Oct 05

It is a sad day indeed.

I bought myself an iBook back in 2004, wanting to get myself out of PCs. I didn’t know that I’ve just entered myself into the world of Steve Jobs. Three more Macintosh computers, a few iPods and iPhones later, and I am still thrilled to be in this world that was changed by Steve.

Thanks for leaving a dent in our Universe, Steve. Rest in peace.
Steve Jobs, 1995-2011

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Aug 20

True story: I finally did it and jailbroken one of my iOS devices. The victim happens to be my faithful first-generation iPad. I did it simply because I wanted to be able to do screencasting on my device.

You see, I have always been a fan of Street Fighter. I downloaded both Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter IV Volt the moment it was released. If you want a fighting game for your iOS device, the Street Fighter series is the one to get.

With the debut of Street Fighter IV Volt, online multiplayer became possible. I’ve spent countless hours before bed playing with people from all over the world. One thing I loved about the game is the ability to save replays of your favorite matches. Some of these replays were epic moments during game play. I hit the maximum amount of 20 replays quickly enough that I find it difficult to let go most of these replays.
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May 24

I read David Pogue‘s latest article in the NYTimes regarding extending your battery life with a lot of interest. There are some mistakes in the article, particularly on how one can actually prevent apps from staying in the background by killing them – Pogue has requested the NYTimes people to amend his article.

What got me more interested was the fact that quite a lot of people don’t really understand how multitasking on iOS 4 works. One of the main reasons was the way Apple (and most likely Steve Jobs) dictated how multitasking should work on their mobile operating system.

Thinking differently, Apple thought that their multitasking implementation would help a lot in saving battery life. To a certain extent, they did.
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Jan 26

It has begun. Well, since September 16 2009, that is when they first registered the account.

Apple’s @AppStore Twitter account is now finally alive and Verified. What does this mean? Well, that means Steve and Co would like your attention on Twitter – lots of it.

As of this writing, about 114,000 Twitter users are following that account which has so far sent out eleven tweets related to apps that are available on the iTunes Store. Aside to that, take note also that @AppStore follows five other iTunes-related property which are all, yes, Verified too.

If you are on Twitter, give @AppStore a hello and follow them. Oh, while you are there, do follow us @OneMoreTap, eh? :)

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Apr 29

Thoughts on FlashThis one’s been long awaited. The article was dated 27 April 2010 – I based this on the file name of the “Thoughts on Flash” image that appeared in Apple.com’s front page.

Read from the CEO himself after the break.

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