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Push Gmail Finally Comes To The iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile

2:40AM Adam Frucci | Apple hasn’t added push for Gmail to its Mail app on the iPhone, but Google has worked around that via Google Sync. All you have to do is set it up as a Microsoft Exchange account. At last! More »
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iPhone Push May Be Sending AIM Messages To Random People

11:57PM Jesus Diaz | According to developer Till Schadde, random people may be receiving your AIM messages if you have a jailbroken or unlocked iPhone. In fact, anyone with a jailbroken iPhone may be getting it, according to his testing: More »
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ITweetReply: The First Real Push Twitter App For IPhone

6:40AM Matt Buchanan | iTwitter had push notifications for mentions and direct messages, but only from other iTwitter users. iTweetReply supposedly works for any mentions or DMs. Not the prettiest or most feature-packed, it’s $US2 if you’re dying for Twitter push. [iTunes]
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ITwitter: The First IPhone Twitter App With Push, Sorta

5:40AM Matt Buchanan | Beating established Twitter apps like Tweetie to the punch (push?), iTwitter is the first one to deliver push notifications. But push only works if the person @replying or DMing you is using iTwitter too. It’s free, though. [ReadWriteWeb] More »
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Push Gmail For The iPhone, Finally (It’s Not What You Think)

11:50PM Matt Buchanan | My biggest disappointment with iPhone 3.0 is there’s still no push Gmail. (Probably due some to contractual BS, but whatever.) GPush is a 99-cent app that almost fixes it by sending you push notifications whenever you get a new message. More »
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Prowl Pushes Growl Notifications To Your IPhone

2:04PM Matt Buchanan | Best non-IM use of iPhone 3.0’s push notifications yet: Prowl is a $US3 app that pushes Growl notifications from your Mac to your phone. Growl’s a global notifier that plugs into everything from BitTorrent apps to iTunes to Mail. More »
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IPhone Push Notifications Discreetly Rolled Out In Tap Tap Revenge?

5:45PM John Herrman | Tapulous has issued an update to their Tap Tap Revenge rhythm game which includes working push notifications, despite the fact that iPhone OS 3.0 isn’t officially available for two more days. More »
Software

Apple Officially Brings Back MobileMe’s Push, Improves Features

11:37AM Jason Chen | Apple just sent out an email to MobileMe subscribers to let them know of some new(ish) features. The biggest bullet point is the fact that push is back. More »
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Google Sync Is Actually Just Licensed Microsoft Exchange Tech

7:56PM John Herrman | Google Sync for the iPhone and Windows Mobile was a long time coming, but the app—which many see as part of a Google bid to supplant Microsoft—actually depends heavily on Redmond’s tech. More »