Archive | November 18th, 2010
Firemint announces Flight Control HD coming to the Mac
Flight Control is one of the more addicting and popular iPhone apps ever released, and at $0.99, you’d be foolish not to give it a try. Having already conquered the iPhone and iPod Touch, Firemint was quick to churn out an iPad version of Flight Control, and now the Australian based development house announced that […]
Continue reading...Woz clarifies statement re: Android – “Almost every app I have is better on the iPhone”
18. November 2010
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Earlier today, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak caused a stir when he reportedly claimed that Android was on pace to become the dominant smartphone platform. Apparently, though, the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf lost the gist of Woz’s comments in translation. Engadget reports: Woz says he gave the De Telegraaf reporter a lengthy demonstration of voice commands on […]
Continue reading...Gaming titles for iOS DWARF gaming titles for all other consoles combined going back 25 years
18. November 2010
It took Nintendo and Sony a while to wake up and realize just how much gaming on the iOS was affecting their bottom line and changing the way folks play and view video games. The iTunes App Store together with the millions of iOS devices out on the market is a 1-2 punch that no competitor […]
Continue reading...Woz: Android will be the dominant smartphone platform
18. November 2010
Speaking to the Dutch-language De Telegraaf newspaper, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak threw his two cents in regarding the ongoing battle for smartphone supremacy between Apple and Android. Surprisingly, or perhaps not, Woz thinks Android is the platform that will ultimately win out, likening the situation to how Windows emerged victorious over the Mac back in […]
Continue reading...Skyfire resolves server issues, axes support for Windows Mobile and Symbian
18. November 2010
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Skyfire has remedied the server problems that initially caused the company to temporarily remove it’s iPhone app from iTunes after its servers were overwhelmed by user demand. In the process, the app generated quite a pretty penny for the 35-person development team, having netted the group over $700,000 during the first 3 days it became […]
Continue reading...Verizon removes tweet hinting at iPhone arrival
18. November 2010
Over the past few months, rumors regarding the iPhone 4 hitting Verizon in early 2011 have begun to crystallize. It’s no secret that Apple has had CDMA variants of the iPhone in its labs, and John Gruber reported back in August that the CDMA version of the iPhone 4 had reached EVT status (engineering verification […]
Continue reading...Microsoft battles software pirates across the globe
18. November 2010
The scene: Los Reyes, Mexico. The participants: 300 heavily armed law enforcement agents about to embark on a raid. So begins a tantalizing piece from the New York Times detailing Microsoft’s efforts, at home and abroad, to curtail software piracy. The police reached the house undetected, barreled in and found rooms crammed with about 50 […]
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18. November 2010
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