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Date archive for February, 2010

    Airplane Duel (Formerly Biplane Duel) (0)

    2/17/10 •

    Cohabitation can be a real relationship breaker. If one partner puts in little effort cleaning, or even keeping the home neat and tidy *sheepish grin*, plates can fly and couches can become beds. Luckily, with the Bluetooth-enabled iPhone we can take our frustrations out on each other by tapping on a screen. Biplane Duel, by ... Read More

    Wednesday Links (0)

    2/17/10 •

    Top iPhone and Technology Related Stories from across the web A curious thing happened recently to two prominent iPhone hackers: Upon trying to log in to the iPhone’s App Store, they get error messages saying their Apple ID was banned for “security reasons.” Apple Banning Hackers From the App Store? With Opera Software’s announcement that the company ... Read More

    Tuesday Links (0)

    2/16/10 •

    Top iPhone and Technology Related Stories from across the web AT&T has relaxed its policies on 3G access enough that iPhone apps can now hurdle down the data network with impugnity. Sling Out, Sister: SlingPlayer For iPhones Now Supports 3G What makes today’s most popular smartphone so successful? Apple has control over both software and hardware, and ... Read More

    Monday Links (0)

    2/15/10 •

    Top iPhone and Technology Related Stories from across the web WITH THE dust settling on the Consumer Electronics Show, attention is turning to Spain, where mobile companies are gathering for the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2010. Firms hope to make right call with handsets at mobile phone conference The advent of smart phones set off a ... Read More

    Dineoutcheap (0)

    2/12/10 •

    If there’s one thing true about restaurants everywhere it’s that dining out sure isn’t cheap. Having someone else make a meal for you, in a pleasant environment, and then tipping waiters who service you just lends itself to using more money than had you done all the work yourself at home. Of course, we dine ... Read More

    ASL – American Sign Language (0)

    2/12/10 •

    When I first looked at the ASL – American Sign Language iPhone app by D TechnoLabs, I stopped short of myself, with astonishment, and realized that I don’t know a single deaf person. We’ve all read the story of Helen Keller, a woman unfortunately stricken with both blindness and deafness, but in terms of any ... Read More

    Lines of Mania (!) (0)

    2/12/10 •

    I felt the name of this game calls for an exclamation mark. Lines of Mania, by Good Apps UG, is a strategy game based on a game that’s been played for years on paper (the Mexcian derivative is “Las Lineas”, “The Lines”, or “Numeros,” “Numbers”, according to my girlfriend). It’s really, really simple: connect the ... Read More

    Friday Links (0)

    2/12/10 •

    Top iPhone and Technology Related Stories from across the web App makers have a lot to sort out between now and the iPad’s planned arrival in late March. But at least one developer is jumping headfirst into the uncharted waters of making apps specifically for the iPad. Developer Sourcebits puts focus on iPad apps Big Blue wants a piece ... Read More

    Gridiron (4)

    2/11/10 •

    The late, great Hunter S. Thompson wrote, “Football Season Is Over.” Nostalgia has set in and the Super Bowl was Sunday! Luckily, the next season starts March 5, 2010… for the players and coaches, that is: the rest of us will have to wait until September. Oi. Despite sports week ending last Friday, I think ... Read More

    Thursday Links (0)

    2/11/10 •

    Top iPhone and Technology Related Stories from across the web Opera Software, will reveal Opera Mini for iPhone at Mobile World Congress.  Opera Mini is known for its compression technology, which results in faster webpage loading and reduces data surcharges. Opera Mini Browser to Sing on iPhones? The roughly 300 million iPods and iPhones sold over the ... Read More