Jun 24
Jun 24
Especially with the upcoming demise of Google Reader, RSS alternatives abound. But how do you pick the one that’s right for you from all the riff raff? Well, if you’re someone who’s feed tends to stick to the more image oriented, Highly Visual 2.0 may be exactly what you’re looking for—at least in a mobile reader, that is.
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Jun 24
Apple’s iOS 7 beta 2 brings with it much-anticipated iPad support, and while we’re still some months out from a full – or fully optimized – release, the new version is already looking arguably more at home on the tablet than it does on the iPhone. Dividing opinion with its pared-back chrome and greater emphasis
Jun 24
This week the folks at Microsoft Studios have made their intentions with classic games from the golden age of PC gaming clear: it’s time to go mobile. The first title to be moving to both Apple’s mobile operating system iOS and Google’s Android will be the castle defense game Age of Empires. This game is
Jun 24
Microsoft is selective about where its first-party game franchises appear — outside of lightweight releases like Kinectimals and Wordament, it prefers to use games as technology showcases and system sellers. It may not be picky for much longer, though, as Nikkei claims that Microsoft has reached a deal with Japan’s KLab to develop Android and iOS versions of its first-party titles. The deal reportedly includes adaptations of both PC and Xbox games, and would start with a free-to-play variant of Age of Empires that could launch before the end of the 2013 fiscal year. We’ve reached out to Microsoft to verify the rumor, but it’s clear that the arrangement could be a breakthrough for gamers who aren’t wedded to Microsoft’s existing mobile strategy.
Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming, Tablets, Microsoft
Via: Reuters
Source: Nikkei (subscription required)
Jun 24
We got to see quite a bit of iOS 7 back at WWDC 2013, but we only saw it working on an iPhone. Well, we’ve got some good news for big screen Apple devs, as a new iOS 7 beta’s been released OTA and it now works on the iPad. Of course, the new beta also brings the usual nebulous “bug fixes and improvements” for all devices, and among those improvements is the addition of the Voice Memos app and Siri’s new voices in English as well. It’s available now, so if you’re in the beta, you best get to downloading!
Source: TUAW
Jun 24
If the anyone out there seeking the next iPhone iteration believed they’d be seeing a complete top-to-bottom change-over to a new generation, today’s leaked images should put all suggestions to rest. What we’re seeing here is a series of photos of the still-unofficial Apple iPhone 5S. Inside we’re seeing a couple of specifications we’d not
Jun 24
When you’ve got a child that knows how to use a touchscreen and a mess of web-connected machines around the house, it’s only a matter of time before you have a massive bill for in-app purchases from all angles. At least that’s what the reality of the situation was before a few well-placed fixes were
Jun 24
If there’s one thing we know about Siri, it’s that she sometimes has a hard time pronouncing names that can be a bit tricky, like if you have a non-English name that might be either hard to say or difficult to spell correctly. However, Siri in iOS 7 is getting a new feature where she’ll
Jun 24
Imgur has just now released an official app for Android, with an iOS version waiting in the wings.
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