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iPhones and Beer. Beer and iPhones. Chances are most (or at least some!) iOS-toting folks like yourself enjoy a good frosty beer every once and awhile. I know I do… That said, enjoying that next beer is now a little bit easier if you pack an iPhone 4. The folks at iBottleOpener have just let…
Mobile phone applications are the hottest things since sliced bread, but you don’t need me to tell you that. Earlier today we published a report from IDC that said 10.9 billion applications were downloaded in 2010 alone and that number is expected to hit 76.9 billion in 2014 when the market for smartphone software is…
Probably one of the most classic first-person shooters of them all, Duke Nukem, is now available for free in the App Store. Yes, free… and yes, both the iPhone (Duke Nukem 3D) and iPad version (Duke Nukem 3D SE) are up for grabs here. Nice. The game features a TapShoot feature, making it somewhat easier…
One of the more enjoyable and fun puzzlers I’ve played in quite some time has released a special ‘holiday’ version, a la Angry Birds. I’m talking about ‘Cut the Rope‘ from Chillingo. The new, and very free app is titled ‘Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift’… and it’s worth a look. The game plays exactly like…
Apple and Toshiba are teaming up to build a $1.2 billion factory which will create Retina Display screens and other displays for Apple products. Apple is investing a portion to help build the factory and it is expected to begin producing in the second half of 2011. The plant, which will be in Ishikawa, is…
It looks like Twitter users are very interested in the Apple iPad and Google Android, as both appeared in the company’s top 10 list of trends for 2010. The news comes just a few days after Google released its Zeitgeist list, which found that the iPhone 4 and iPad were some of the most-popular searches…
It’s almost guaranteed that Verizon will be landing the Apple iPhone next year but there are still questions about what type of technology will be inside this highly-anticipated device. Well, now we have a (admittedly thin) rumor that the Verizon iPhone will be able to utilize the just-launched 4G LTE service. MacDailyNews is passing on…
As part of its Ping social networking service, Apple has reportedly started using iTun.es domain for link shortening. According to MacRumors, the Cupertino-based company registered the domain in December 2006, and now it begun using it for compact Twitter updates. “iTun.es” is an internal Apple thing with links being created automatically. Users can’t access the…
Nortel, once upon a time a telecommunications giant, but due to an unfortunate series of events was split up and is now seeing their formerly vast empire being sold off chunk by chunk, has around 4,000 patents that are estimated to be worth over $1 billion. Earlier this year we saw Nokia Siemens Networks successfully…
If a white iPhone 4 is something you REALLY wanted to see under your Christmas tree, well, you’re out of luck. Chances are we aren’t going to see it until Spring of 2011. That said, if you want to add a little dash of white iPhone 4 goodness to your holidays… keep reading, because Etsy…