All Entries Tagged With: "Apple"

New iPod Touch Photoshop Gaffes from Apple

Posted by Paul Balsom | Sep 06, 2010 | Comments View Comments

After Apple introduced the new generation of iPod Touch last week, there have been some marketing photos released as well. Some sleuth-like readers over at Engadget caught some interesting, and very obvious, missteps in Apple’s iPod Touch photos.

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New Study: Android Makes Up 25% of Mobile Web Traffic

Posted by Paul Balsom | Sep 06, 2010 | Comments View Comments

According to a new study from Quantacast, a marketing analytics company, Google’s mobile OS Android is eating up market share from previous top dogs Apple’s iOS and RIM’s Blackberry OS. As of right now, Android accounts for 25% of mobile web traffic in the U.S.

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Apple Features Blancspot as the Modern Way to Experience the News

Posted by Press Releases | Sep 02, 2010 | Comments View Comments

San Francisco, California – The Apple iPhone is defined by its user experience. “Sleek”, “Sophisticated” and “Stylish” are only some of the words that come to mind when faced with a shiny new iPhone or iPad. Traditionally, national and global news coverage does not have the same sort of adjectives associated with them. Things like “depressing”, “flat” or “biased” are often found more closely tied to how the public views mass news media. Pulling the two together is Blancspot, a revolutionary new way to experience and interact with the news on the iPhone that combines photojournalists elements and solid news reporting with social media and cause activation tools.

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Picture a Little Wildlife – WaterField Unveils Apple iPod touch Cases

Posted by Press Releases | Sep 02, 2010 | Comments View Comments

San Francisco, California – WaterField Designs, a leading maker of custom-fitted computer bags and cases for digital gear, today announces Suede Jacket cases to clothe Apple’s latest iPod touch. Each is custom-fitted to the iPod touch dimensions and is available in Black, Cheetah or Zebra Ultrasuede(R). WaterField also offers the Travel Case to keep the iPod touch and its cords and accessories organized and tangle free.

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The missing iPhone feature Apple didn’t mention – hint: CallerID

Posted by Press Releases | Sep 02, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Rochester, New York – Even with iOS 4.1, the iPhone continues to be magical and revolutionary, but it still doesn’t do one thing that phone owners really need. The iPhone doesn’t tell you who is calling!

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Firemint Will Integrate Games With Apple Game Center

Posted by Paul Balsom | Sep 01, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Firemint, a prominent mobile game studio, has announced today that it will integrate its popular iOS games, Flight Control and Real Racing, with Apple’s social-gaming platform Game Center.

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iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch Announced

Posted by Paul Balsom | Sep 01, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Today, during the Apple live keynote, Steve Jobs announced and gave details for iOS 4.1, the new update for iPhones and iPod Touches.

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Dark Nebula – Episode Two Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Paul Balsom | Aug 25, 2010 | Comments View Comments

If you like accelerometer-based games, like Labyrinth 2, then Dark Nebula – Episode Two is definitely up your alley. It takes the Labyrinth-style games and flips it on its head, as you must navigate your “pinball” through a crazy series of levels, avoiding potholes, cliffs, trap doors, bombs, lasers, and the like!

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Special Apple Event Sept 1st, Hopefully Not The Return of John Mayer

Posted by Jason Coe | Aug 25, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Apple just announced the company will be holding a “Special Event” next Wednesday, September 1st up in San Francisco at 10AM PST. Judging by the lead image they sent out, it sounds like it will be music related but we can also hope to see a new Apple TV, iPod refresh, iTunes updates, and possibly Apple TV App related info. What we don’t want to see is the return of John Mayer…

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OpenFeint Updates Platform; SMS Invites, Cross-OS Interaction, New Leaderboards

Posted by Paul Balsom | Aug 18, 2010 | Comments View Comments

OpenFeint, one of mobile gaming’s foremost social-gaming platforms, has updated its functionality with version 2.6. Users who play games running the new version will be able to recommend apps to friends via SMS from within the app. Even if your friends don’t have the same smartphone OS, you can text a recommendation and a link to the Apple App Store or Android Market.

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Sony Drops Second App Store Smear Commercial

Posted by Paul Balsom | Aug 17, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Following their initial anti-Apple App Store smear commercial, Sony has released a follow-up commercial that aims to educate consumers about the inadequacies of the games available on Apple’s platform. The commercials star child-actor Bobb’e J. Thompson, who you may recognize from the movie Role Models.

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Non Existent Google Police Pull Nazi Android Theme After Controversy, Apple Policing Questioned

Posted by Jason Coe | Aug 13, 2010 | Comments View Comments

There’s a very interesting story over at Engadget this morning involving policy issues that existed within the Android Marketplace and the (initial) approval of racist content involving the Nazi’s that was there. After some controversy arose on the net, Google then pulled the app due to “a violation of Android content policy” but PC Magazine found out that the content policy for developers within the Android Marketplace forbids “promotions of hate or incitement of violence, pornography, obscenity, nudity or sexual activity”. The event challenges Google’s policing of their marketplace, something that Apple has faced huge opposition for.

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Apple iOS 4.0.2 Update Available, Fixes PDF Issue

Posted by Jason Coe | Aug 11, 2010 | Comments View Comments

A couple weeks ago we brought you news of a software update that was coming to iOS to fix the iPhone/iPad PDF vulnerability issue. Apple has finally delivered that care package for iOS devices and it can be downloaded right now.

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AirPhone Is A Damn Good iPhone 4 Knockoff, Still Cheap

Posted by Jason Coe | Aug 11, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Apple has been dealing with piracy and fake knock off iPhones from day 1, but as the smartphone division becomes more popular, those who are replicating the phones are getting much more ‘visually’ accurate with their re-creations and even more cheap with their claims.

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