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Flappy Bird is dead and gone, officially at least. The crazy popular iOS and Android game is now kaput, with the game’s developer Dong Nguyen pulling the game out of the Google Play Store and Apple App Store citing the game’s addictive quality as reasoning for the premature pullout. While Flappy Bird may be gone,…
Flappy Bird was pulled from the Google Play and iTunes stores abruptly a few days ago, with the games creator citing no clear reason for that move. Thanks to Forbes, we now have a little insight as to why the game’s developer, Dong Nguyen yanked the popular game out of the hands of its fans.…
2014 is the year of wearable tech, and the next innovation in wearable devices may not be as glamorous as one would think. Forget Google Glass, it’s all about Google Ass. That’s right, the Smart Diaper is here! A Japanese research team from the University of Tokyo has developed a flexible, disposable organic sensor designed…
Apple’s streaming music service iTunes Radio is now available in Australia. This marks the first country outside of the U.S. to gain access to iTunes radio, a free internet radio streaming service which features music from the iTunes Store and offers over 100 curated stations based on your listening preferences. It has been rumored that…
If you were paying attention to the internet at all last week, undoubtedly you heard about the iOS and Android game Flappy Bird. The game became an overnight success, racking up over $50,000 a day. Sadly, the game’s developer pulled the game from both Apple and Google’s app stores, leaving addicted players around the world…
Apple may launch an iOS update this coming March, 9to5Mac is reporting. From the current (fifth) beta version we know that this release will bring a number of UI changes, including a new dialer, redesigned Slide to Unlock UI, better-lookin’ Caps Lock and Backspace keys on keyboard, ability to remove parallax effect on wallpaper without…
Well, that’s a bummer. The world’s hottest cryptocurrency has been outlawed in Russia as well as other cryptocurrencies like Dogecoin and Litecoin. Russia’s Prosecutor General Office came to this conclusion after meeting with the Central Bank, FSB and the Interior Ministy. “The monitoring of the use of virtual currencies shows an increasing interest in them,…
Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need any roads. The 1980’s were an amazing and weird time, full of floppy disks, pixellated images, butt-rock and of course, mullets. The 80’s were really the birth of our electronic device addiction, with the creation of the microprocessor opening up the door for a whole new ages of…
Apple has banned Bitcoin apps, pulling a popular iOS Bitcoin wallet app called Blockchain on Thursday. Since Apple pretty much hates anything it can’t directly control, this is not a surprising move. And it’s pissed off a ton of iPhone owners, including one dude who really likes shooting stuff. Apparently, Reddit doesn’t like Apple’s decision…
Prepaid carrier Boost Mobile has unveiled a new price point for its unlimited 4G LTE plan, slashing the price from $55 a month for unlimited talk, text and data to $35 a month. The price cut is available for new Boost Mobile customers beginning today and ending on March 31st. The $35 a month bill…