Anith Gopal

What’s the news you say? People have been programming the Web with HTML + JS + CSS  for decades yet it is only now that we’ve started seen a new breed of applications that for practical purposes are indistinguishable from native apps: Fast, responsive and rich as demonstrated on the Internet Explorer 9  http://www.beautyoftheweb.com/ that work without the need of additional downloads or plug-ins. At Microsoft we get the web and it is only going to get better.

The set of personal devices one needs to have gets more interesting as Apple enveiled its new iPad . It is definitely a good competitor for Amazon’s Kindle as it adds the ability to do pretty much everything that your iPhone does.

Across the pond, our European neighbors have been enjoying Spotify for some time now. It’s only fair that Apple should continue on in that vein and approve Rhapsody for the American masses. Sure Rhapsody costs money and Spotify doesn’t, but it does present a very competitive subscription-based alternative to iTunes.

There are no shortage of iPhone apps that function as remotes for your Mac, Apple TV, or just about anything else. Keymote (iTunes link), by Iced Cocoa, takes the concept to a new level by allowing custom “keysets” for all of your favorite applications. So why would anybody need an app to do this when most apps have keyboard shortcuts already?

For those of you waiting with baited breath for Facebook 3.0, the time has come. Pretty much exactly in time for that two week turnaround estimate, too, despite fears it might not make it .

As we wave goodbye to the week that was, it’s time to take a look at the latest iPhone recommendations from the App Store. This week I’ve been looking at Comics, Coat Hangr, Coins and Album Shuffle.

Lately, Google Voice is perhaps one of the most widely discussed products in the Apple blogosphere besides Apple’s own native devices. With its rejection from the App Store and people pointing fingers at Apple , AT&T, Steve Jobs and just about everyone and everything else in between, new evidence put forth by Andy Kessler and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) directs blame squarely at AT&T .

With the academic year about to begin, and having already tackled the important issues of iWork vs. Office , it’s time to turn our attentions to the iPhone. With over 65,000 apps on the App Store, even subtracting all the iFart and iTip applications there are five I feel are indispensable for any college student’s life

It’s time to take a look at my recommendations for the iPhone, hand-picked from the week’s App Store releases. This week I’ve been looking at Gomi, Ustream 3GS Recorder, Simon the Sorcerer and Minigore.

With the introduction of Push Notification Services, I envisaged a world of iPhone apps that would deliver countless valuable updates as they occurred. Of course, that’s precisely what hasn’t happened.

In an attempt to salvage what little good will is left in the App Store developer community, Apple’s senior vice president, Phil Schiller, has fought back against burgeoning anti-App Store sentiment. In recent weeks an increasing number of apps submitted to Apple for App Store release have been unceremoniously rejected

With 2009 half way over, we’ve seen a lot of updates from Apple, from new portables to new iPhones and some hot new Pro Apps, but several sections of Apple’s product lineup have not been updated in quite a while. Products such as the Apple TV, some software titles, and others are getting a bit long in the tooth