Thursday, February 24, 2011

  • Tony Bradley at Macworld points out something interesting that I've also been thinking about: Apple is being awfully sneaky with its timing when it comes to product announcements. The upcoming March 2 event happens to land not only right around the time that Motorola's much-anticipated Xoom tablet will hit consumers' hands, but also right in the middle of next week's Game Developers Conference, when quite a few developers will be announcing new games for both the iPad and Android tablet…
    • Getting ready for the Oscars? Well, whether you are planning a party, planning on going to one, or planning to watch them solo on your couch we have the apps you'll need.
      AppAdvice EXTRA: Apps For The Oscars is a story by AppAdvice.com

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      • As you’ve probably heard, touchpad scrolling is backwards in OS X Lion. Instead of pulling your fingers down to scroll down a window, you know push your fingers up. Confused? You will be. It undoes years of muscle memory. So why would Apple do this? It’s easy: because of iOS. It’s the same gesture you [...]
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          • Magic: the Gathering gets beaten to iOS by Shadow Era , a collectable card game that makes you feel like you're back at school, playing against your buddies during lunch. More »
          • On Thursday, game publisher PlayFirst announced that its newest iPhone game, Egg vs. Chicken, is now available on the iOS App Store for $1.
          • If you enjoy playing Boggle (who doesn't?), The official Boggle game is free in the iOS App Store today. But it's only free for today, so get it while you can. [ Boggle iPhone and Boggle iPad via Joystiq ] More »
            • The magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand on Tuesday has caused incredible damage and hit close to home for many of us at TUAW. Developer David Frampton ( @majicdave on Twitter) from Majic Jungle Software had a particularly scary few days. Although Dave lives in Wellington on the North Island, his mother Ann Bodkin was trapped in rubble for several days before being rescued . We were thrilled to read Dave's tweet when she was close to being rescued: "Mum is…
              • The official app for the 2011 Major League Baseball season for the iPhone and the iPad has hit the App Store.
              • Gameloft has slashed the prices of 34 games for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch to $0.99 for a limited time. Gameloft announced the surprise sale on their blog: As February comes to an end, we’re hosting one HUGE sale for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. We’ve got over 30 titles slashed down to $0.99 [...]
                • Two of TUAW's favorite App Store apps (and probably yours as well) have been updated with new content . Halfbrick's Fruit Ninja has a few new swords to play with, including one that plays piano music as you swipe. There are new leaderboards to fight your friends (and everyone else on) for the Classic and Zen modes. Great free update for a terrific app -- no wonder it's sold six million copies (inspiring Halfbrick to build up an orchard to pay back karma for all that destroyed virtual fruit). …
                  • Element Case has announced its newest iPhone 4 case, the Vapor Pro, which will be released first in a collector's edition that retails for a whopping $149.99.
                    Originally posted at Crave
                    • Apple’s iPad has competition, but that didn’t slow the device’s popularity with it holding a 93 percent market share worldwide according to ABI Research. In the company’s report, they cite tablets as a “promising new talent,” with shipments reaching 4.5 million units. “Over time, Apple’s first-to-market iPad advantage will inevitably erode to some extent,” ABI Senior Practice Director Jeff Orr said in a statement, though, for now, Apple continues to be king. Apple revealed in January…
                      • Your job is to help the old crazy guy cross the tips of the Himalayan Mountains. It's not exactly like helping the little old lady cross the street. Click through to find out all the details.
                        Review: Herman The Hermit – Help The Crazy Guy Cross The Mountain Peaks is a story by AppAdvice.com

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                        • Looks like the iPad is not hugely affected in the last third quarter 2010. There were 4.5 million tablets shipped. And 4.3 million were iPads. The upcoming iPad 2 could be exciting. But, with all the strong competitors like Motorola Xoom, how could the “no flash tablet” iPad survive? [via Digital Daily]
                          • The Zhip uses a sturdy, 'no-drop' three-foot extendable zip cord to anchor any smartphone or iPod touch to lots of different surfaces and objects.
                            Originally posted at Crave
                            • As rumored, Apple launched new MacBook Pros earlier today with Sandy Bridge Quad core processors with Intel’s Turbo Boost 2.0, a hybrid Thunderbolt/mini Display port, FaceTime camera and more. Apple also surprised us by releasing the first developer preview version of Mac OS X Lion today, which was first demoed last October. Mac OS X [...]
                              • NaturalMotion has been doing maintenance and fine tuning updates to their board game gone digital version of Jenga since its release late last year. Today's update includes a bigger enhancement, the highly requested gyroscope support for viewing navigation.
                                Jenga Now Contains The Much Anticipated Gyroscope Support is a story by AppAdvice.com

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                                • Dear Internet: I read recently on an Ottawa-based website called “Macgasm” that mobile gaming giant, Gameloft, is having a major end-of-February sale and thought you might want to know about it. Some of their coolest titles (NOVA 2 and Dungeon Hunter 2 for iPhone) are missing from this event, but there are still quite a [...]
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