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New Mophie Juice Pack Air Snap Available Exclusively Through Apple

Mophie has today announced the availability of the Juice Pack Air Snap for the iPhone 4, a new portable battery pack for the phone which will only be sold through Apple online and retail stores.  The Juice Pack Air Snap joins an already extensive range of Mophie power packs, and will appeal to those wanting [...]

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Top New iPhone and iPad Apps Out This Week

Browsing the App Store this weekend?  If so, here are ten applications released recently. Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters. A movie tie-in game with various weapons, upgradeable stats and Game Center support.  $1.99/£1.19. Galaga 30th Collection. A collection of all four Galaga titles, remixed for the 30th anniversary of the original.  The app is free to download, but [...]

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Angry Birds Speaker Docks Coming Soon from GEAR4!

If you love Angry Birds merchandise, you’re in for a treat today, as accessory manufacturer GEAR4 has announced they’ll be bringing out a range of Angry Birds-themed docks very soon! GEAR4 has a good relationship with Rovio already, having been responsible for the Angry Birds iPhone 4 cases, but they’ve now extended their range to include [...]

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Peggle Update Provides Great Opportunity to Revisit!

Peggle was one of the very first iPhone games I became addicted to, and I played through it several times on my iPhone 3G.  Although I purchased the Peggle Nights update when it was released, I never got around to playing it and I don’t think I’ve ever played it on my iPhone 4! This shows [...]

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Apple Relaxes In-app Subscription Guidelines

Apple has adjusted one of the guidelines for applications selling content inside the App Store, primarily those with subscriptions, but also for those selling video, music and books.  The section in question is 11.13, which read like this when subscriptions were introduced: 11.13 Apps can read or play approved content (magazines, newspapers, books, audio, music, video) [...]

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Why WWDC 2011’s Keynote Annoucements Were Filler

Despite Apple debuting three new pieces of software during the keynote speech at the Worldwide Developers Conference, it just wasn’t enough to hold my interest past a couple of days.  Maybe that makes me a hardware person, or maybe a whole two-hour presentation on software at the company’s biggest annual event just seemed like filler? Now, [...]

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Watch the WWDC 2011 Keynote Video Online Now

Do you want to relive the excitement of Apple’s 2011 WWDC keynote speech?  Well, now you can as Apple has added a video of the complete two-hour presentation to their collection of previous events. You can watch it by following this link, and enjoy all the highs, lows, laughs and cheers an Apple event traditionally brings.  [...]

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FT.com Avoids App Store and Launches Web App

Just like Playboy, but for different reasons, the Financial Times has decided not to create a dedicated iPhone and iPad app for its subscription-only content, and has instead made a web app suitable for them.  FT readers wanting an app-like experience on their phone or tablet need only guide Safari towards app.ft.com, where an enhanced [...]

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Ben the Bodyguard Makes iPhone Security Interesting!

Here’s a great example of how to get people talking about your app, a difficult thing to do especially when it’s not a game or photo-sharing service but a security app.  The email introducing me to Ben the Bodyguard started with ’security with balls’ in big capital letters, and the promise of a story about [...]

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Next Angry Birds Update, Mine and Dine, Takes the Action Below Ground

Rovio has released a trailer for the next Angry Birds update, and it takes the birds and pigs underground!  Named Mine and Dine, Rovio say it’s set in the ‘dark, damp underbelly of the Angry Birds World’!  As you’d expect from a game set in a mine it’s rocky down there, with stalactites getting in [...]

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