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I had been waiting for this Tweetbot for over a year. Seriously. Back on March 12th, 2010, Tapbots posted on their blog that they were working on a new Twitter client — Tweetbot. I’ve been a fan of their previous apps, so my expectations were set pretty high.

Twitter apps are by far my favourite kind of iOS app, and I try pretty much any new – well designed – client that’s released. So, imagine my excitement when I saw my timeline explode with news of Tweetbot’s release on April 13th. To the App Store I ran, purchasing immediately. I then lost hours of my life.

My Twitter app is easily the most used on my iPhone, and I have very specific features I require — I assume most users are like this. Tweetbot delivers all of these features for me. Nothing is missing. Tapbot appears to have created a Twitter client to the quality that we have come to expect from them. Obviously not everyone will be happy as there will always be ‘X feature’ that doesn’t work as they expect. But this lends itself to the idea I set out—we all have our own specific preferences.

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Ryan Petrich, a jailbreak-based app developer, has released a utility in Cydia named Untrackerd, which can wipe the cell phone tower-based tracking file that has recently been discovered.

The file can be accessed on any computer an iOS device has been backed up to, as long as the backup wasn’t encrypted. At this time, Apple has not commented on the purpose of such data.

Article Via TUAW

According to Reuters, Apple “has completed work” on its cloud-based music service.

According to Reuters’ sources, the company has built a system that will allow users to upload their music to the cloud and play the files from any computer.

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There is a new rumor floating around that the next Mac Pro may be getting a facelift.

The guys over at 9 to 5 Mac are claiming that Apple “is toying with a re-designed version of the product.”

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Nothing makes me prouder to be Canadian than our universal health care, but the fact that a hospital in my own backyard is innovating with iPads has to come in as a close second.

The Ottawa Hospital has ordered 1,800 iPads for their staff, and even managed to have a local company develop the software they’re going to be using on a day to day basis.

The application’s primary objective is to get as much patient info into the clients hands while at the bedside. Doctors will have access to lab results, patient histories, and medication information in front of them.

The future is here, and The Ottawa Hospital is leading the way.

The app is fantastic, we had a sneak peak a couple of months ago, and it’s pretty obvious that the health care industry is in dire need of solutions like the one now being provided by The Ottawa Hospital.

We have some video footage on tap that shows the app off a little bit. We’re rushing the edit, and will attach it to the post.

Article Via CBC News

Apple came in at the bottom of a new report from Greenpeace outlining data usage at data centers.

According to the environmental group, Apple’s new, $1 billion data center in North Carolina is going to be a major offender when it comes to the environment. Greenpeace is reporting that the data center will use 100 MW of electricity when it opens, which is the same as around 80,000 homes in the U.S., or 250,000 in the E.U. The group says only 5% of this power will be generated cleanly, with the rest coming from coal or nuclear plants.

Of course, Apple’s data center has yet to be put to use (that we know of), so it’s real impact has yet to be seen.

Greenpeace reports:

If the Internet was a country, it would rank 5th for the amount of electricity usage, just below Japan and above Russia. But unlike geographical states, the Internet’s data centres can be found all over the world, clustering in locations that offer strong tax incentives and cheap, but often dirty, electricity (see map below).

Yahoo operates the most green data centers, with 55.9 percent clean energy used, while Google and Amazon use 36.4 and 26.8 percent clean power, respectively.

Apple received a higher score in the categories of transparency and mitigation strategy. Facebook and Twitter scored low on these measures.

You can download the entire 36-page PDF here, or a 4-page facilities PDF here.

Article Via Cult of Mac

Check out the numbers abroad, they say. Look at global market share, they say. Android is the king of the world. Except it’s not. According to comScore iOS has outsold Android by 116% in Europe.

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