Announcing: widgetQube iPhone Edition

Announcing: widgetQube iPhone Edition

Now, you can run the award winning oneQube widget on your iPhone. widgetQube iPhone Edition is available for download here.

widgetQube

The way the ‘always on’ generation stays informed. widgetQube is an interactive virtual desktop accessory that makes it easy to view news from favorite websites and blogs by leveraging rapidly growing widget based standards and technologies. widgetQube makes it easy to see what’s going on in the world, with up to the date news conveniently delivered right to your desktop. No searching or surfing required! widgetQube is a constant and ‘always on’ desktop companion. Its persistence will insure that you stay informed and up to the minute with news and information in our busy modern age. Best of all, widgetQube is free.

Check out our other widgets at http://www.widgetqube.com, including our Mac widget, which was picked for the Apple.com Staff Pick List for the week of May 07, 2007 and made the top 50 most downloaded widgets list for the same week on the Apple.com Widget Gallery. Our Yahoo widget was aYahoo Gallery Pick the following week and made the top 50 most downloaded widgets.

iPhone Open(Somewhat) To All

iPhone Open(Somewhat) To All
Written on October 18th 2007 Author by Editor Feed XML Feed

After a vocal disapproval to its previous policies, Apple has changed its stance on outside software developers. Apple is now encouraging independent developers to create programs for the iPhone.

In February, Apple will put out a developer’s kit which will give independent software makers the ability to create applications for the device; however this is a limited form of inclusion for other developers. Apple has also not changed its policy on prohibiting users to unlock the iPhone to use it with other carriers, according to a report in The New York Times.

Apple has been criticized for being too exclusive and too controlling over its product software. More developers on the mobile device could also lead to the attraction of more mobile marketers and advertisers. The situation could be a win-win should the company loosen its grip slightly.

Jobs posted a letter on the Apple site that cited the company’s intent on protecting their products, and yet keep them open to developers. “Some claim that viruses and malware are not a problem on mobile phones – this is simply not true,” he posted. Jobs continued “We think a few months of patience now will be rewarded by many years of great third-party applications running on safe and reliable iPhones.”

Analyst Michael McGuire, who works for Gartner said to the Times that the company had probably planned a developer’s kit all along and added that the company must have realized that the eventual acceptance of independent software was inevitable.

Facebook, NetVibes Launch iPhone Sites

TechCrunch
Facebook has released a new iPhone-specific mobile site. Mashable calls it "stunning." The Facebook mobile site can be viewed at iphone.facebook.com, but if you aren't experiencing it on an iPhone, it really isn't much to look at.

On the iPhone, however, critics unanimously agree the site is pretty amazing. Like the NetVibes iPhone site that launched on Tuesday, the site uses javascript, and owing to a defect in the iPhone, there's some lag in moving around the site. But this is the only black mark the site received; otherwise, navigation is seamless and the design is a perfect fit for the mobile device, which makes great use of the iPhone's ability to view pages horizontally.

NetVibes, the customizable home page that competes with My Yahoo, iGoogle and others, has also released a pre-beta version of its iPhone site. TechCrunch says it does an even better job on the iPhone as an RSS Reader. Look for more iPhone-specific sites in the future--especially as sales pick up. - Read the whole story...