If you're trying to spice up your iPhone's vocabulary via Apple's Notes app, don't bother. Apparently, not all apps can update your iPhone user word database and Notes is one of those that can’t. Instead, type the word into Safari’s Google search box and an update will be entered immediately. This is important and timely info for all you foul-mouthed, profanity using iPhone users out there.

Oh and we didn’t figure that out here at AWAAW. Nope, the fine folks over at Ars Technica, specifically Erica Sadun, get credit for that.

Tags:humor, app

MacRumors is reporting that Apple is letting previously banned apps into the iTunes app store and loosening it's grip on the approval process. According to an app developer quoted in the MacRumors article:

"[Apple] told me that they are going to start approving a whole new "genre" of apps, and that Pull My Finger will be the first to be accepted in this genre. As of now Pull My Finger is available in the app store.

The very kind Apple Team Member told me that they didn't want to reject it originally, but that they were sorting out how this "genre" of apps were going to be handled. She told me they'd be lifting the restriction on them, and more apps will follow that may have been previously not allowed."

This is great new to anyone needing that all important iPhone/iPod Touch farting app.

Tags:itunes, app, iphone, ipod, humor

The Onion is now offering it's ONN video content on iTunes. You can subscribe here (iTunes store link). According to the Onion News Network (Video) podcast page "The Onion News Network is the 24-hour cable TV news choice for billions of viewers in 811 countries. Now the hard-hitting, award-winning news you need is available anytime and anywhere you want."

In case you haven't had the pleasure of reading the Onion or watching Onion video, it is without a doubt the funniest fake news outfits there is. The Onion's satire and parodies will make you laugh out loud and possibly even double over in pain from laugh cramps. It's seriously funny stuff. Seriously.

We here at AYAAW are regular readers of the Onion's online version including ONN videos. Now we can even enjoy ONN content on our iPhone! What could be better then that?

Our favorite clip of all time has to be "Breaking News: Series Of Concentric Circles Emanating From Glowing Red Dot". It's truly hilarious! So Onion readers what's your favorite? Post it in the comments. You mom always told you it's good to share.

Tags:humor, iphone, ipod, itunes

Idiot extraordinaire Paul Thorrott posted an entry to his "Supersite" for Windows, ripping MyAppleSpace (we posted a blog entry regarding MyAppleSpace as well back on the 9th). Thorrott's lack of brain matter has once again led to unnecessary tripe proliferation on the Worldwide Web and will continue to do so as long as he's allowed access to a computer and the internet.

In case you haven't heard of him, he is a Windows fanboy who's fanaticism knows no bounds. He takes shots at Apple and it's user base every chance he gets. We don't want to encourage upping his "Supersite" traffic by recommending you read his inane blog but if you must, here's the entry about MyAppleSpace. Bring a barf bag though. His "Supersite" is super nausiating to look at and can actually cause permanent cornea scaring as well as night terrors in small children.

Oh, and in case you wanted to comment on the entry, you can't. It appears as though he's disabled commenting.

Tags:humor

You heard it here first: Tracy Chapman can crash an iPhone 3G. Okay, maybe Tracy had nothing to do with it but "Give Me One Reason" was the song that was playing on my car radio when Shazam brought my iPhone to its knees. My phone froze harder than Lake Bemidji in January and I couldn't even reboot holding the power button down. Eventually, after leaving my phone alone long enough for it to go to sleep, I was able to reboot using the power button and things were back to normal after that.

Speaking of Shazam, if you haven't tried it out yet you really should. It's a pretty amazing free iPhone app. Shazam allows you to "Tag" music you hear from your car radio, the TV, the theater, pretty much everywhere. All you do is tap the "Tag Now" button and Shazam will start listening to what ever music is playing. It records a sample (12 seconds is the default) and then sends that off to Shazam the company. Within a few seconds it returns the name of the song, album, artist, label, genre, album art, links to the song in iTunes (so you can buy) and links to any related YouTube videos. It's like magic! You can also attach a picture to the tag (Shazam calls this "Capture the Moment") and share the tag via Mail. Shazam works amazingly well and of the 20 or so songs I've tagged only 1 failed to return a result. It was an old 1950's song that I'd never hear before.

So, the next time you just absolutely have to know the title of the song you're listening to in the elevator, Shazam it. Just make sure it's not a Tracy Chapman song or your iPhone will go wonky. You've been warned.

Tags:humor, app