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American Classic Cars Guide iPhone/iPad App Review – Not Enough Vroom Vroom

I’ve looked at a couple of Jourist’s guide apps before, their Twentieth Century Small Arms Guide for example, which was passably interesting, however if any of their catalog is likely to impress me it’s one on classic American cars.  On my bookshelf sits a very well-thumbed copy of the Standard Guide to American Muscle Cars, [...]

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Zinio 2.0 Arrives, Embraces Apple’s New Rules

Earlier in the week we took a quick look at the first wave of eBook-related apps who had applied a few changes to conform with Apple’s new rules, among them Amazon’s Kindle app and Kobo’s reader.  They had both chosen not to add in-app purchases and instead removed the option of buying content from within [...]

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Dedicated iOS App to Accompany Star Wars Blu-ray Set Out Soon

In September, Star Wars along with its prequels and sequels will finally come to Blu-ray – making it easily one of the biggest home releases of the year.  Available as a Complete Saga box set, or two separate sets with the prequels or original trilogy, there will be a wealth of extra features included too.  [...]

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Visual Q&A iPhone App Pupil Relaunches with New Version *Updated*

It seems like everybody has got a question these days, and there are plenty of other people willing to answer them.  Yahoo Answers and the phenomenon that is Quora spring to mind as being examples of successful question-and-answer forums, so what does Pupil bring to the table? Pupil’s hook is the ability to illustrate a question [...]

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EightBit.me Launches with iPhone Web App

If you’re a Twitter user or are heading to SXSW this year, then you may have already heard about EightBit.me, the eight-bit style character generator with a special gaming edge.  Having been in private beta for a while, today is the first day it goes out live, and it has launched with a web-app for [...]

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Dark Knight and Inception Movie Apps Released

Before you shrug this off as being about another pair of movie tie-in games, read on a moment, as these new apps contain the films themselves rather than a game!  Released by Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, Inception and The Dark Knight App Editions are an innovative entry into the world of movies-on-the-go. Here’s how it works: [...]

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*Competition Closed* Win SleepStream 2 for Your iPhone, plus a SleepStream T-Shirt for you!

This competition is now closed, winners will be notified by Wednesday 9th February 2011.  Thanks to all who entered! It was just before Christmas that we reviewed SleepStream 2, a very cool relaxation app for the iPhone.  We awarded it 4/5 and found it really did help when we were struck with an annoying dose of [...]

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Official PlayStation App Released

Sony announced their intention to release an official PlayStation app for the iPhone back in the middle of December last year, and as of yesterday it was live inside the App Store.  The free application allows PlayStation owners to view their trophies, see what their friends are playing and whether they’re online or not. Additionally, the [...]

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Strange Rain iPhone/iPad App Review – It’s a Strange World

It’s difficult enough to create an atmosphere of hyperreality in film, where a situation appears at first glance to be normal, but as you explore the image and become engrossed by the story, things start to look and feel wrong.  Watch almost anything by David Lynch, and you’ll see exactly what I’m trying to describe.  [...]

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Google eBookstore Opens, iPhone/iPad App Released

It has been quite a day for Google, with the unveiling of their latest Android firmware, a second Nexus phone and now, Google eBooks!  An eBook store run by the search giant has been on the cards for a while, and its official launch will likely see some concerned faces at Amazon, B&N and Apple [...]

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