Say Hello To Amazing Alex, The Next Game From The Makers Of Angry Birds
Rovio’s CEO today revealed on Finnish TV that the next Rovio game will be called Amazing Alex and will launch within two months. Rovio will be reworking the game a little and it will center around Alex (the main character) who is a “curious young boy who loves to build things”. “The quality pressure is...
Why My iPad Is Not My Laptop
Why My iPad Is Not My Laptop John Carey, who you might know from all the excellent photographs he posts on his (equally awesome) fiftyfoodshadows blog, today wrote a piece entitled “Why My iPad Is Not My Laptop”. It’s effectively a counter-argument from Carey on why the iPad just isn’t a laptop replacement for many people,...
Apple Informs Australian WiFi + 4G iPad Owners Of Refund Offer, Tells Resellers To Update Marketing
Apple today began emailing Australians who had purchased the new iPad WiFi + 4G model, informing them of their option to get a full refund if they had purchased it on the basis of thinking it would work with Australian 4G LTE or WiMAX networks. The offer is available to anyone who purchased the model...
Australian Consumer Watchdog Alleges Apple Of Misleading 4G Claims
The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission), Australia’s competition watchdog has just announced it will tomorrow seek orders against Apple for allegedly making misleading iPad “4G” claims in its marketing of the new iPad in Australia. It alleges that Apple’s promotion of the new “iPad with WiFi + 4G” is misleading “because it represents to...
Rovio: 10 Million Downloads Of Angry Birds Space In Less Than 3 Days
Rovio announced on Twitter today that Angry Birds Space racked up 10 million downloads in less than 3 days. Unfortunately Rovio didn’t give more details as to which 3 days saw more than 10 million downloads (presumably it was the first 3 days after launch) or which platforms were proving most popular. Angry Birds Space...
Ahead Of Angry Birds Space Launch Tomorrow, Rovio Releases Final Trailer
Rovio has released the final trailer for Angry Birds Space, the fourth game in the Angry Birds series (following the original, Seasons and Rio). The trailer introduces the space theme with an introduction scene showing the birds being flung into space. The rest of the trailer mixes quotes, shots of each of the birds (such...
Apple Reveals The 25 Billionth App Downloaded & Winner Of $10,000 iTunes Gift Card
Apple has just issued a press release noting that the App Store hit 25 billion downloads (on Saturday) with the 25 billionth app downloaded being Where’s My Water? Free. The app was downloaded by Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China – that lucky person has won a $10,000 iTunes gift card for being the person who downloaded the...
Square Wants To Get Rid Of Old POS Systems With Its New Square Register App
Mobile payments company Square has today stepped up its game of disrupting payment services with its new Square Register app and service. Directly targeted at retailers, merchants and small business owners, this new iPad app is aimed at replacing the old clunky registers and point-of-sale (POS) systems with the infinitely more flexible and appealing iPad...
Apple: 25 Billion Apps Have Been Downloaded From The App Store
Apple announced a short time ago that 25 billions apps have been downloaded from the App Store since it launched in mid-2008. Apple has updated their homepage with the above graphic and slogan of ”A billion thanks. 25 times over” and the App Store Twitter and Facebook accounts have also publicised the milestone. Interestingly, the...
iPad + Office + Apple + Microsoft: Why It All Makes Sense
iPad + Office + Apple + Microsoft: Why It All Makes Sense Rumors of Office for the iPad flared up again this week after The Daily posted an alleged photo of it, after apparently getting some hands on with a near-complete build. Some of you may recall me tweeting that day, what I thought was...
Microsoft Office For iPad Coming Within Weeks?
Microsoft’s Office Suite could be launching on the iPad App Store within weeks according to a new report in The Daily. Originally rumoured in November of last year by The Daily, Matt Hickey today says that the design team has “wrapped up the project” but an exact launch date was not known. Hickey claims to...
