Interesting. See that thing up there? That’s Roku. It’s a nice, inexpensive, internet-connected box that you hook up to your TV. Once it’s set up, you can use it to stream movies and TV shows from the likes of Hulu Plus, Netflix, and Amazon, plus music and photos from Pandora and Flickr, respectively.
But the company has just …
Apparently, there’s a science to naming your mobile app if you want it to be a hit. Dutch analytics company Distimo has taken a look at the keywords that tend to appear in a lot of successful apps in the Apple, BlackBerry and Android app stores, as well as the Nokia Ovi Store and Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.
The top 25 have some you …
Opera’s littlest web browser, Opera Mini, just got a big update for iOS, with optimization for the iPad. This free browser underdog provides a great experience on Apple’s tablet, but it has too many frustrations to fully replace the iPad’s default Safari browser.
There’s a lot to like about Opera Mini on the iPad. The browser’s …
Sonar is kind of like a good party host: It introduces you to whoever else is in the room by leveraging what you have in common.
According to their mission statement: “Sonar is a mobile application that helps you learn about and connect with likeminded people nearby.” It works by geotracking your current location à la Foursquare …
Apple has just cleared the half-billion mark* for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch apps available in the app store. Whoa, whoa, whoa—asterisk?!
That’s half a billion apps that Apple has approved since the App Store launched back in July of 2008, though, as Fortune points out, “Through attrition, replacement and withdrawal, [the] number …
What do you do when you’re one of the most popular people on Twitter? Launch your own Twitter desktop app, of course. That’s just what Ashton Kutcher (aplusk) has done with his new “A.Plus” application.
Available for both PC and Mac computers, the application is basically a desktop Twitter client running on Adobe’s AIR platform that …
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In the past, I’ve said some nasty things about the WordPress iPad app. For the tasks I needed to do here and on other blogs — add and resize images, format text and link like crazy — the app’s barebones approach was simply inadequate. The app was also pretty buggy.
WordPress …
Twitter’s just announced changes to the way third party clients have to connect users to the service, and has upset a few apple carts along the way.
In an official announcement headlined Mission: Permission, Twitter’s Jodi Olsen wrote:
“Beginning today, we’re giving you more control over what information you share with third-party
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Did I tell you about the time I got tomato pasta sauce all over some Angry Birds? Or the time I managed to rub a tiny dribble of sticky honey on to my Facebook wall? That took a lot of cleaning.
The great thing about the iPad is that it’s such a good kitchen computer. And the problem with the iPad is that kitchens are full of food, …
Do you have several problems? Like, more than one, at least? Me too. Is one of those problems that your iPad doesn’t have enough storage capacity to hold all your videos, photos, documents and songs? I hadn’t thought of that problem myself until now, but I guess I have that problem too.
Seagate has announced a new portable hard
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Ah, the morning. It comes at you like a speeding bullet, but to your dismay, it’s nonetheless arrived. So what do you do with those few precious moments before hopping out of bed to start the day?
If you have a smartphone, there’s a pretty decent chance that you’re already fiddling with some app. In fact, 35% of Android and iPhone …
Not that I’m really shocked by any of this, but Symantec says Facebook apps are giving third parties access to your profile. That Farmville request doesn’t look so benign and innocent now, does it?
Who are these third parties, exactly? Advertisers? No way. Apparently, they’ve had access to your profile, photos, chat, and have …
