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And the latest addition to Rovio’s Angry Birds empire will be… (drums please)… a cookbook. That’s right, after t-shirts, animated series, board game (in partnership with Mattel) and computer speakers, Angry Birds-themed cookbook is in works. Apparently Rovio has been in discussion with a number of companies — including Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Noble…
In 3 weeks Apple’s new guidelines for in app purchases are due to go into effect and section 11.13 of the infinitely long document of legal jargon has been causing a lot of scandals. It stated that publishers, and in this case they list creators of magazines, newspapers, books, audio, music, video, had to offer…
Would you rent mobile games for $0.25 for a day with the option to have that quarter added to the cost of the game if you decide to buy it? That’s what T-Mobile and WildTangent are hoping to get you to do. There are plenty of paid games out there that don’t have free, ad-supported…
Earlier this week Apple announced a new service called iCloud, an online data storage feature that will allow users to wirelessly sync, transfer and store photos, contacts, calendar info, e-mail and more. And it will do it all at no charge for OS X, iPhone and iPad owners. However, MobileMe, Apple’s current cloud solution, already…
For those of us that live in cities with an extensive network of public transportation, owning a car seems like a ridiculous idea. To live in such a city however, and be so dependent on buses, trains, subways, and trams, you need to know routes and schedules. Some cities have plenty of information, be it…
A term that’s been flying around a lot since the iPad 2 launch has been “post-PC era,” referring to how tablets and smartphones are replacing desktop and laptop computers. That theme was revisited yesterday as Apple announced iOS 5 products that, out of the box, could be used completely independently from a computer. I’m a…
Culture, which many philosophers, creatives, and political leaders have tried to define since the dawn of man, is under attack. Thanks to a generation that was raised to believe that they’re entitled to damn near everything they want, and a society that doesn’t accept the fact that life produces both winners and losers, the social…
At one point or another, we’ve all said that we’d give an arm and a leg for a new toy or perhaps a vacation. But what about giving up a critical internal organ? Apparently, to one 17-year-old boy in China, an iPad 2 was totally worth one of his kidneys. Unfortunately, the kid is now…
Remember those commercials telling you that 3 out of 4 dentists recommended a certain kind of toothpaste? They were pretty convincing, right? What if you learned that 4 out of 5 doctors were planning on buying an iPad next year? Would that sway your decision to get one yourself? Aside from the curious – why…
What’s the best way a geek can propose a girlfriend? Using an iPhone? That’s so last year. How about making an Android app? Sounds novel and that’s exactly what New Jersey resident Jon C. Hodgson did. Using Google Labs’ App Inventor, he created a short Harry Potter trivia app with the last question being the…