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Apple is now selling the Square credit card reader, a product and company founded by Jack Dorsey, who is also now back at Twitter, through its online retail store. If you’re not familiar with Square, it’s basically an attachment that can connect to the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad via the 3.5mm headphone jack, and…
The best camera is the one that you have with you, so it’s no surprise that the iPhone 4 is quickly becoming the number one used camera for Flickr members. It’s not surprising, either, since it won’t be the first time that the iPhone takes the top spot as most popular camera used on Flickr.…
The Angry Birds Seasons app has just received an Easter update and the one question I have is: will you be able to hurl these things at the Easter Bunny itself? You should know what to expect from the Angry Birds Seasons Easter update, as you get a ton of new levels and, from the…
Google Translate is a modern marvel, seamlessly taking snippets of text, or even complete websites, and translating them in milliseconds from one language to the other. It may not be an exact translation, but it’s good enough to get the general idea of what’s being said. Users of Apple’s iPhone and devices running Google’s Android…
The Navigon app has been one of the best ways to get turn-by-turn navigation on the Apple iPhone and the app has just received an update to include some augmented reality features. The Navigon iPhone app now lets you use the Apple iPhone’s camera to get some points of interest on your screen. For example,…
Apple is facing a lawsuit over the ability for some game to do in-app purchases as a Pennsylvania man says this is an “unlawful exploitation” of kids and their parents. The in-app purchases lawsuit comes as Apple and the App Store have faced some heat for games which appear to target kids and have in-app…
Opera Mini is a highly popular web browser. Many of you don’t use it because you have a top of the line smartphone and live in a country that has a relatively inexpensive to use high speed wireless network, but you don’t represent the true reality of mobile phone use. In many parts of the…
Relatively new to the App Store comes a new Pinball game that is certainly worth a look… that is, if you’re into that kind of thing. ‘War Pinball’ from the folks at Gameprom is the latest in a lineup of super-fantastic-awesome pinball games that seem to be hitting the App Store as of late. In…
When Skype Video app leaked out for the HTC Thunderbolt, many were ecstatic to make video calls over the super-fast Verizon 4G LTE network but you may want to wait a awhile to try it, as a new report suggests this has a bad security vulnerability. How bad? Well, it looks like the Skype Video…
Many developers may be looking at the Amazon App Store as a way to get better revenues from Android but the International Game Developers Association is warning game developers that it may not all be sunshine and roses. In a statement, the IGDA said (the bold is there emphasis): Many journalists have noted the unusual…