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Tagged: news
A first look at iOS 7
WWDC 2013 showed iOS 7 as rumored: more minimal, with Control Center, AirDrop, and a call block list, for developers now and everyone in the autumn.
iTunes Radio
iTunes Radio is Pandora/Last.fm-style streaming, US in the autumn, unlikely in Greece.
OS X Mavericks
After the big-cat names, OS X Mavericks promised Finder tabs, iCloud keychain, and better multi-display support, for developers that night and everyone in autumn.
WWDC 2013 Keynote [videopost]
WWDC 2013 keynote recap with a link to watch if you missed it live.
Jailbreak – end of an era
iOS 6.1.3 patched long-lived exploits; only some A4 devices with SHSH blobs could stay on 6.1.2, while A5 and newer were stuck.
What will happen with the iOS 6 jailbreak?
Few public jailbreakers left, Apple hardening iOS 6.1 with KASLR, and a plea not to update if you still wanted to try tweaks — plus anti-piracy.
10 serious moves to protect your privacy
The other day I had a friend’s iPhone 4S in my hands so I could take photos and video. The first thing I asked — I always do — was “What’s the passcode?”
Happy holidays!
Holiday and new-year wishes from HellasProject.
[SOLD] MacBook Pro 6,2 i5 2.4GHz
Personal 15.4-inch MacBook Pro listed at 900 EUR, later marked sold.
What has happened?!
Stepping back from iOS development after WiFi Spots GR was cracked in under eight hours; apps would leave the Store, source later on GitHub.
What it was, what it is, and what it is not..(;!)
Complaints about Greek Apple retail: selling high-end machines without asking needs, excessive attitude, and still some luck that shops exist at all.
Apple’s value is over $500 billion
Apple crossed $500 billion market value for the first time, joining a short US list with Exxon, Cisco, Intel, GE, and Microsoft.
“Apple’s value is larger than Greece’s”
The title is not ours; it is CNN’s editorial team’s, after Apple’s record market cap, which recently touched $431 billion and closed at $398 billion.
End of the controversial SOPA bill, from Obama’s mouth
The White House said it would not support SOPA, so sites would not be taken down for copyright links — at least for the moment.
Right Zoom for a proper maximize
Right Zoom makes the green traffic-light button fill the screen on Mac windows.
iPhone 4S, Siri & Jailbreak [Updated]
A blunt take on Siri ports to older devices, MuscleNerd’s 4S SSH photo, and the claim that no untethered iOS 5 jailbreak was for sale.
My absence and related notes
Good evening, acquaintances and friends.
Remembering Steve Jobs
Memorial images after Steve Jobs’s death, with an invitation to share memories.
iOS 5 Beta – what new I found to start with [update #4]
iOS 5 Beta
Today’s WWDC coverage on Milaraki.com
Live WWDC commentary with Suicico and Babz on Milaraki.com. Bring beer.
Kantines.app on the App Store
Kantines, a 0.79 EUR iPhone map of Greek hot-dog stands and after-hours spots.
WiFi Spots GR on the App Store
Second Easter-week app: WiFi Spots GR, 0.79 EUR, maps free Wi-Fi around Greece.
For the friend on the answering machine
First I want to note that the contact phone is purely for getting in touch with me. Unfortunately I am not in a position to offer phone or other support.
Easter wishes
Easter resurrection wishes to everyone visiting HellasProject.com.
New iPhone apps, if we get the OK from “mama” Apple
Three apps submitted in a week — Kantines, WiFi Spots GR, Pet Shops GR — plus a promo-code raffle after Apple approval.
Something is coming…
Teaser post: something is coming, with a proof screenshot on the original.
Developer for another year mates!
Apple Developer Program renewed early for another year.
iPhone as a motion-sensitive game controller
TiltPad turned an iPhone into a Wi-Fi tilt controller for Mac games; it needed OS X 10.6.6 or newer and a Mac App Store download.
iOS/Lion-style scroll on your Mac
Scroll Reverser flips Mac scrolling to match iOS and Lion. Needs 10.5+.
Images in base64 encoding
CSS Image Encoder is a handy little tool that encodes images on your pages as a base64 string so they appear extra fast.
Export MP3 from YouTube videos
Free YouTube to MP3 Converter for Mac OS X 10.5+, with AAC and original-audio options.
A strange iPhone charger
A Japanese artist’s unusual iPhone charger gadget, with video.
The Seven Types of iPhone Users
A humorous infographic from allareacodes.com on seven kinds of iPhone users.
MacBook Air 11.6 Invisible Film Keyboard Protection
After selling an iPad for an 11.6-inch MacBook Air, a thin eBay keyboard film went on in about 15 minutes, with spare keys in the pack.
A very good list of OS X shortcuts
Suicico points at Dan Rodney’s thorough Mac OS X shortcut list.
The Macintosh celebrates its 27th birthday
On 24 January 1984 Steve Jobs introduced the first Macintosh; 27 years later, a short history from System 1.0 to the iMac era.
Greek and English spellcheck together
Republication from Macalla.
Dropbox v1.0 is out. Be careful though!
Installing the Dropbox 1.0.0 release candidate trashed a working client; the lesson is not to touch what already works.
A new file format from WWF
WWF’s unprintable .wwf format, like PDF, Mac-only at first. saveaswwf.com
Folio Case for iPad – a Santa gift
Happy New Year to all of you, and thank you for keeping me company through HellasProject.com’s first year. At Epiphany I will draw a promo code for Folio Case for iPad.
Speaking of the iPhone 4!
Months after the Greek iPhone 4 launch: locked imports, price gouging, showing-off, and why a developer bought one with a thick case.
How to downgrade iOS 4.2.1 to 4.1 / 4.0.2 / 4.0.1 for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPod touch, and iPad
iOS 4.2.1 came out yesterday for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPod touch 4G, 3G, 2G, and iPad. Even an iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak was achieved with Redsn0w 0.9.6b2, but Cydia still does not run.
The history of GNU/Linux distributions to date
GNU/Linux has a rich history of newer and older distributions. The GNU/Linux distro timeline aims to show that history over time.
Back to the Mac event on 20/10
Yes, after years Apple decided to hold an event that is not about iDevices. The invitations went out and recipients faced the image you see.
Help on the road – Posi Venzini [iPhone]
Posi Venzini v1.1 iPhone App
Cydia + Rock = LOVE FOR EVER
Cydia acquired Rock.app.
Turn your iPhone into a microscope
A $12.50 clip-on 45x microscope for an iPhone 4 case, via Suicico.
VLC is coming to the iPad!
VideoLAN submitted a free, open-source VLC port for iPad to the App Store, expected the following week.
Bring color back to iTunes 10
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Rainymood, get in mood!
RainyMood plays half an hour of rain and thunder; a Mac-only wrapper was promised in the comments so you would not need a browser tab.
We are moving
HellasProject and related sites were moving to CretaForce hosting; Cydia repo and other services might be down for about two days.
elCulture iPhone app
elCulture’s App Store app listed daily cultural events, contests, location suggestions, in-app purchase, GPS, and a custom touch UI.
HellasProject.com X – our own Linux distro
OpenSUSE-based HellasProject.com X 1.0.2 as Live CD, USB image, and VM disk.
New Greek iPhone app – PosiVenzini
PosiVenzini estimated petrol cost, distance, and time for a route from two addresses, engine size, and road type, on Google Maps.
VAD, APR, AAR, Apple and other stories…
Decoding iSquare as VAD, Apple Authorized and Premium Resellers, retail chains, and rumours of a new Athens APR from Infoquest.
Macland.gr has opened and is waiting for you…
Macland.gr opened as a Greek Apple/Mac/iPhone forum, with a dedicated HellasProject section for members.
[Greek app] Vres Parking
A new Greek app recently appeared on the App Store from Vasilis Daniggellis, named “Vres Parking”.
Apple Magic Trackpad
Apple Magic Trackpad
Every Get a Mac video in one place
The Mac vs PC ads total 1980 seconds; AdFreak and Milaraki collected them.
Apple Premium Reseller shops in Greece
The new force in Apple and Mac’s push in Greece is called Apple Premium Reseller Shops. Greek press, print and online, has mentioned iSquare’s plans from time to time.
AppWall on your Mac
We all remember the AppWalls at WWDC (2009 version – 2010 version). A wildly original idea: several Mac Pros with Cinema Displays showing App Store purchases in real time.
iPhone 4 for the Greeks is coming - soon or later
Greek carriers teased iPhone 4 interest forms without a ship date, while the US launch looked like the first iPhone all over again. Historical HellasProject note, filled from Blogspot after Wayback returned a parking page.
Latest news [iPhone]
A roundup: Cydia repo packages not all working on iOS 4, iWork rumors, iPad iOS 4 delay, iPhone 4 BOM cost, and a week of headlines.
iPhone4 pre-release stuff
Days before launch: iFixit teardown photos, unboxing and camera video, plus review quotes from Mossberg, Pogue, Baig, Jardin, and Topolsky.
9 things you can do with VLC (and maybe did not know)
Besides being a very good video player for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, VLC has many other features new users may not know.
iBooks for iPhone only on the 3GS model
iPhone 3G users look like they will be left complaining, since iBooks will apparently run only on the 3GS and of course the iPhone 4.
Government of Malta: we prefer Free Software, we work with the local LUG on translations!
Malta issued a public-sector directive to adopt Free Software and the EUPL, with English plus another EU language, OSOR, and local translation help.
New Mac mini!
Apple quietly posted a thinner unibody Mac mini with HDMI, GeForce 320M, a faster CPU, and the power supply inside the case.
Options to read/write Mac disks from Boot Camp
Boot Camp still beat VMs for Windows on Mac, but HFS+/NTFS needed MacDrive, Paragon, SL-NTFS, Tuxera, or NTFS-3G for two-way files.
Apple in the crosshairs again over iOS ad limits
Apple in the US appears to be in the sights of competition authorities again after changing iOS terms of use around advertising.
The best hands-on videos of the iPhone 4
The best hands-on videos of the iPhone 4
iPad user email addresses leaked from AT&T’s website
Goatse Security used a hole on AT&T’s web servers to collect iPad 3G emails via ICC IDs; AT&T said the gap was closed on Wednesday.
The iWork suite on the iPhone too?
Engadget spotted an “Open in Keynote” button in an iOS 4 Mail screenshot, later changed to iBooks, hinting iWork might follow iMovie to iPhone.
The upcoming MS Office 2011 is 32-bit only
Microsoft’s MacBU said Office 2011 for Mac would stay 32-bit because the suite had not fully moved to Cocoa for 64-bit.
Safari 5 Extensions
Safari 5’s extensions were a reason to leave Chrome; Reload Button and Invisible Status Bar went in first, managed from Preferences.
[WWDC10]: The impressive Apple App Wall
Thirty 24-inch Cinema Displays showed 50,000 App Store icons in a Matrix-style cascade, refreshing after 10,800 apps.
How to make a pillowcase from a T-shirt
Five simple steps to turn a T-shirt into a pillowcase, via JWR.
Me, an Apple iPhone Developer !
After signing up for Apple’s iPhone Developer program: certificates, samples, iTunes Connect, and a reminder of earlier Cydia apps.
[Mac] First Aid
A Mac first-aid list from macephemera.gr: reboot, disk space, permissions, fsck, caches, updates, haxies, new user, Safe Boot, diagnostics, reinstall.
Outlook Importer from iSquare
iSquare’s OutlookImporter turned Windows Outlook .pst files into Mail, iCal, and Address Book data, with Greek manuals also appearing on their downloads.
Apple HTML5 Showcase
Apple posted a special section on its site showing the HTML5 standard and what it can do.
DIY iPad wall mount, look mama no hands
For demanding iPad owners, dim3m built his own wall mount — the one in the photo. It turns any direction, up and down, and he added portable speakers.
Flash cookies and how to get rid of them
Imagine a cookie that:
Greek Mac OS X 10.6.3 is out (at last)
Greek Mac OS X 10.6.3 …just as we were falling asleep. Today the second wave of Greek Mac OS X appeared, with translations for version 10.6.3.
iPad and iPhone 3GS see-through wallpaper
iFixit cut teardown photos into landscape and portrait wallpapers that make the iPad and iPhone 3GS look see-through.
Under stress and dust
A PC that would not power on led to a new PSU, a dust-choked case, and a takeover of the author’s Mac until it was fixed.
Prince of Persia Retro for iPhone
The classic Prince of Persia on iPhone for 0.79 EUR. Grab it before the price rises.
Audiobooks, you know?
For a while I have been hooked on a new kind of reading books — or rather not reading, listening.
Testing WordPress iPhone
Official WordPress iPhone app beats MobileSafari and BlogPress for posting to the site.
15 Things You Didn’t Know About Steve Jobs
Infographic timeline of odd Steve Jobs facts, via damncoolpics and OnlineSchools.org.
iPad XL to offer Flash capability [Humor]
Satire from iPhoneHellas: Apple “gives in” to Adobe with an iPad XL powered by a Honda diesel generator so Flash can run for hours.
My New Apple Remote
Unboxing the aluminium Apple Remote MC377ZM/A for Mac, iPod, and iPhone, with photos — “it rocks” compared with other remotes.
Away for a while, and with the guardian along
I know I deserve a beating for disappearing and not showing signs of life lately. Things were hard for everyone, and they caught me too.
Will MobileMe be free?
MacDailyNews whispered MobileMe might become free; more likely a cut-down free tier, still in the same rumour bin as iWatch.
uTorrent for Mac, now in beta
First OS X beta of uTorrent after the alpha builds. Worth a try even if you like Transmission.
It came, we saw… but it is not enough
A Glyfada shop-floor first look at the iPad: nice Safari, odd YouTube, still not enough to want one except as a status piece.
Easter 2010 in Glyfada
A small document from the Resurrection service at Panagitsa in Ano Glyfada.
iPhone 3GS – Dual SIM
A cheap Chinese dual-SIM adapter for the iPhone 3GS never runs both SIMs at once; switching, fakes, and a bulky extra case.
iPhone charger problem?
Odd charging warning on the official Apple cube, posted from a jailbroken iPhone.
Urgent: new job
SomniusX joins iSquare’s Greek localisation team; the site may redirect.
Greek on 10.6.2 (from Apple!!?)
There were quite a few rumors, and talks of a full OS translation, since I can now even edit compiled nibs.
[Contest] iPhone app Kremala-Hangman giveaway
Something different as Easter approaches — something fresh.
Flickr connection test
Flickr connect worked; it would be used on the site.
Official Mac translations
The Official Mac Translations section is ready, including Snow Leopard Greek support.
New look & additions
Apology for the silence, a rushed theme update, cancelled treasure hunt, OS X section, Greek localizations, and the HellasProject Cydia repo.
Treasure hunt… [postponed]
Get ready! A HellasProject treasure hunt was announced, then postponed.
Open invitation
Good morning today to the members and visitors of HellasProject.com.
New “Wrappers” section
HellasProject adds a Wrappers section for Windows programs running on Mac.
Twitter Connect
Visitors can log in and comment with Twitter instead of registering.
HellasProject.com news
Site additions: OS X submenu and files, plus RSS, email, and Twitter feeds.