Apple iOS 4 is now available for download. If you have an iPhone 3GS or 3G, or iPod touch (2nd generation or newer), you can grab the free update from iTunes. You’ll need to have iTunes 9.2 installed. Apple released the latest version of iTunes a few days ago, so if you haven’t already downloaded the update, now’s the time. Once iTunes 9.2 is installed,… Read more »

Google Android phones will show you a list of recently opened apps if you press and hold the Home button. But if you want to see a list of currently running or recently closed apps, you’re out of luck — unless you install a third party app. MultiTask Manager will show you both, as well as give you the option of killing any task with… Read more »

Tired of your iPhone automatically rotating the screen every time you accidentally tilt your phone just a little more than you meant to? There’s an app for that. Or rather, an OS update. Apple launched a new beta version of iPhone OS 4.0 for developers today, and one of the pleasant surprises tucked away in this build is the ability to lock the screen orientation… Read more »

It looks like Apple is getting ready to add some social networking goodness to the iPhone. Engadget notes that the developer preview of iPhone OS 4 shows Facebook integration in various spaces, letting you do things like bring your Facebook contacts and calendar events into the iPhone calendar. While the OS appears to have support for Facebook contacts, there also appears to be framework that… Read more »