Christmas Carols Karaoke app for iOS

Christmas Carols Karaoke app offers 15 classic Christmas carols and songs. All songs come with lyrics and melodies, giving you the option to sing along with your loved ones!

Available Christmas Carols/Songs:

– Deck The Halls
– Frosty The Snow Man
– Here Comes Santa Claus
– Jingle Bells
– Jingle Bell Rock
– Let It Snow
– Little Drummer Boy
– Oh Christmas Tree
– Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
– Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
– Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
– Silent Night
– Twelve Days Of Christmas
– We Wish You A Merry Christmas
– White Christmas

Christmas Carols Karaoke – iTunes Link

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Save iPhone battery – 5 tips for iOS 5 that work

Smartphones are always running low on battery, and iPhone is definitely one of them. The release of iOS 5 has brought fantastic OS/app improvements, however the battery life has been negatively affected. Here are 5 tips that actually work, i.e. save precious battery time for your iPhone 3GS/4/4S handset.

1. Manage Notifications

One of the most important new iOS 5 features is the Notification Screen. Enabling Notifications is a must for the iOS experience, however you should manage the applications that make use of it. Go to Settings -> Notifications and select the apps that you really want to be sending Notifications, leave out all others.

2. Manage Location Services

Similarly to the Notifications logic, manage the applications that you want to be accessing the Location Services (GPS). Go to Settings -> Location Services and turn off Location where is unnecessary.

3. Disable Bluetooth

In case that you don’t need the Bluetooth feature, just turn it off. Go to Settings -> General -> Bluetooth and turn if off.

4. Disable Local Weather

The Weather app on iOS 5 is improved, featuring a handy Weather Widget for the Notifications screen. By default the Weather Widget is looking up via GPS the current location and displays accordingly the weather data. If you are not constantly on the road or just not interested you will save some battery by turning it off. Go to the Weather app -> press “i” on the lower right corner -> turn off Local Weather option.

5. The Time Zone option

iOS 5 has a time zone option, which when I turned it off had a positive impact on the battery life. It’s quite hidden, so make a note of this post in case you need to find it again for your – or a friend’s – device. Go to Settings -> Location Services -> scroll all the way to the bottom -> System Services -> turn off “Setting Time Zone”. You can also experiment with some other options on that screen, please leave a comment if they do make a difference!

There are also some other more drastic measures that will save you battery, however they are ruining the iOS 5 experience. Like for example disabling iCloud or completely disable Notifications, but as a power user I am against them.

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Shopping List Advanced – new iOS app

Application features:

– Create/modify shopping lists for your favorite super markets or other stores.
– Select items from the included database that contains more than 200 items.
– Add/edit/delete items from the database.
– Store item details: price, quantity, expiration date.
– Automatic calculation of the total price for each list.
– Simple view and sorting by item expiration date.
– Easy search/filtering for the item catalogue.
– Sharing shopping list via email (products and details).
– In-app help/how to information.

Shopping List Advanced – iTunes Link + Screenshots

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iOS 4 has just been released

iOS 4 has just been released today, and this is the best iPhone update ever. Sync with iTunes and update right away!

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i-apps.gr – A new greek blog about iPhone / iPad applications

About 2 weeks ago I have launched a new web project, called i-apps.
It’s a tech blog, specializing in iPhone and iPad applications, news and tips.

All articles are written in the Greek language.

If you would like to promote your iPhone/iPad apps or related products/accessories to the Greek audience, please feel free to send me some details, or promo codes etc.

http://www.i-apps.gr

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iPhone OS – 3.1.3

Apple has just released a minor upgrade for the iPhone OS (3.1.3).

Here is a list of what’s new:

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Google Earth 2.0 for iPhone

Google has finally updated the Google Earth iPhone app.
Google Earth 2.0 comes with some new features and overall greater performance.

New features:

• Login to Google Maps, and view your own created maps, or custom maps shared by others.
• Browse photos, Wikipedia articles, business information etc. more easily.
• Added new languages, now supporting a total of 31 languages.

Update/Download Google Earth 2.0 through the App Store on your iPhone to start enjoying the new features.

Official announcement and more details

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Facebook app for iPhone / iPod Touch – version 3.0

The long-awaited update 3.0 for the popular Facebook app has been finally approved and released.
You can update/download it immediately on the iTunes App Store.

Here is a list of what’s new:

– Landscape mode
– See your upcoming Events and RSVP
– See your friends’ birthdays
– See Pages and post updates and photos to Pages you administer
– Write Notes and read your friends’ Notes
– Upload videos from an iPhone 3GS
– Upload photos to any album
– Complete photo management (create albums, delete albums, delete photos, delete photo tags)
– Change your Profile Picture
– Zoom into photos
– Like posts and photos
– See the same News Feed as the Facebook website
– Visit links in a built-in web browser
– See all of your friends’ friends and Pages
– See mutual friends
– Easily search for people and Pages
– Make friend requests
– Become a fan of Pages
– Quickly call or text your friends
– Create shortcuts to your favorite friends and Pages
– Friends sorted by first or last name according to your settings
– Chat friends sorted alphabetically

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iPhone OS – 3.0.1

Apple yesterday released the iPhone OS 3.0.1, which fixes the newly discovered SMS security vulnerability. It is advised to update to it as soon as possible, in order to prevent any hacking attempts on your iPhone.

Here is an official document from Apple, describing the issue.

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purplera1n – Jailbreak for iPhone 3GS (Win/Mac)

Instructions for Mac
Instructions for Windows

Download

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