As you may have heard we are now on the Rackspace Cloud. We noticed that Rackspace has now released an update to its iPhone app and launched a iPad native app.
The new Rackspace Cloud app has new features for the system administrator to better manage cloud infrastructure:
Administrators may manage the Rackspace Cloud and customize OpenStack clouds. OpenStack is the open cloud building initiative that Rackspace helped start.
The app runs on the iPhone, iTouch and iPad devices.
The app now works in the United Kingdom.
The app has Chef integration, providing the capability to manage up to ten servers at once.
The app uses the API and can do everything the API does. This falls in line with what Programmable Web sees. The Twitter site, for instance, is run by the API.
As you may already know iMovie is heading to the iPad 2. However, there is still a way to get the new iMovie on the iPad original.
MacRumors via Fscklog has now posted the entire instructions on how to get iMovie 1.2 working the first-generation iPad – without needing to jailbreak it !
Step 1: Download and install the latest version 3.3 of iPhone Configuration Utility (Windows / Mac)
Step 2: Now start iPhone Configuration Utility, click on “Applications” found on the left and then open iMovie (which can be found under iTunes / Mobile Applications)
Step 3: Now connect first-gen iPad via USB cable and select your iPad listed under “Devices”.
Step 4: Now select the “Applications” tab and hit the “Install” button to install iMovie 1.2 on your iPad.
Microsoft and Bing have just partnered with Rovio and Angry Birds. Bing will have search integration between the game and the search engine.
Angry Birds will also feature search integration with Bing providing over a hundred clues to speed you through the levels and help squash the porcine thieves. Featuring Bing Image Search, Bing Maps, and Bing Shopping, the videos show Angry Birds fans how they can advance in the game, featuring the lovable Angry Birds characters.
For some reason Angry Birds has over 200 millions of minutes played by gamers all across the world. Thus, Microsoft is very happy to get that dedicated user base interacting with Bing in any way shape or form.
Metacritic has just released their first iPhone app, Movie Finder. Movie Finder shows the latest mvoies and then providers users with the ability to see its metascore and basic information. The app is now available for free from the App Store.
In addition to offering reviews at a glance, the app lets users find theaters and show times anywhere in the U.S. And while standing in front of a theater, users can get a list of the movies playing there next along with each movie’s Metascore and user scores simply by holding up their iPhone in camera mode to the theater.
The app also provides SMS and Facebook sharing options, which makes it very easy to share with friends.
Marc Doyle, Editor in Chief of Metacritic said, “Movie fans come to Metacritic every day to help decide what movies to see or to share their opinions on the films they’ve recently watched. Metascores have become a trusted guide to what many decide to see. Movie Finder from Metacritic makes those decisions even easier when you’re on the move.”
MOG seem to be a music streaming service on the rise of late. MOG have partnered with Mini US, LG, Samsung, Sonos and Vizio. At this years SXSW MOG will be officially announcing these partnerships, which will bring their service into Cars and Living Rooms around the US.
MOG has been focusing heavily on expanding into the automotive industry and also into the living rooms of average Americans, and it seems like they have been able to achieve results in both areas. Although it is early days they seem to be moving ahead in the US music streaming market. Rdio, Spotify and others will need to step it up a gear!
YouTubetoMP3 is an amazing Cydia jailbreak app that allows users to transform YouTube videos into Mp3 files. Once you have found the YouTube video you would like to grab then simply type in the URL and the app will do the rest. The application will pull the audio from the video and then all you to download and rename the mp3 file.
YouTubetoMP3 also supports multitasking, so you can also play back the audio while running other applications. This application is completely free and can be found here.
Copy and Paste functionality will finally be heading to Windows Phone 7 devices at the start of March. A few users have been noticing that if they have recently sent their devices away for repair, that the new feature has already been added.
For the rest of the world they will have to wait until March 8 for the Nodo update.
Here is a great interview with Cyril Moutran the co-founder of Oecoway. Oecoway are the developers of Friendly, the first and best iPad application for Facebook.
Verizon has announced the release of a revamped V Cast music app for Android. Users can purchase full tracks, ringtones and ringback tones from a single application. This is nothing out of this world, but it is about time Verizon sorted this out!
MOBILE MUSIC FROM VERIZON WIRELESS DELIVERS A NEW TUNE
Updated V CAST Music App Puts Full Songs, Ringtones and Ringback Tones All in One Place for the First Time
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Verizon Wireless said today the company has updated its V CAST Music app, enabling Android™ smartphone customers to get and enjoy the music they want easily and at lower prices. For the first time, V CAST Music brings full-track songs, ringtones and ringback tones together in one easy-to-use application.
The new version of V CAST Music, available on Android smartphones running Android 2.1 or higher, lets customers purchase full-track songs in high-quality MP3 format without DRM.
V CAST Music will now also offer full-track songs for 69 cents, 99 cents or $1.29 per song, which can be downloaded over the air to a smartphone, and then easily moved to a computer or other MP3-compatible device using V CAST Media Manager.
“Verizon Wireless is taking a leap forward with V CAST Music. We’re bringing the different kinds of music people love to have on their phones together in one, easy-to-use application, making it easy for customers to get what they want at lower prices,” said Greg Haller, vice president, Consumer Solutions for Verizon Wireless. “We’ve added features to V CAST Music that make it simple and more fun to enjoy your favorite music on your phone and with your friends and family.”
Using the new V CAST Music, customers will be able to purchase multiple formats of the same song – full track, ringtone and ringback tone – at a discounted price in select bundles. Customers can easily purchase and manage Jukeboxes of ringback tones that will rotate messages so callers hear different tones each time they call. V CAST Music now features a wish list, so customers can indicate what music they would like to purchase in the future, a “recommendations” button so they can send music suggestions to friends and family for them to preview or purchase using the app.
V CAST Music comes preloaded on select Android smartphones, and existing customers will be prompted to upgrade the next time they launch the app. Customers that have phones without V CAST Music on the app screen, can download the new version from the Verizon Channel in the Android Martket™. The app is free to download, but customers must have a data package on their account. Data and usage charges may apply when browsing, previewing and downloading music.
For more information on V CAST Music, visit www.verizonwireless.com/music. For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.
Yahoo has just announced they have finally released their Yahoo Finance on the iPad. iPad users now have anytime access to their portfolios and stocks they care about most through MarketDash.
The interactive app takes advantage of the iPad’s multi-touch capabilities so users can manipulate views of stock charts; the ability to scroll across hours, days or months of market action; plot points in time; and even compare multiple stock tickers in one compelling chart. Anyone interested in following the market, or specific stocks on the iPad can now use Yahoo! Finance’s reliable and personalized tools anywhere, anytime.
To download MarketDash, go to the App Store on iPad and let us know what you think!
