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Once again, the time has come for a fresh beta build of the official iPhone SDK — and if you’re lucky enough to be involved in the firmware seeding program, a fresh build of the 2.0 firmware, too. The big change this time around appears to be support for OpenGL ES in the SDK’s emulator, enabling easy, breezy access to 3D acceleration for testing all those spellbinding games we plan on playing the heck out of in a couple months. So yeah, shouldn’t you get cracking on that? Seriously.

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In an attempt to counter the falling print newspaper subscriptions and sales, The Associated Press is due to launch an ads-supported service specifically dsigned for the iPhone, but which would also work with most other smartphones - that’s according to AP President and CEO Tom Curley.
The service that will offer local news from participating newspapers as well as AP’s own content is already being tested with some newspapers. It is expected to be launched later on this summer, due to be branded Mobile News Network.
While the user interface is still being worked on, it’s known that the service will be organized by ZIP codes, allowing users to see local content, while a news videos feature is also being developed.

Just four days after Apple announced that the beta version of the iPhone SDK would be available to developers, some 100,000 downloads have taken place. ‘Course, it’s not like we’re shocked by Cupertino’s latest horn tooting, but we’ve all ideas that number pales in comparison to the amount of requests for unlocks. Nevertheless, the real news from the Apple camp is that companies such as Namco and PopCap are apparently on board to bring titles such as Pac-man, Galaga, Bejeweled, Zuma and Peggle to the iPod touch / iPhone via App Store. Furthermore, Six Apart’s CEO admitted that it’s already developing a “native iPhone application for TypePad,” and the VP of THQ Wireless implied that we’d be seeing some of its wares surface here as well. As for release dates? Your guess is as good as ours.