Looking for fresh apps for your iDevice- We’ve found 60 great iPhone, iPad and iPod touch apps that were released over the last 24 hours. This new apps alert includes Fashion Story: Valentine’s Day, Checkers With Buddies, Battleland: Honor of Arena, Zombie Samurai, Hangman 44k, Dominion by Donald X. Vaccarino, Defense zone, and many others. [...]
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Need more apps for your favorite device- iOSnoops can help! Here are 32 iPhone, iPad and iPod touch apps that have just gone free. This apps gone free alert includes Zombie Samurai, Always Up! Pro, Simply Find It Pro, iSlash, Mahjong Deluxe, Drop The Chicken, BannerFlo, and many others. Remember, prices can change quickly, these [...]
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iOSnoops is constantly on the lookout for great deals at the App Store, and here are 44 iPhone, iPad and iPod touch apps that have just been discounted. This app deal alert includes Puzzlejuice, Mini Motor Racing, Buckingham Palace: Hidden Mysteries, Across Age, Worms Crazy Golf, Tube Downloader, CineXPlayer – The best way to enjoy [...]
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What Condition Is Your iPad In- Here’s one for you, what condition is your iPad in- I know several people who own the glorious multifunctional slab, and there’s a distinct difference between those who have taken great care, and those who haven’t… Interestingly it doesn’t necessarily make a difference whether you have a case or [...]
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RIM’s new CEO, Thorsten Heins, spoke to Kevin Michaluk of our sibling site, CrackBerry.com, about some his thoughts and ideas on where RIM and the BlackBerry platform are heading. When the iPhone launched, BlackBerry was the biggest, baddest competition on the planet but in recent years, Android has taken much of their place, and given [...]
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A Police officer in New York used his own iPhone to catch a thief and retrieve a victim’s iPhone after she was robbed in a handbag store on Thursday night. A man walked into the store brandishing a black handgun and took the woman’s iPhone. After a fruitless canvass of the area, one officer, Robert [...]
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It has recently been discovered that T-Mobile USA plans to offer additional support for unlocked iPhones, beginning January 30. Though the network doesn’t officially carry Apple’s handset, more than one million unlocked iPhones are hooked-up to T-Mobile USA’s network. In a document that was originally uncovered by TmoNews (pictured above), the carrier details its plans [...]
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When the Moviefone app for iPad was released April 2011, we really enjoyed the user interface. I’m happy to report that the iPhone and iPod touch version is now using a very similar design that’s less cluttered, yet offers more content. Watch movie trailers and clips, plus Moviefone's reviews, Unscripted, and Star Talk segments Dressed [...]
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Triple Town (Free) by Spry Fox, LLC is a unique new puzzle game for the iPad or iPhone/iPod touch. Combine three of a kind to build the city of your dreams, but watch out for cuddly looking bears, they will get in your way. The game can best be described as a match three game [...]
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We all know the health benefits of getting a good night’s sleep. Yet most of us use an old-fashioned alarm clock to startle us, and anyone else in earshot, awake. Lark seeks to change this with the Lark Silent Alarm for iOS. Designed to be used with the companion Lark Up app, the Lark has [...]
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Before two years ago, we didn’t yet know much about the hypothetical Apple tablet device, prescient leaks and rumors aside. We didn’t know for sure which OS it would run (although we were pretty confident it would be iOS and not Mac OS X). We didn’t know what it would cost — the WSJ hinted [...]
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Ready for another iPhone case- Instead of helping you crack open a cold one, this one might actually help you pay for it. The polycarbonate iLID MK-1 is touted as the “world’s thinnest iPhone wallet,” and it lets you store your various IDs, credit cards, cash, and keys behind its full-sized, backside compartment. Everything is [...]
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At this year’s MacWorld event, Schneider Optics showed off their camera lens package, the iPro Lens System. The package includes a clever protective cover, fisheye and wide-angle lenses, and a case that doubles as a tripod mount or a convenient handle. The fisheye lens will capture a 165-degree field of view while the wide-angle lens [...]
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There’s something for everyone in this week’s Padvance Report. First, check out some startling numbers on how the iPad is annihilating physical media purchases made by business professionals. Next is a Flipboard-style app that’s brilliant for sports fans but is plagued by performance issues. Wrapping it up is one of the best accessories for people [...]
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Introduced mid-2011, Crimson‘s Aluminum Frame Case was definitely an intriguing entry to the iPhone case market. The AFC’s minimal design and anodized metal finish strongly caught the attention of iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S owners. And after such a quick escalation in popularity, Crimson was proud to unveil three new anodized color choices and two [...]
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Launch Center, a new shortcuts app for iPhone, aims to make everything from sending messages and mail to posting on Facebook and Twitter, to turning on your LED flashlight, faster and easier via an extremely clever, borderline audacious use of URL schemes and iOS 5′s Notification Center. Produced by David Barnard of App Cubby fame, [...]
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Rene and I are at Macworld 2012 and had the pleasure of talking to Penultimate developer Ben Zotto. You, the iMore nation, asked us to ask Ben his thoughts on styli for the iPad, so we did! Check out the video above for Ben’s insights on the personal decision of choosing a stylus. Here’s a [...]
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Probably like many of you, I received my new Google Privacy Policy via email this week, and while couched in language about creating a more “beautiful” experience for us, the users — read: products — it’s also clearly about Google leveraging their popular services like Search and Gmail to help their new services, like Google+, [...]
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TourWrist is a universal app that allows you to travel the world, virtually. View points of interest, real estate, nature, and much more, in full 360 glory. Simply choose a tour, and then hold your device up and turn in a 360 degree circle, moving your device up and down and all around to see [...]
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It’s a given that a company such as Garmin, one of the top worldwide providers of GPS navigation hardware and software, would be looking to make a big splash at this year’s Macworld / iWorld Expo. Along with highlighting their entire line of iOS apps, Garmin is demonstrating new social media options for their StreetPilot [...]
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“How Siri is ruining your cellphone service.” That’s the searing headline from the Washington Post in an article by Paul Farhi. Farhi claims that “Siri’s dirty little secret is that she’s a bandwidth guzzler, the digital equivalent of a 10-miles-per-gallon Hummer H1.” Where’s he coming up with this- Apparently, the “Siri eats bandwidth” claim is [...]
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Strategy Analytics has crunched most of the fourth quarter results announced this week (including Apple’s), and figures the iPhone maker is now the top smartphone manufacturer, but only by a sliver. In Q4 2011, Apple claimed 23.9% of global smartphone market share, and Samsung trailed only slightly, with 23.5%. That’s just counting Q4, too; for [...]
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Yahoo has been in the mobile space for quite some time and as such, they’ve managed amassed a good amount of apps, but now — Yahoo is looking to cut some of their weight and move on. They’ve now announced the nixing of some of apps in an effort to keep moving and keep innovating. [...]
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Dress The Pig isn’t about shoving an apple in its mouth or stuffing it in, well, unnameable places. This is actually about dressing a cute little piggy up. It’s like Mr. Potato Head, only it’s cuter. There are different accessories, backgrounds and features to choose from. Screenshot You can customize the eyes, mouth, clothes and accessories. [...]
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We’ve rolled through this week and now we’re heading on into the weekend, we’re gathering up plenty of MacWorld coverage for you all so you’ll want to stay tuned for that. You can register now to get started today and while you’re at it, check out some of the threads below: iPhone 4S Forum: Keep [...]
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On this week’s episode of The TouchArcade Show, we push through discussions about feral dogs, the Mindfreak, and accents in order to bring you the latest, hottest, and best-est in iOS game news and chit-chat. At the top, we dig into unreleased titles like Adventure Bar Story before we dive into more known quantities, like [...]
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Stay tuned as we liveblog the Best of Show awards here at Macworld|iWorld 2012. Macworld | iWorld Best of Show liveblog originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments… Continue Reading Here Macworld | iWorld Best of [...]
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Intuit has begun offering its entry-level financial management software Quicken Essentials for Mac on the Mac App Store. This is the standard edition of Essentials that has been on sale for quite a while, not a new version — something Intuit is quick to point out in the description for the software. It’s merely a [...]
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In the latest episode of CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” titled “Beta Test Initiation”, Raj Koothrappali starts a relationship with a well-known woman Siri. After buying an iPhone 4S, Raj starts building a creepy relationship with Siri taking her out for coffee, inviting her on double dates, and even dressing her, in “a nice black [...]
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Yesterday while I was on the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, I came upon a 7-foot-tall scanner walking around. After I figured out that my cold medicine wasn’t making me hallucinate, I knew that I was in the right place — the Doxie booth. There I was able to interview Paul Scandariato of [...]
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Some of the more unique iDevice styli — the Nomad Brushes by, well, Nomad Brush — are making the rounds at this year’s Macworld. While the products aren’t actually new (the company and its lineup just celebrated their one year anniversary), Nomad Brush is using its trade show time to showcase their capacitive, bristle-tipped solutions. [...]
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Sam and Max, the quintessential dog and bunny duo, are coming back to iPhone to start the next season of their episodic game series. Episode one of “Beyond Time and Space” is called “Ice Station Santa”. The illustrious personification of Christmas has gone on a rampage, so Sam and Max hoof it to the North [...]
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Standing in the middle of the Macworld | iWorld 2012 exhibit floor looking a bit out of place, Alljack’s ,000 diamond-studded speakers — fresh from CES — are drawing a bit of attention. Inspired by a wine bottle and a flower, the speakers are crafted with Russian diamonds, gold plating, simulated wood grain and other [...]
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If there’s one company at Macworld | iWorld 2012 that epitomizes the leading edge of Apple accessories, it’s Other World Computing (OWC). At this year’s event, the company is showcasing a number of new or soon-to-be-released products for Mac and iPad. In the Mac realm, OWC is about to release two new versions of the [...]
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Blot ([substring:0:500] Blot ($0.99) by Majestic Software is perhaps the best hand-drawn game. Ever. No, I’m sure there are other contenders out there, but Blot certainly ranks up there. You play as Blot, a blob of ink, as he flies through different pages (levels) in search of coins and adventure. Beautifully rendered backgrounds of different [...]
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A few weeks back we saw a wonderful app that let us easily manage our collection of books and read them anytime later with the comfort of our iPhone or iPad. Since then I desperately wanted to add the capability of managing my huge library of movies to my iPhone. Out of my interest i [...]
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Autodesk was at Macworld showing off a new product for the Mac called Autodesk Inventor Fusion. Autodesk Inventor is an existing 3D mechanical design software on Windows, but will soon become available for the Mac for the first time. Autodesk made headlines back in 2010 when they returned to the Mac platform after a two [...]
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Many big-name companies are switching to the iPhone, and though BlackBerry is the biggest competition in the enterprise arena, iOS is doing a great job of cutting Android out of the picture. According to the latest data from Good Technology, the iPhone 4S was just as popular new device among businesses as it was among [...]
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Doxie — an amazing document scanner made for digitizing and organizing papers, photos, and receipts — just got a little better. At MacWorld on Thursday, Apparent Corporation unveiled the new Doxie Go + Wi-Fi. It’s a new model that scans anywhere. You don’t need a computer to use it either: it sends directly to the [...]
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Let’s wind the clocks back to Tuesday when news hit that Zynga was relentlessly ripping off NimbleBit’s Tiny Tower [Free] with their Canadian pre-release “beta” of Dream Heights [Free]. Dream Heights is basically identical to Tiny Tower in every way, except for the lack of the Bitbook and a different art style. News of this [...]
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OmniGroup, the popular developer behind OmniFocus for iPad, OmniGraffle, and OmniOutliner, has just announced that the popular OmniPlan 2 will be coming to iPad. A screenshot from OmniPlan for iPad. It will have the major features from the Mac version, as well as syncing. For those who aren’t familiar with OmniPlan, it’s a Mac app [...]
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Don’t walk past police with a stolen iPhone in your boot. According to the New York Times, a quick-thinking police officer and Apple’s Find My iPhone managed to retrieve a woman’s stolen iPhone. The woman was in a handbag store in Manhattan when a thief allegedly held her up at gunpoint and took her iPhone. [...]
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