’m loving the freedom of mobile Internet too, though I’ve not … Continue reading →

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Acquiring an iPhone 4

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Ben Lavery

Last Saturday I called Tesco to try and order a 16GB iPhone 4 but they were out of stock Yesterday they rang me back saying they had some in stock, I leaped at the chance of getting one and ordered … Continue reading →

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Blogging on an iPad

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Ben Lavery

I’m currently in the Cardiff Apple store playing on an iPad and I’ve got to say it’s pretty good! The keyboard is much better than I thought it would be, plus you get all the benefits of the auto-correcting spelling. … Continue reading →

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Apple releases new iTunes and OS X v10.6.4, another release predicted prior to iPhone 4 release?

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Ben Lavery

Yesterday Apple released iTunes 9.2 touting the following enhancements:

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