By Neil Hughes Published: 02:55 PM EST Apple has shown interest in creating a system of cross-platform widgets that could be accessed and shared in a variety of manners, including on a Mac, an iPad or through a browser. In May, Apple filed a continuation for its patent application entitled “Workflow Widgets,” which describes a system that would allow users to launch [...]

iBooks on the iPad. (Credit: Apple) While all of the applications in the iWork suite were updated, the most significant change comes in Pages 4.0.4. The word-processing app now includes compatibility with the ePub format, which Apple uses for iBooks. Apple published a document on its support site giving users tips on creating documents in the ePub format that covers everything from using [...]

Cross-platform social-gaming network Scoreloop is now growing at more than 100,000 new users a day. The service, which acts as an add-on for game developers to tack on in-game payments, leaderboards, matchmaking, and various other social-networking features to their applications, can now be found on the iOS and Android. Scoreloop CEO Marc Gumpinger told CNET that other platforms are soon to follow, [...]

If you’re a fan of keeping your private stuff private, perhaps with the help of app-locking tweak, Locktopus, then Camera Preview Disabler is the perfect addition to your iPhone. Users of Locktopus may already be aware of the paradoxical issue surrounding your iPhone’s Camera application. Many use the jailbreak tweak to lock-up personal applications such as Messages, Mail, and Photos [...]

Cliqset, a realtime online social identity platform is going mobile today, with the launch of iPhone, Android and Web apps. The free apps include much of the same functionality as the web client, with the ability to post and syndicate content on Cliqset, Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz and 80 other services. And the apps provide full access to Google Buzz and Twitter content and conversations including [...]