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Reeder, iPod, Maps, Bejeweled 2, Notifications, Instapaper - TiPb Picks of the Week

By Staff, Monday, Nov 23, 2009 a 1:00 pm

Every week a few of us from team TiPb, bloggers and forum crew alike, will bring you our current favorite, funnest, most useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they're iPhone (or iPod touch) related, they're fair game.

So who's on deck this week and what are our picks? Find out after the break!

TV Show Lie to Me Lies to Us About SwiPhone SMS Notifications

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 a 12:28 am

The TV show Lie to Me, a few weeks back (season 2, episode 3 to be exact) decided to take the lies just one step too far -- they showed an iPhone where one of the characters could swipe between SMS notifications.

AIM Push Problems - Hacktivated iPhones to Blame?

By Jeremy, Tuesday, Jul 21, 2009 a 11:01 am

Crunchgear is reporting that Till Schadde of Equinux has been noticing some weirdness with his AIM app and push notifications. Namely, Schadde has been seeing his AIM messages go to random recipients. He discovered this by being notified that a message he had sent to his iPhone version of AIM was redirected to a random stranger. That stranger then contacted Schaddle to let him know and to supply him with a screen shot of his message.

Patent Watch: Always-on iPhone Status Indicators

By Jeremy, Friday, Nov 21, 2008 a 8:00 am

In similar fashion to the patent for a today screen, Apple Insider is reporting Apple's new filing shows a way of displaying icon-like status indicators on the iPhone's display even though the phone is locked with the backlight not turned on. Apple seems to be paying attention lately to alerts/notifications and that is great news!