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Good news, everyone! This evening, I learned that promo codes are now very available in all of Apple’s international app stores! Woohoo! I have to be honest, I never thought this day would come. But as I sit here, watching Sidney Crosby and the Penguins take on the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs, I’m one happy…
While many think the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are putting a hurting on portable gaming devices like the Nintendo DS and the PlayStation Portable, Apple has just been dealt a major strategic blow to its gaming ambitions as its iOS gaming guru has left the company. According to Kotaku, Graeme Devine left the company’s…
In another sign that Apple is quickly seeping into the enterprise space with its mobile devices, multiple medical sales companies are now arming their employees with the tablet. Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic Inc. and Boston Scientific Corp. have given many of their sales people the Apple tablet and other companies are in the middle of piloting…
Without getting too hot and heavy on the issues that plague American society, including rampant consumerism and an idolization of brands that through excessive use of advertising give a false sense of comfort and belonging to shoppers, let’s dive in to this incredible news item from Fortune. They’re reporting that Bloomingdale’s, a store that sells…
Regardless of the fit and finish that Apple applies to both their hardware and software, you’ve got to admit that the user interface of products running iOS is a bit long in the tooth. A new patent discovered by Unwired View shows that the Cupertino based company is looking into radial menus, both for iOS…
If you’ve been known to play a game or two in your day (haven’t we all?), and dig classic titles from folks like SEGA… Keep reading. There’s good news ahead. You may recall back around Thanksgiving (I think it was Thanksgiving?) that SEGA had a little bit of a sale. If you missed your opportunity…
If you’re a MobileMe customer, you’ll be happy to know that Steve Jobs himself is allegedly promising that it will get “a lot better in 2011.” A MacRumors reader supposedly sent the Apple CEO some e-mails complaining about some of the usability problems and asked if the service will be improving in 2011. “Yes, it…
Comcast is making a big push in the mobile space and it has just released its Xfinity app for Android. Like the iPhone app, the Xfinity Android app enables users to check their home e-mail, review voicemails, have their home phone calls routed to the Android phone. As you would expect, the Xfinity Android app…
As the chatter about AT&T losing exclusivity of the Apple iPhone grows louder, AT&T is insisting that it isn’t worried about how it will compete without having Apple’s smartphone all to itself. At the D conference, AT&T’s Glenn Lurie reiterated that the company has other competitive advantages that go beyond just having the iPhone. He…
If you’re looking to get a good Facebook fix on the Apple iPad, you can scale up the iPhone app or use the Safari browser, but there’s no iPad app from the world’s largest social network. That’s why Friendly has been very successful selling a Facebook browser program and the company has just made its…