Here’s a sign that Rovio’s Angry Birds has reached a new level of fame: It’s at the center of a groundbreaking new Super Bowl ad to be seen this Sunday, despite not appearing in the ad whatsoever, nor being the product advertised.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox’s 30-second commercial for animated movie Rio will …
Ending months of rumors, leaks and anticipation, News Corp. and Apple finally launched The Daily today, unveiling what’s likely to be a gamechanger for iPad apps and online news sources alike. The 100-page magazine will be published every morning, with the possibility for updates throughout the day should there be breaking stories, …
If you’re experiencing the horrible Snowmageddon that is about to dump its freezing wrath on your city (or already has), I commiserate with you. Chances are you’re stuck inside an office building like me, constantly checking your dashboard widget, phone or tablet to see if the snow has taken over the world outside blocking you from …
Popular genealogy website Ancestry.com recently updated its iPhone app to version 2.0 and brought a new iPad-specific interface along for the ride.
The app provides direct access to your Ancestry.com family trees so you can view, add and edit information about your family members wherever you’ve got an internet connection.
The …
Apple wants to have control over what content you are selling within your app. Among the recently declined was Sony’s iPhone application, which would have sold e-books and materials from the Sony Reader Store as an in-app purchase. Sony digital reading division president Steve Haber said that Apple told them that all in-app …
Although many apps are free in the App Store, a lot of them require in-app purchases to use all the functionalities of the program. The problem occurs when people don’t realize that they are being billed large amounts. According to one group, a lot of times these purchase trap apps are games targeted toward kids, who click on the costly …
Advertisers aren’t doing a better job on in-app mobile phone ads, you’re just clicking on them by mistake. A new survey by lead gen provider Pontiflex and researcher Harris Interactive shows that 47 percent of people admit that they more often than not click on the mobile ads that pop up unintentionally – with an overwhelming 61 percent …
Whether you’re deciding to join the iPhone world for the first time or a loyal customer for generations, it’s hard to decide which apps are worth downloading. Paid apps can be worthless, while free ones often provide more content than you would expect. Head over to TIME.com to see our take on the 50 Best iPhone Apps that should be on …
Whoa, whoa, whoa. This latest BlackBerry rumor comes courtesy of BGR.com and it sounds so crazy that it just… might… work.
In the interest of not overly nerding up the story, the basic gist is that the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet—which we learned about back in September of last year—runs a new (for BlackBerry) …
Microsoft’s popular note-taking software, OneNote, is now available as an iPhone app. You can use it to create notes and to-do lists while on the go and it’ll automatically synchronize your data online, where it can then be pulled into the OneNote application on your computer.
Likewise, the notes you’ve created on your computer can be …
You can’t blame Gail Davis for hanging up on the person who called her to congratulate her on downloading Apple’s 10 billionth app and winning a $10,000 iTunes gift certificate. Her husband and her both don’t have iPods capable of using App store items.
“I thought it was a prank call,” Gail Davis said to Cult of Mac. “I …
Syfy’s Being Human may not be breaking new ground in terms of content – It’s a remake of a popular British series, already seen in the US on BBC America – but it is making technological moves no-one has seen before by becoming the first season-long “TV Tagging” series on the air.
Syfy is partnering with Shazam to allow viewers to use …