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Apple’s Ad Team Get Their Mojo Back with ‘Now’, the Latest iPad 2 Spot

The last few iPad and iPhone TV commercials haven’t hit the spot for me.  I didn’t like the ‘If you don’t have an iPhone…‘ spots at all, and the ‘We believe‘ iPad 2 ads didn’t do much for me either.  The last ‘If you asked…‘ iPad 2 TV ad was better, but still a little [...]

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Top iPhone and iPad Apps Out This Week

Browsing the App Store this weekend?  If so, here are ten applications released recently. Mower Ride. A Game Center-enabled continuous racing game with lawn mowers.  It’s a universal app with added in-app purchasing for coins to use in-game.  $0.99/£0.59. Dragon’s Lair 2: Time Warp. The sequel to the classic retro adventure game, with great graphics and both the original [...]

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Best iPhone and iPad Note-Taking Apps for Writers

There was a time when writers carried a notepad and pen with them, or left one on the nightstand for noting those midnight ideas.  Instead of carrying these two items around, the smartphone has become the modern day equivalent.  The standard iOS Notes app does for making very quick notes, but there are better apps [...]

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Apple’s UK and US Back to School Offers Revealed

It’s that time of the year again, as Apple has started their traditional Back to School program where in previous years, they’ve offered a free iPod Touch when purchasing certain Mac computers.  This year, the promotion has been tweaked, as instead of an iPod Touch, back-to-schoolers will get a gift card instead. Apple’s UK store has [...]

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Angry Birds Mine and Dine Available Now, Summer ‘Seasons’ Update Soon?

A week ago Rovio teased us with a trailer for Mine and Dine, their next Angry Birds update, which has now gone live inside the App Store.  The free update adds 15 levels, all of which take place in a rocky, subterranean world where a new game mechanic comes into play, as you can knock [...]

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Cat Physics is Back with a New Update, Including iPad Support

It has been a great week for updates to some of my favorite iPhone puzzlers, as just the other day a new version of Peggle got me playing the old classic once more, and now it has been joined by version 1.20 of Cat Physics! I reviewed this brilliant game way back in August last year, [...]

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New GEAR4 HouseParty Rise Speaker Dock Announced

Accessory wizards GEAR4 have introduced a new speaker dock for your iPhone and iPod.  Named the GEAR4 HouseParty Rise, it’s a great-looking system with a selection of very cool new features. The Rise is compatible with GEAR4’s iPhone app, which has a series of alarms, an auto or manually tuned RDS radio and the ability to [...]

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BBC Still Expect to Bring iPlayer to European iPads, Still Not Hurrying

The BBC launched their official iPad iPlayer app in February this year, but much to the disappointment of BBC fans around the world, it was restricted to use inside the UK only.  At the tail-end of 2010, there had been whisperings of a US version of the app appearing sometime this year, and now Europe [...]

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Buy An Unlocked iPhone 4 in the USA Now, If You Really Want too…

Buying an unlocked phone, whether it’s an iPhone or not, is the best way to go – every time.  Locking yourself into a 12-24 month contract means you end up paying a lot more for the phone over time, and makes it difficult to upgrade when you want to.  It’s relatively standard practice to be [...]

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Anodia iPhone App Review – Incrediball!

Once upon a time, there were a lot of Breakout clones, where you’d bat a ball against some bricks until they’d all disappeared and you’d move on to the next level, where there would be some more bricks and you’d repeat the process again.  It’s not that this wasn’t fun, and the genre was given [...]

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