iPhone News Updated

Vudu Player update allows movie downloads on iPhone, iPad

Coming months after the feature’s introduction on Android and PCs, Vudu has updated the iOS version of its app with the ability to download movies for viewing offline.

Unlike the Android version, this feature is not restricted to tablets however, with downloads of your Vudu / Ultraviolet collection on iPads and iPhones. Other tweaks include making the Player “easier to use” and adding closed captions on iPhone.

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The App That Puts Google’s Music Subscription Service on Your iPhone

If we learned anything from the riveting 1980′s drama Footloose, it’s that music (and dance) should be available everywhere. So when Google announced its subscription service, Google Play Music All Access, and made it an Android-only affair, more than a few iOS users were bummed.

But never fear, Apple acolytes, because one third-party developer has quickly compiled zeros and ones so anyone with an iPhone, iPod touch or an iPad can enjoy Google’s All Access subscription music service. The gMusic app already plays the songs you’ve uploaded to Google Music. But after hearing Google announce All Access last week at I/O, developer James Clancey spent the weekend banging out an update to support the subscription service. Clancey submitted the app to the iTunes App Store this morning.

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