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'Bombcats' is a Physics Puzzler that Combines My Love of Cats and Explosions
In case you hadn't noticed, Chillingo had taken a short hiatus from their normal weekly release pace, but are back this week with – wait for it – a physics puzzler. It's called Bombcats and being a fan of both cats and explosions I took it for a quick spin this morning. It's cute, plays [...]
TA Plays: 'Blitz Brigade' - We Meet Bobby in This 'Team Fortress 2' and 'Battlefield' Gameloft Mash-Up
Blitz Brigade [Free] is a class-based, competitive shooter that takes a lot of cues from other class-based, competitive shooters like, say, Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield 1943. It's a Gameloft joint, so it's more copycat than original and it's loaded with a ton of free-to-play features, including the ability to buy gems to respawn instantly [...]
'Frozen Synapse' Hitting Tonight On iPad
Frozen Synapse on iPad is one of the few notable "core" kinda releases this week, and it is what you think it is: a pretty straight-up port of an imaginative PC title that got a bunch of awards and praise. This version sees the addition of one-tap touch controls, as well as cross-platform play. At [...]
STEAM Carnival Adds Art - And Lasers - To Make Science Fun
Physicist and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once famously said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” If that’s the case, there’s no reason why science can’t be made as entertaining as a magic show. Show More Summary
How Cloud Computing Will Save Hollywood
Guest author Robert Jenkins is CEO of CloudSigma. When The Hunger Games hit theaters in March, 2012, it took the box office by storm, grossing $155 million in revenue - in its opening weekend alone! Needless to say, Lionsgate, the film...Show More Summary
US Navy's X-47B is the first unmanned plane launched from an aircraft carrier (video)
After limbering up with taxi tests since December, the X-47B unmanned combat air system has finally taken off from an aircraft carrier, making it the first pilotless plane to have successfully done so, and with a catapult launch to boot. Show More Summary
Laugh Out Loud Skit Shows What Facebook's Constant Changes Would Look Like in Real Life (VIDEO)
Post by Julie Ryan Evans Are you sick of Facebook updating itself? Silly question, of course you are. We all are, because the site forces upon us an endless stream of updates that are supposed to improve the site but just end up pissing us off. Show More Summary
Zariba Announces the Release of Bubble Shooter Candy for iOS
Developer Zariba, one of the leading mobile gaming companies worldwide, has announced the launch of Bubble Shooter Candy 1.0 application in the iTunes Store (Games category) for a standard price of $1.99 USD. Bubble Shooter Candy offers an interesting and sweet twist to the addictive match 3 classic and comes with plenty of levels and [...]Show More Summary
Tonido on iOS Brings Fast Indexing to Families Organizing Personal Media
CodeLathe, the leader in Personal Cloud software and services, today launches a major update to its Tonido personal cloud server and iPhone/iPad app that will help families to automatically organize and catalogue their personal photos, music and videos. Tonido 5.0.1 lets individuals watch videos, listen to music, see photos and open documents that are stored [...]Show More Summary
Developer interest in Windows Phone 8 has seemingly hit a brick wall
It may be time for Steve Ballmer to crank up his famous “Developers, developers, developers!” chant again if it will get software developers more excited about Windows Phone 8. Sameer Singh at Tech-Thoughts has charted the growth history...Show More Summary
Woman Sues Apple For $5 Million Because Her iPhone 4?s Power Button Doesn’t Work
People love to sue Apple whenever they can, and now a Florida woman is seeking $5+ million in damages because her iPhone 4’s power button doesn’t work. The class action lawsuit is intended to fight for the iPhone 4 users who have reported defective on/off buttons over the past several years. GigaOm reports: In a [...]Show More Summary
'Leviathan: Warships' iPad Review - Strategic Naval Combat Founders in Choppy Waters
From the moment Leviathan: Warships [$4.99 (HD)] was announced, I was crackling with an electric anticipation. Published by the developer of some of my favorite PC games, Paradox Interactive, this strategic naval combat game challenges players to outfit and lead a fleet against AI and online opponents. Set in an alternate history, beautifully stylized ships [...]
Robot Plane Flies from U.S. Navy Carrier
The X-47B stealth drone takes off from a moving ship at sea--all by itself
Microsoft's Bing Search Engine Has Learned To Speak Klingon
A quiet upgrade to Bing's language translator today has added Klingon, in both the Latin and Klingon alphabets.
That's great news if you wanted to ask, "How does one get 'Scroogled'?" in the elegant tongue of Star Trek's most warlike species. Show More Summary
Freebie Alert: Clever and Trippy Matching Game 'Floris' Free for a Limited Time
Just a quick heads up that a very neat game is currently free, and worth checking out even if you miss out on the freebie. It's called Floris [Free] by Ox & Coon, and it takes similar matching inspiration from games like Tetris and Dr. Mario and blends them into an audio/visual treat that feels [...]
Former Google, Apple employees working on educational robots
Sure, kids can play with an iPad to learn how to program, but what about robots? Play-i is a start up company seeking to develop affordable (under US$100), programmable robots as an educational tool for children. Normally this wouldShow More Summary
Let's Talk About That 500 Startups Video
By now you've probably seen that 500 Startups Accelerator has a new class of startups, its sixth. And it's got a ton of international folks taking part and that is fucking awesome. You know what's not so awesome? The video that accompanied its announcement.
'The House of the Dead: Overkill - The Lost Reels' Review - When the Grindhouse Becomes a Grind
Rail shooters are one of my guilty pleasures as a gamer. They're mindless fun, like climbing into a rollercoaster car that happens to rumble and weave through a shooting gallery. I'm especially fond of The House of the Dead, the first on-rails shooter I had the pleasure of touring from inside the cool darkness of [...]
Adobe Connect Mobile 2.1 adds quiz tracking, two way video conferencing, and more
Adobe Connect Mobile has just been updated to version 2.1 and brings with it lots of new features as well as several enhancements to existing ones. New key features include Adobe Presenter quiz tracking, two-way video conferencing, optimization for both the iPhone 5 and iPad mini, and more. Show More Summary
'Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage' and 'Tiny Thief' Resurface as First Games to be Published by Rovio
Rovio has made a killing selling Angry Birds games and pretty much any type of branded merchandise you can imagine, but they haven't done so hot with games that don't feature angry birds or little green pigs. Today the company announced a new publishing initiative, called Rovio Stars, which will see Rovio publishing 3rd party [...]
