Want: Twitter Sync

Why is this so hard? As someone who is fairly typical of users these days — sometimes at home, sometimes at work, sometimes using transit, or just bored somewhere waiting for something / someone — I like to check up on Twitter when time permits. Since there is almost always either a Mac or an iDevice nearby (washroom trips anyone?) getting access to it should be no problem. Unless of course you don’t like re-reading the same stuff… which is a distinct possibility if you are following a lot of people and / or lists. The problem is that there doesn’t seem to be a consistent,...

iOS 4 is Here — Almost Smooth Sailing

As of this past Monday, Apple’s latest incarnation of its iPhone OS was released to the public. Now rebranded “iOS”, with this version specifically called “iOS 4″, there are a lot of features available to the later model iPhone and iPod touch models. It seems a little weird that Apple would release the latest and greatest version of its OS before the practically-here iPhone 4s come out… maybe they are hoping that the large installed based of 3GS users will find the significant issues with the the OS (and with iTunes 9.2, which is required for the installation of iOS...