The New York Times has released a substantial update to their iPad newspaper reading app. The app — in a few words — is orders of magnitude better than the previous iPad offerings from NYTimes. Forbes reports:

“The New York Times has finally unveiled the iPad app everyone knew was coming, the one that gives readers full access to the entire paper. It replaces the "Editor's Choice" app, a truncated offering that Apple boss Steve Jobs reportedly hated.”

Previously, The New York Times app for iPad was quite limited in functionality. However this new update adds not only polish, but also includes significant functionality extensions which should push mobile readership levels to new heights.

• Access the latest articles and photos of the day • Customize the toolbar with your favorite sections of NYTimes.com • Read anywhere. After synching, articles and photos are available when offline”

While the iPad is a great platform for both magazines and newspapers alike, up until recently most notable publishers haven’t really taken full advantage of Apple’s tablet for pushing content to their reader base. I suspect that — with a lot of the major players jumping on board with more innovative offerings similar to the NYTimes app — the newspaper business may be seeing some light at the end of the tunnel after all.

Any readers out there who have updated their NYTimes app for iPad — let us know what you think about it in the comments below!

[iTunes link, Forbes]

by Andrew Wray

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Well it looks like that tip we got last week about Costco pulling iPod and everything Apple from their US Stores, and iPhone as well from their Canadian stores is now getting confirmed around the web.

The story goes an emergency conference call was set up to inform staff in both the warehouse proper and the mobile sales kiosk that all Apple products, accessories, etc. were being pulled.

iLounge has added a potential reason — Costco didn’t get the iPad when Walmart, Target, Amazon, Verizon, AT&T, et. al did and this is payback. Or just a way to cut off their nose to spite Apple’s face.

Given the money on the table, however, I wouldn’t be surprised if they came to terms and iPads started flowing from Costco’s shelves eventually. Either way, anyone going to miss Costco as their source for some things Apple?

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PCalc, one of our favorite iPhone and iPad calculator apps (see Leanna’s PCalc review), has just hit version 2.3, and in celebration the developer has very kindly offered us a bunch of promo codes to give away. To you. But first things first:

This free update has many improvements, but the key one is taking advantage of the additional screen space on the iPad. You can now permanently show the paper tape, RPN stack, and memories onscreen in a new sidebar area. This was the number one requested feature from iPad users, and we’re happy to be able to add it now.

The tape, stack, and memories have had a complete overhaul for the iPhone and iPod touch too, and are now easier to read across all devices, appropriately themed, and with enhanced email support.

PCalc is distributed as a universal app – one purchase will work on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. No need to buy a separate “HD” version. It requires an iPhone or an iPod touch running OS 3.0 or later, or an iPad running OS 3.2 or later.

Give away: Let’s make this one simple, shall we?

Head on over to our iPad Apps Forum and give us your best, most creative way to let people know about the PCalc update (other than doing a promo code give-away or adding some angry feathered creatures to the app, of course), we’ll pick the ones we like best, and you’ll get a great app for free. Sound good?

Then get going! Post your idea!

(Promo codes only work in the US App Store, Apple’s rule, not ours, and they expire so if you get one, use it quickly!)

[$9.99 - iTunes link]

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Bloomberg has aired their Game Changers special featuring Steve Jobs and now the video is available online. In it, you will learn many things about Steve Jobs, Apple, iPod, iPhone, iPad and everything else that comes with starting one of the most influential technology companies in the world.

Check out the video via the link below and then let us know your favorite (or least favorite!) parts in the comments.

[Game Changers: Steve Jobs - Video]

by Brian Tufo

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For one week only, Toys R Us is taking trade-ins on old iPods for credit of up to $100. Customers can take up to 3 (functioning) older generation iPods to their local Toys R Us service desk, and receive credit worth up to the value of your device. The value will vary on the age and condition your iPod is in.

You will receive an iPod "trade-up" card, loaded with the total amount of all your trade-ins, which can be used towards a new iPod, just in time for the holiday season.

Toys R Us are currently offering:

• iPod Touch 8GB, 32GB, 64GB
• iPod Nano 8GB
• iPod Shuffle 2GB or 4GB

The offer is not available online and is only available at selected stores, in the US, so it’s probably best to call before you cart that old G1 in.

Will you be trading in your old iPod for a new one?

[CNN]

by George Lim

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Rhapsody for iPhone and iPod touch has received a nice little upgrade. In case you are unfamiliar with the subscription based music service, it allows you to pay a monthly fee starting at $9.99 and you can download anything they have in their huge catalog of over 10 million songs. In their latest update they have included:

• Ability to download albums directly from the Music Guide and My Library. (Download individual tracks with the press-and-hold menu.)

• New Downloads tab with menus for Artists, Albums, Tracks, Playlists to find and manage your downloads

• Downloading screen to see the progress of current downloads, and reorder the download priority

• Performance enhancements, especially while downloads are in progress

• Bug fix: resume playback after receiving a phone call

This is a significant improvement over the ability to only download playlists as you can pick and choose what you would like to download. This also could enable you to finally get rid of your Rhapsody player if you have one and finally be down to one all-in-one device. The update is available now and is free in the store.

If you try it out, let us know what you think.

[iTunes link, Rhapsody link, Thanks Chris for the tip!]

by Brian Tufo

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LiveClock for iPhone is a simple tweak available to jailbreakers.  The iPhone’s default clock app icon is forever stuck in time (10:15 to be exact).  It may not be that big of a deal, but if you’d like your clock icon to reflect accurate time, LiveClock will simply turn your icon into a living, breathing (and ticking) icon.  I’ve used this in the past and never noticed a decrease in battery life or an overall lag. I’d been wondering what happened to LiveClock when iOS 4.0 was released.  A lot of apps seem to be getting updated since the release of limera1n and greenpois0n.

This version looks like it was updated for iOS 4.x and for the iPhone 4’s retina display. I’m not sure about the retina display part but it looks pretty good to me compared to icons I know are updated to support Retina display. You can also find tweaks in Cydia for LiveClock such as color skins and themed out versions. Anyone else find any cool Jailbreak apps recently updated for iOS 4.x?

[via iPhone Download Blog]

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The iPhone 4 has been popping up all around the work recently, So we thought we'd bring you a round up of all the International iPhone news and rumours.

UK

The Apple Online Store UK has reduced the 'dispatch time' to two weeks instead of three. They're also offering, 6 months interest free credit on a minimum order value of £450, which can include the iPhone 4, and any of the iPhone accessories.

Germany

As we reported, O2 and Vodafone will be adopting the iPhone 4 and 3GS in Germany, in the coming weeks. T-Mobile will lose its exclusivity, which it has had since 2007

US

After the countless rumours of a Verizon iPhone, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, have said that a CDMA Verizon iPhone will be coming early 2011.

Canada

Like the UK, Canada's shipping time has been reduced to two weeks.

Kenya

Telkom Kenya (Orange Kenya) has retained their existing exclusivity deal with Apple, and have launched the iPhone 4 on their network.

India

According the the Wall Street Journal, Apple have been talking to Reliance Communications Ltd and Tata Teliservices Ltd to release a CDMA iPhone in India. It has been said that Tata have been in talks with Apple for four to five months.

Any other international iPhone 4 news this week we might have missed? Let us know in the comments below. Still don’t have an iPhone 4? What news are you waiting for?

by George Lim

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Wondering how to Jailbreak your iOS 4.1 iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad? limera1n was updated to support Mac today and after testing, it’s a pretty painless process. Pretty much what we’ve come to expect from Geohot. So here’s your TiPb-style walkthrough. You PC users should be able to follow along relatively easily as well since both jailbreaks are pretty much identical in nature.  But as usual, here’s the standard disclaimer first:

If you are at all hesitant about jailbreaking or don’t consider yourself an intermediate to advanced user, we recommend you pass this up.  TiPb does not accept any responsibility for broken iOS devices (even though we’ll be happy to try and help if you run into any problems along the way).  If you’re alright with all this, click on for a written, as well as a video walkthrough!

• Visit limera1n.com and download the Mac version (or the PC version if that applies to you)
• Plug in your iOS device (compatible versions: iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod Touch 3rd and 4th generations, iPad)
• Launch limera1n and simply click Make it ra1n
• limera1n will prompt you and walk you through putting your phone in DFU mode
• once in DFU mode, limera1n will jailbreak and reboot your device
• Once your reboot is done (you may have to turn your phone back on, it happened with one of mine) – simply click the limera1n icon and install Cydia.

Congrats! You’re now jailbroken on iOS 4.1!  If you guys have any questions, concerns, or just want to share cool tips and tricks with the rest of us, check out the TiPb Jailbreak Forums.  Happy jailbreaking!

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