Alarm Clock Email Reader 1.12 for iOS now available

 

Descubriendo Apps today announces Alarm Clock Email Reader 1.12 for iOS, an update to its USA Top 25 Productivity app that reads the user's latest emails aloud each morning as a wake-up alarm. Compatible with Gmail and Hotmail accounts, the app includes a repeat read function, and allows users to select emails by date, choosing a time and date in the From and To picker displays of the Read Range window. The app can also read emails on demand, while users are driving, eating, or working.

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Pearson launches new book and video training for iOS 6 programmers

There's never been a better time to learn to build your own iOS applications and Pearson has just released a new series of educational products including a Sams Teach Yourself iOS 6 Application Development in 24 hours book, Objective-C Programming Fundamentals LiveLessons (Video Training) and Objective-C Advanced Programming LiveLessons. Hit jump for the full details.

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Video: Code.org on what most schools don't teach

Code.org produced this compelling video promoting the need for more students to learn how to program and code. The 5 minute video explains how easy and empowering it is to code as well as the opportunties that open up for computer programmers and engineers. There are also various celebrity endorsements including Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Chris Bosh.

BlackBerry 10 software updated to 10.0.10.85, improves functionality and battery life

The BlackBerry Z10 gets some update love today with a new 150mb software update that improves the ability to tkae photos even without the flash, improvments to calendars specifically when used with GMail, better browser performance and video playback and a huge battery update that involves over 60 battery saving improvements to make the Z10 as long lasting as the BlackBerries of old. Hit jump for instructions on how to get the update.

Software is available over the air (OTA). Typically, you’ll get a notification about new updates, but you can manually check to see if it has been made available by your service provider and install it in a few simple steps.
Settings> Software Updates> Check for Updates> — then follow the on screen steps to install.

The download is approximately 150MB in size, so I recommend updating when connected to Wi-Fi.

Source: BlackBerry Blog

Update on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 2:26PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Just downloaded and installed the update this morning. 155 MB of download and it took around one hour via WiFi to download and install (long!), another 5 minutes to reboot the Z10. Will put it through its paces and see just how different the performance and battery life is.