NASA app goes 2.0, the safest launch this century

May 22, 2012 No Comments

When we’re not looking up at the stars, we’re likely looking at a screen, so any chance to combine those two is greeted with open arms. As it happens, we’ve been thumbing NASA’s iOS app for a while, and now it’s finally gotten an update… Tweet This Post

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Slide Is an iPhone Game You Already Know How to Play

May 21, 2012 No Comments

There are tons of iPhone games out there with complicated rules, levels, and moves to learn. One game, called Slide, is making learning how to play much easier by having you do something you already know how to do: unlock your phone… Tweet This Post

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Inrix Traffic 4 for iOS helps drivers avoid traffic congestion and estimate arrival times (video)

May 21, 2012 No Comments

Love driving but hate traffic? We hear you, and so do the people at Inrix. While the company might not come to the forefront of your mind when you consider the crowded world of navigation solutions, Inrix is a significant player in the field — even if much of its presence exists behind the scenes… [...]

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Siri, Y U No Understand Me? [INFOGRAPHIC]

May 21, 2012 No Comments

Siri is a loyal mistress, following you wherever you go — but is she a good listener? Since the iPhone 4S began coming standard with Siri last October, the voice activated personal assistant has become a cultural phenomenon… Tweet This Post

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gTar iPhone guitar hands-on

May 21, 2012 No Comments

When we first caught word of the gTar, it was a bit of a mystery, with an online presence amounting to little more than a low-res press shot, an enigmatic YouTube teaser and assorted specs coming out of South By Southwest and various investor sites… Tweet This Post

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Will the iPhone 3GS be Apple’s key to prepaid markets?

May 21, 2012 No Comments

With the next iPhone on the horizon, all signs point to an imminent demise for the iPhone 3GS. Apple, however, has other plans. Apple’s aging third generation smartphone will live on as the company targets emerging markets not dominated by the iPhone 4S, AppleInsider reports, based on a note from according to Jefferies Analyst Peter Misek… Tweet This Post

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Report: Foxconn spending $210 million on Apple production line

May 21, 2012 No Comments

China Daily is claiming that Foxconn will pump $210 million into building a production line in China’s Jiangsu province. Local authorities have stated that the plant in Huai’an city will produce components for Apple, no doubt heralding a raft of rampant speculation as to Cupertino’s intentions… Tweet This Post

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iDrum lets you rock out like Animal on your iDevice for $70

May 21, 2012 No Comments

If using almost any surface as an instrument to drop some beats is out of the question, Dream Cheeky’s iDrum might be a decent second choice. The rechargeable, seven-piece drum kit connects to any iDevice running iOS 5 or higher via Bluetooth and rings up at $70… Tweet This Post

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Switched On: Clash of the troubled titans

May 20, 2012 No Comments

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. Fans of the Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences can appreciate similarly contrived dynamics in comparing Nokia and RIM (neither of which, contrary to the occasionally expressed opinion, has been murdered despite “Apple and Android” consisting of three words and 15 letters)… Tweet This Post

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Samsung chief: we’re open to a cross-licensing deal with Apple, but 4G chip shortage might last until the fall

May 20, 2012 No Comments

The at times very heated legal battle between Apple and Samsung might be softening just a bit ahead of truce talks on May 21st. Samsung’s mobile head JK Shin just left Seoul for the mediated discussions saying there were still “several negotiation options” on tap, including the possibility of cross-licensing patents… Tweet This Post

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Microsoft exec says Windows Phone outselling iPhone in China

May 19, 2012 No Comments

Going by Microsoft’s Greater China COO Michel van der Bel, the launch of Windows Phone in China is off to an auspicious start — enough to give Apple the shakes. He claims that devices like the Nokia Lumia 800c have helped Windows Phone reach seven percent of the Chinese market, or just enough to get [...]

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Facebook likes Karma app, buys the whole darn thing

May 19, 2012 No Comments

What does one do after generating billions from an initial public stock offering? Go shopping, of course. After falling short of expectations following its somewhat helter-skelter IPO debut, Facebook simply shook off the whole thing and acquired itself some good Karma… Tweet This Post

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