Google Latitude on the Apple iPhone

Google Latitude applications for the iPhone is released. Google Latitude is an application that allows you to tell the current position you are in, and indicate the position of your friends via a map on the iPhone.

Previously, Google Latitude is made for the platform like Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry. Finally, after waiting for 2 years, Google Latitude present in the Apple iPhone.

In the past, Google Latitude is a web-based application and is not suitable for the iOS 4 operating system that do not support multitasking operation. Now, Google Latitude remade into pure applications, and can run on iOS 4 operating system that supports multitasking operations.

The excess of Google Latitude is able to continue to update the mapping when the application is already closed, or when your smartphone screen is locked from the activity. Now, Google Latitude can be used in the Apple iPhone and iPad, and you can download it for free at the iTunes App Store.

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Google Developed the Web-Based Android Market

Finally, Google launched their web version of the Android Market app store, following criticism of Google Android users. Previously, users often complained about Android Market because Google do not offer a web version of their Android Market. So far, the Android Market can only be accessed via mobile phones.

And now the problem was finally resolved. Google Android Market is now accessible through the web, as well as Apple's App Store as Cellular-News reported on Thursday (02/03/2011). Now users can monitor all their transactions through the web version using their Google account.

Web version of Google Android Market allows users to send applications directly to their friends with just a few clicks without using cables.

Android Market web version was introduced when Google launched its Android operating system version 3.0 Honeycomb. Honeycomb is suppose to be available in the market along with Apple introduced the newest version of their iPad.

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Apple removes API Jailbreak Detector

Quietly and without explanation, Apple has removed the jailbreak detector API in iOS. The reason Apple eliminates the API is still a mystery, but they insist will be able to find out if devices like the iPhone, iPad Touch, and the iPad has been modified.

Jailbreak allows users to use other applications than applications are available on the iTunes App Store. Jailbreak is not new, and can be done by using some application like Skype that can not be installed on iPhones that have been modified.

Jailbreak is a serious threat to Apple, even though the user is not aware of the dangers that may arise from malware when downloading an application from a third party.

API that came through applications such as AirWatch and Afaria, can access information and features of iOS and its apparatuses. But after iOS version 4.2, this service is stopped for no apparent reason, and Apple has not commented on this.

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10 Discoveries that Apple had patented

CALIFORNIA - Apple has collected 563 patents in 2010. Some of them will be a real product and probably will change the world of technology as they have done with the iPod, iPhone, App Store and iPad. Apple patent expert, Jack Purcher from Patently Apple, has been monitoring the patenting company since 2006. Similarly, as quoted by Mashable, Tuesday (01/18/2011).

Here are some discoveries that are patented by Apple, as this discovery may change the landscape of the world of technology in the future :

1. iBike : Bicycle connected to a computer system
2. Wand Remote : Remote-control-like Wii, for the Apple TV
3. Touchscreen iMac : iMac with a touchscreen
4. Solar-Powered iPhone : iPhone solar-powered
5. iHeadSet : Headset that equipped with Bluetooth / iPod modern version
6. iKey : iPhone that equipped with locking systems for home and car
7. Shareable Apps : Applications that can be shared via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
8. Magnetic Lenses : Portable camera device with the addition of magnetic lenses
9. Video Game Comic Book : e-comic that can make games interaction with user
10. MacBook with Built-In Projector : MacBook is equipped with a projector

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