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White Noise App Review: A Symphony of Sounds
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White Noise App Review: A Symphony of Sounds

October 31, 2009 | Cody Buchanan

I remember when those expensive noise machines came out a few years back. They were sold in high end home and electronic stores. They had a bunch of different “calming” sounds like waves, birds, an…

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Flower Garden App Review: Pushing Daisies?
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Flower Garden App Review: Pushing Daisies?

October 30, 2009 | Cody Buchanan

Calling all wanna-be gardeners! Are you someone who loves to garden, but doesn’t have the time, space, money, or talent to do it? Maybe you’re bogged down in a stuffy apartment, or maybe everythin…

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App update: Remote goes up to version 1.3.2, comes with Apple TV 3 support
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App update: Remote goes up to version 1.3.2, comes with Apple TV 3 support

October 30, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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As of yesterday Apple released the latest update for Apple TV, which for those with an Apple TV brings you up to 3.0. Additionally, Apple also offered up the latest version of iTunes (version 9.0.2). And yes, for…

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Jailbreaking news: Geohot getting close to a blacksn0w release
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Jailbreaking news: Geohot getting close to a blacksn0w release

October 30, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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Following up on the success of the jailbreaking tool blackra1n, Geohot appears to be getting closer to offering up blacksn0w, which will allow users to unlock the current iPhone baseband firmware. In a brief m…

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Telmap brings navigation to iPhone with NAVTEQ
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Telmap brings navigation to iPhone with NAVTEQ

October 29, 2009 | Stephane Dion

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Navigation market leader, Telmap, has used its unique navigation technology and NAVTEQ’s superior global map data to bring a comprehensive mobile search, mapping and navigation solution to the iPhone. The…

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Jamble Music Mashups App Review: Tantalizing Tune MixUps
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Jamble Music Mashups App Review: Tantalizing Tune MixUps

October 29, 2009 | Cody Buchanan

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While browsing through my local electronics store recently, I discovered yet another instrumental addition to a certain popular video game franchise that makes games in which your controller is a musical in…

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RssPlayer app gets updated, now (almost) at version 2.0
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RssPlayer app gets updated, now (almost) at version 2.0

October 29, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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We knew the update for the RssPlayer app was coming, after all we were teased several weeks back with the 2.0 release post. Now, in a little bit of good news and bad news, we can tell you that version 2.0 is here and it…

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Confirmed: TomTom Car Kit is not compatible with the iPod touch
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Confirmed: TomTom Car Kit is not compatible with the iPod touch

October 29, 2009 | Robert Nelson

For those not following as closely, the TomTom car kit mount offers a nice perk — it offers an “enhanced GPS performance” which comes courtesy of the built-in GPS. That has for some time now c…

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Popular Google App to Come to the iPhone?
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Popular Google App to Come to the iPhone?

October 28, 2009 | Stephane Dion

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While the industry is getting hyped up over a Google versus Apple war with the forthcoming release of Verizon’s Droid phone (which runs Google’s Android operating platform) but that isn’t stopping the two riv…

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Bookworm Game Review: The Wonder of Words!
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Bookworm Game Review: The Wonder of Words!

October 28, 2009 | Cody Buchanan

Through the countless genres of games available for the iPhone or iTouch, it pains me to say that some of the most addicting are word games. Generally speaking, I tend to look for the shooter and action games. How…

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