Archive for October 31st, 2009

Review: 27-Inch iMac, The World’s Sexiest Desktop Just Got Sexier

The sexiest all-in-one computer has long been the iMac, and last year’s 24-inch model was a beauty. But oh my Lord, the new 27-inch machine induces crazy lust. Look at the size of that screen! I just returned from the Apple store with one

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Popular Marvel Comics Now Available on the iPhone

The Astonishing X-Men, Marvel Zombies and Captain America are all coming to the iPhone. Folks at MacWorld are reporting that the popular Marvel comics shall now be available from several of the popular comics apps on the iPhone. iPhone apps like Comics, iVerse and Panelfly have for long been offering…

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Apple Launches iPhone In China Amidst Several Challenges

Close to two and a half years after the iPhone made its launch in the US, Apple has finally launched its smartphone in China, the World’s largest telecom market. Apple has finally launched the iPhone in partnership with local carrier China Unicom. There are several challenges that Apple has to…

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Beta version of Firefox 3.6 for Mac now available

Filed under: Beta Beat Want to see something scary this Halloween? Like, perhaps, a browser that doesn’t coddle you with all that silly stability and reliable performance? Feel like spending a little time on the bleeding edge

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Apple’s ad man steps down, but another Apple fan will take his place

Filed under: Odds and ends , Steve Jobs , Apple When many people think of Apple, they think of the ad campaigns that the company has used over the years: The original “1984″ Super Bowl ad that introduced the Mac to the world The “Think Different” campaign that coincided with the return of Steve Jobs to the company The iPod dancing silhouettes “There’s an app for that” — the iPhone ads “Hello, I’m a Mac. And I’m a PC.” — the Get A Mac ads Apple’s advertising agency is TBWA / Media Arts Lab, and the person who has been the creative force behind all of these ads is a man by the name of Lee Clow .

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Jibbigo iPhone App Lets You Translate Between English And Spanish On the Move

If you are one of those travelers or businessmen who have to interact with people from different parts of the world, how do you manage to communicate without an interpreter? There’s an iPhone app for that; at least for those who need to speak to the Spanish speakers

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Hysteria Project

Fans of choose-your-own-adventure-type stories and gore would probably enjoy BulkyPix’s iPhone game app, Hysteria Project. Taking a page from horror films, it is a first-person-perspective game that features you as the victim of an axe murderer–someone who seriously wants you dead. It is your objective to save yourself by escaping his clutches and

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Alive 4-ever

Meridian Digital Entertainment has released Alive 4-ever, an iPhone game app in the grand tradition of Resident Evil, the granddaddy of all zombie-killing games. As the story goes, a pharmaceutical company has released a drug that, oops, turns people into zombies

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Resident Evil 4

It is with much fanfare that Resident Evil 4 has been released as an iPhone game app. The original game, released for Nintendo Gamecube, was very much a fan favorite

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Bitlbee and Rooms: Accessing AIM Chat Rooms from your iPhone

Filed under: iPod Family , Internet Tools , iPhone , App Review We’re a pretty AIM-based blog around these parts.

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I heart my Apple TV, but as for 3.0 …

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , iTunes , Apple TV As we learned yesterday, not everyone loves the update to Apple TV. For me, however, the upgrade was an improvement to an adequate piece of hardware — when it chose to work

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Google Ready To Offer Navigation App For iPhone if Apple Agrees

In the Motorola Droid ad campaign, Verizon claims that Droid does all that the iPhone doesn’t. One such feature that the iPhone doesn’t support was revealed by Google earlier this week.

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Voice on the Go makes your cellphone safer in the car

Filed under: Software , iPhone , App Review Voice on the Go has been out for quite a long time, and I’m surprised we never reviewed it. Imagine getting your emails and texts read to you while you drive, and creating and sending emails and texts while never touching your cellphone. Recently a friend suggested I give it a try, so I did and found there was actually a new iPhone app [ iTunes link ] that supported it.

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