This week on the Techland show we once again feature our intern Allie Townsend. Not only do Allie’s posts get more traffic than mine, she also got to see Alice before I did. This time next year Allie will probably have my job. The year after that she’ll have your job.
We get to the bottom of that and much more in this week’s …
Ask anyone what they think of Sony today and chances are you won’t get a positive response. The company that once dominated the consumer electronics sector has fallen on hard times in recent years. Every facet of the business is playing catch up to companies like Microsoft, Samsung and Apple. What went wrong?
I fondly remember my …
Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2010
Today in Techland: Gadgets, gadgets, gadgets. Peter brought us the 10 best camera apps for your iPhone, the latest on the Apple lawsuit against HTC, a Palm Pre sighting on Chuck and the battle between HTML5 and Flash. Golly.
Ever wondered how Alice made it to Wonderland in the first place? Well, Lev happens …
The iPhone’s meager 2- or 3-megapixel camera is only as good as the software powering it behind the scenes. And that’s no more evident than the list we’ve compiled today. It certainly isn’t the definitive iPhone camera app list, but we’re pretty sure it’s close.
Here’s our list of favorite iPhone camera apps in no …
Friday, Feb. 26, 2010
Today in Techland: Want to see the year 2010 as told by 1972? Yeah, us neither. But, Geoffrey Hoyle’s 2010: Living in the Future offered an amusing look at a future (our present) full of jumpsuits, “virtual phones” and food tubes. We couldn’t pass it up. Meanwhile on The Techland Show, the boys counted down the …
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010
Today in Techland: Peter stuck up for iPhone smut lovers everywhere, Douglas walked us through the comic book origins of the new Justice League DVD, Evan gave us his review of P.B. Winterbottom in rhyme and Steve gets revved for Hubble 3D.
Welcome to Tuesday techies, where zombies rule, Kirsten Dunst makes ya …
Peter Ha explains why Apple decided to ban a slew of their apps this week for being too sexy and discusses the rumors that Comic-Con might be moving to Anaheim.
All that and more in today’s edition of the daily Nerdcast with Techland contributors and Time.com’s Caitlin Thompson. Click on the player above to listen.
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Over the last few days Apple has inexplicably pulled a number of apps thought to be offensive or a wee bit too titillating. This isn’t the first we’ve heard of such a stunt but the latest purge has left many baffled. According to Apple’s Phil Schiller, a flood of complaints from women and parents triggered the removal of many apps …
Welcome to ‘Zombie of the Week,’ folks, where each week we’ll present you with a different brain-eating member of the undead that has captured our fancy. There is no methodology to our Zombie Awesomeness meter, just our own piqued interests. Got a zombie we should see? Comment below. No zombie is too small, too short-lived, or too gross. …
Capcom just announced that it’s porting over its Street Fighter IV fighting game to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Coming out in March, the game employs a touchscreen virtual d-pad to control the characters’ movements. I haven’t played this version of SF4 yet but I can only imagine how hard it’s going to be to pull off some of Street …
If you’ve already had your fill of “Boom Boom Pow”, you might want to wait a while to cue up Riddim Ribbon on your iPhone. In this officially endorsed Black Eyed Peas game, you try to keep a rolling marble on a narrow track in order to preserve the ill and dope (Ribbon’s words, not mine) beats of the song. The remixes of the …
The thought of writing another story about cell phones induces the need to vomit but who am I to disappoint Matt Selman? Hey, Matt, I’m going to push down your limerick genius with posts about cell phones and cameras, k?
Opera will unveil Mini 5 beta for the iPhone next week in Barcelona at MWC and promises the experience will be …