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Telepathy and Frictionless Payments

I have a philosophic theory I have been testing out for some years in my attempts to detect technology trends.

My theory is simple: Anything that makes communication more “telepathic” and instantaneous will be wildly successful.

Since exchange of goods and services is really a form of communication, a basic form of human interchange, anything that reduces the barriers to that exchange should take off like wildfire.

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Here’s how you load PDFs onto your iPad…

I’ve had several questions about this – there’s a nice page under “Apps” that lets you directly manage the documents loaded into individual applications on the iPad. I hope the new version of iBooks does it this way as well, … Continue reading

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O’Reilly Week in Review Podcast Interview with Damien Stolarz

Check out http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/05/oreilly-week-in-review-2009-05-25.html Read more…

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How to talk to Tin Can

You’ve downloaded Tin Can and got it running on your iPhone (or iPod touch 2G). Works great. But maybe you’ve had the sneaking thought (or perhaps more like a bright idea) that Tin Can might be able to talk to … Continue reading

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iPhone Hacking – intermediate & advanced webcast

If you haven’t already signed up, it’s not too late! Friday, May 15, at 10AM we’re doing a webcast (using WebEx) where we answer questions from the audience on advanced hacking. Click here for more info: http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/05/oreilly-week-in-review-2009-05-25.html

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Tin Can Test Sounds Available

Hi there. Have you checked out Tin Can yet? If not, you should head over to our main site for the iPhone App here: Well, for those of you that do have Tin Can, but don’t necessarily have another phone … Continue reading

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iPhone Hacks source code!

The iPhone Hacks book is available in bookstores everywhere as of April 2009. Click on the image to go the O’Reilly website. This page contains links to source code, addendums, and other materials related to the book. Download the full … Continue reading

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iPhone Keyboard – no Jailbreaking required, using 2.0 SDK

UPDATE: We sent the circuit board files off to be manufactured today, and we ordered all the parts. We’ll be posting pictures of the board layout and enclosure soon.” A number of industrious individuals have achieved what to some is … Continue reading

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iPhone RS232 at 1200 baud – no Jailbreak required, using 2.0 SDK

The iPhone has a modem. Did you know that? Well, not quite, but we managed to build a device that interfaces with an iPhone via the headphone/microphone jack and can send bidirectional serial data. Though there are a number of … Continue reading

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iPhone infrared receiver – using iPhone 2.0 SDK, no jailbreak required!

While there have been numerous one-off examples of hobbyist iPhone accessories posted on blogs and YouTube, few of these approaches have been implemented using the official iPhone SDK. However, there is an input/output port on the iPhone just waiting to … Continue reading

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