Cheating at video games. It’s one of the few, purely victimless crimes left on the planet. Unless you cheat at multiplayer games—that’s more of a crime against a faceless victim you’ll hopefully never run into.
At any rate, GamesRadar.com is chock full of video game tips, guides, cheats and walkthroughs, but we can all agree that …
Look out, Angry Birds, there’s a new addictive app in town. But it wasn’t made by another app developing company–Bubble Ball was designed by fourteen-year-old Robert Nay, with only a little help from mom.
Bubble Ball is a classic physics game that requires players to place metal and wooden planks strategically so that when a ball is …
If you’ve been looking to get your NOVA fix on the go, you’re in luck.
Following up on the success of its free iPad app, which was unveiled in October, PBS is now offering a free iPhone app that streams full episodes. While the two apps are quite similar, the iPad does offer a slightly more extensive list of shows and episodes. Even …
Move over, Yelp and Urbanspoon–Google’s getting in on the local recommendation app action.
The company has come a long way from being just a search engine. And with this week’s release of its latest iOS app, Google Places, Google is moving ever closer to social network territory.
The free app, which is available now in the iTunes …
Babel be damned. Google’s free “Translate” app for Android now includes a feature called Conversation Mode that does a pretty decent job of facilitating a verbal back-and-forth between English and Spanish.
Per Google’s blog post:
“In conversation mode, simply press the microphone for your language and start speaking. Google …
Despite the fact that Sony has yet to announce any plans for a PlayStation Phone, images of the device leaked this morning on the Chinese web site IT68. Since then, the web has been abuzz with photos and videos of the phone, which touts the ability to switch seamlessly from its touchscreen phone function to game-playing mode with the …
According to eBay, online shopping on your computer is so 2009.
The company announced this morning that its gross merchandise volume in global mobile sales has tripled from $600 million in 2009 to $2 billion in 2010. eBay also added that its mobile apps have been downloaded over 30 million times in eight different languages and over …
Ford announced Wednesday that it’s 2012 line of Mustangs would all come with its SYNC software system pre-installed, allowing drivers to control their entertainment consoles via the voice activation software of their smartphone with the SYNC Applink phone app.
At first, the set up seems deceptively simple: Just plug your phone into …
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Back on October 20th, Apple held a press event it called “Back to the Mac.” CEO Steve Jobs explained that the title referred to the company’s desire to take ideas that worked on the iPhone and iPad and bring them to its Mac personal computers. Today, it’s rolling out the most striking reflection of this goal so far: The Mac App Store, …
A new Facebook app gives users the power to manipulate Facebook’s new photo bank into a system of frames for your profile picture.
(More on Techland: Facebook Photos, Now With Facial Recognition Tech)
Released by Schweppes (yes, the beverage company) on their Facebook fan page last week, the app, named Profile Yourself, takes a …
It was a big year in tech: Apple unveiled the iPad (remember how much slack they got for the name? Now it’s a part of our everyday language). Google’s Nexus One launched (and failed), but the android operating system and app market blew up big. Facebook had lots of issues with privacy (but still managed to make an impact).
As 2010 …
Someday we’ll all look back on the Great Holiday Blizzard of 2010 and laugh. Some of us more maniacally than others. Those of us trapped in Minnesota until what seems like the end of time, especially.
“You’ll be on the next flight out,” says Delta. “It’s a sure thing,” says Delta. “Nothing we ever tell you is a sure thing,” says …
