SkyFire. Heard of it? It’s the smartphone browser that was chewing through Flash video and other rich media long before any of the built-in browsers were supporting such things — and on a number of platforms, it’s still the only option.

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I love the Museum of Modern Art. I love my iPhone. I love taking a tour of the Museum of Modern Art led by my iPhone. The free MoMa by the Museum of Modern Art iPhone app is a very snazzy little app. Head on over to the museum and be ready for a great, artistic experience through this powerful app.

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Google will release an iPhone version of its currently Android-based Google Goggles app by the end of the year, Google executives said Monday.
In a presentation at the Hot Chips conference at Stanford University, David Petrou, a project lead of Google Goggles, described the future of Goggles.

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The Elements for iPhone 4 is an incredibly handy app for anyone who wants to learn a bit more about the periodic table and the stuff that make up everything around us. Or for anyone in year nine cramming to memorise elements 1 to 20 for an upcoming chemistry exam.

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Berlin, Germany - After a solid seven figure investment by angel investors and fending off a lawsuit by former parent company Navigon, Skobbler releases an update to its popular and free turn-by-turn navigation system for the iPhone that incorporates a completely new user interface, full iOS4 compatibility, and significant stability improvements.

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Today at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, CA, the company held an event to show off their new Places product — essentially their check-in service. We spotted in the wild a bit early, but that was only on the touch.facebook.com site (the site built specifically for touchscreen devices). Later tonight, it will be a central part of the new Facebook iPhone app as well.

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Grooveshark, our readers’ favorite music streaming service, just had its on-demand streaming app approved by Apple last week, to the surprise of some and the delight of many Grooveshark fans. Just yesterday, though, the app was pulled from the store, stemming from a dispute between the Grooveshark team and Universal Music Group, with Apple as the app arbitrator.

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Vimeo is expanding the availability of its online video site with a new universal player that will work on Apple’s iPhone and iPad mobile devices, as well as a channel on Roku broadband set-top boxes. The site is also adding a new “Watch Later” feature to its player that will let users save videos to be viewed later.

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For the long time IM+ is among the top 10 paid applications (Social
Networking category at the App Store).

What’s new in version 4.3?

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One of the big iPhone news items this week revolved around an app I wrote about in the June 11 edition of iPhone apps of the week. Apparently, Taptaptap, developer of Camera+ (not currently available at the App Store) recently added a feature called “VolumeSnap” that would allow users to snap pictures using the iPhone volume controls on the side of the device. Apple pulled Camera+ from the iTunes App Store saying the app violated Apple’s developer agreement terms by using one of the main iPhone controls in a “non-standard way, potentially resulting in user confusion.”

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Need help with the holy month? There’s an app for that ... a few, actually. For the hundreds of millions of Muslims observing Ramadan, a month of fasting that is one of the five pillars of the faith, a round of high-tech solutions has emerged for remembering prayer times, browsing an electronic Quran and even pointing oneself toward Mecca with the help of a GPS.

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Vito Technology Inc. is excited to announce Star Walk 4.4, an update to the best-selling Apple Design Awards 2010 winner application. In addition to the stunning graphics and interface, the popular stargazing guide will now literary guide you to any object in the sky! The main new feature of this update is Help Arrows that show you where to look to see the Big Dipper, Mars, or any star you choose. Point your iPad or iPhone at the sky and the green arrows will guide you to the desired goal. This update broadens the app’s functionality from “I-wonder-what-that-is” to “Where-do-I-find-those-darn-Perseids”.  More fun and pleasure is guaranteed!

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Gyro Air Drums is an incredible drum simulator for iPhone 4. Using the accelerometer and gyroscope, Gyro Air Drums allows iPhone 4 owners to play a virtual set of drums.  The lite version contains a snare, closable hi hat, a crash, bass drum, and tom.  The full version has all that plus another tom, a taiko drum, and a cowbell.

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The Foxit document reader has been updated to fix the same critical bug that currently leaves iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches wide open to malware attacks.

Foxit Reader version 4.1.1.0805 “fixes the crash issue caused by the new iPhone/iPad jailbreak program which can be exploited to inject arbitrary code into a system and execute it there,” Foxit officials said. They recommend that users install the update to protect themselves.

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iPhoneApplicationList.com, the leading portal for iPhone app discovery, app reviews and videos, has launched a revolutionary service named AppExchange, an open marketplace where developers can find the potential buyers for their apps and underlying technology.

There are a lot of apps in App Store developed by talented developers who do not have much time for app support and promotion. With AppExchange developers may find a new owner for their apps. iPhone Application List also welcomes developers of technology savvy apps to submit their apps for sale along with app engines.

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Iambic has released a key update to the iPhone version of its Agendus personal information manager app. The new version includes key fixes and enhancements for iOS 4 and builds on the version released last month which brought significant updates to the interface aimed at helping users better manage their time and to-do list.

Agendus integrates a user’s Calendar, Contacts and Task List into one application. Iambic has added features to make it easier to see what’s most pressing and important on the user’s daily agenda. The app enables users to assign icons to Events and Tasks making it easier to identify them and offers the ability to go to today’s events or scheduled tasks by a simple shake of the device when in any Calendar view.

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The iPhone may fit and your pocket, and the iPad may not be much larger than a hardcover book, but FileMaker thinks it can squeeze an entire database application on both devices.

On Tuesday, FileMaker will roll out two mobile versions of its database application for iPhone and iPad users.

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Among all the stars of the recent FIFA World Cup held at South Africa, oracle Octopus Paul was the unlikeliest of them all.

The octopus, who was initially made use of just to predict the German team’s results, after predicting every German result correctly was used to predict the final’s result as well.

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Good.iWare announces a breakthrough development which will bring back the extremely popular feature of transferring files via USB to its GoodReader document viewer for iPhone and iPad. Transferring files via USB was available up until a few months ago when app developers who offered USB support had to discontinue the feature because it was in conflict with the rules of Apple’s iPhone SDK. GoodReaderUSB, which is available to all Mac and Windows users, once again enables users to transfer files via USB – but without violating rules established by Apple.

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iPhone/iPad developers BlueShellTurtle release version 2.0 of their popular personal finance manager myExpenses. The most outstanding features are the revised user interface, which has become much more intuitive and appealing as well as the stunning performance of the app even with thousands of transactions stored.

In addition to that, several new features have been added to the app as well. The reporting views are now much more substantial and easier to use. You can select the timeframe you wish to see and navigate back and forth in time to see exactly the information you are looking for.

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