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iPhone Modem app offers quick, easy tethering for jailbroken iPhones

We saw the sad news yesterday that the ‘official’ tethering app NetShare will not be making a return to the AppStore, but that does not mean that all tethering will be shut down. The latest app iPhone Modem not only promises a tethering option but a quick and easy option that should work in just [...]

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Nullriver makes it official, NetShare will not return to the App Store

Nullriver has recently posted some additional information regarding their tethering application NetShare and sadly it has been officially banned from the App Store. The news comes in the form of a short and not so sweet statement; “Looks like Apple has decided they will not be allowing any tethering applications in the AppStore. As such, NetShare [...]

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U.S. Army utilizing iPods as field translation devices

One would think that the United States Army would be using some of the most hi-tech translation devices in the world. Well, they are: iPods.  You heard me right! The United States Army’s 10th Mountain Division, a light infantry division, has apparently been using around 260 modified iPods and iPod Nanos running a specialized translation application developed [...]

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Wikipedia comes to the iPhone in the form of Wikipanion

If you’re an avid Wikipedia user like myself, then you know the importance of being able to access the site at anytime, anywhere. There have been a slew of web applications released with this intent in mind, but what we truly need is a sleek, easy-to-use, native application. Well, Robert Chin has developed just that, a [...]

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Copy and paste for the iPhone! Sort of… [Video]

One major feature we’ve all been waiting for since the release of the new iPhone firmware, copy & paste, has yet to officially be released by Apple.  Developed by Zac White, OpenClip is a 3rd party application that offers a copy & paste functionality in “supported” iPhone applications. You may be familiar with another 3rd party application [...]

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iPhone Trick: Disable the App Store Kill Switch

This latest iPhone trick deals with the dreaded App Store Kill Switch. Of course for lots of people this may or not be an issue, but at least for some and a group that comes to mind would be those who paid for and downloaded the NetShare app, it could be a valuable tool. I will [...]

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NetShare will not be coming back to the App Store, at least in the US

So long NetShare, we hardly knew you. It seems that despite some hope, Nullriver’s NetShare app will not be making its return to the App Store, and those who managed to grab it on those two brief appearances will end up having the only available copies. Nullriver has not yet posted any additional information on their [...]

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$13 iPhone app puts $150 Dynamometer to shame [Video]

Dynolicious is a $13 iPhone application that utilizes the iPhone’s accelerometer to gauge your car’s performance. When compared to G-Tech’s dedicated dynamometer (a device used to gauge your car’s performance,) the iPhone not only yielded more accurate results, but it also provided a much more user-friendly interface. Did I mention that G-Tech’s dynamometer set the [...]

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Nullriver working with Apple to reinstate NetShare in the App Store

NetShare, the wonderful tethering app that has made two very brief appearances in the App Store may hopefully soon be making its return. Nullriver has recently posted an update on their website, blaming the lack of initial communication not on Apple, but “automated e-mail systems being employed on both ends, which resulted in e-mails being lost [...]

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Nullriver’s NetShare tethering app has come and gone twice; Will we see it again?

NetShare, the app that lots of people had been waiting for has now pulled not one, but two disappearing acts from the App Store. Both times it showed up, it was retailing for $9.99, the first time it managed to stay in the store for about an hour, and the second time it was roughly [...]

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