Trendblog.net At the risk of incurring Android fanboy wrath, Google Now is a lot like Apple’s Siri: it responds to voice commands and can perform lots of cool and practical functions. Of course, like Siri, it comes without an instruction manual. And, in fact, if you invoke the help command or look at Google’s own …
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As most teenagers know, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” opens in movie theaters tomorrow. Just in time for the release, Lionsgate and Reliance Games have unveiled a movie tie-in for smartphones and tablets. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Panem Run is available now for iOS and Android. The game, fittingly, is an endless runner in the style of Temple …
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Who knows what Apple’s app designers were thinking when they crafted Find My Friends to look like a leather glove, complete with stitching. With the arrival of iOS 7, all of the core apps (and most of the optional ones) got a much-ballyhooed “flat” redesign — except for Find My Friends. It remained, to many, the ugly odd-app-out. Well, today …
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If you’ve been vested in the iDevice ecosystem for a while, you probably own a speaker dock that has a 30-pin connector — one that is now incompatible with your current-generation iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Those newfangled Lightning ports make docking out of the question. So, what happens to that perfectly good speaker? Craigslist? Garage sale? Landfill?! (Horrors.) If …
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Most motorists know by now that texting and driving can be more dangerous than drinking and driving. And teens, who’d just as soon text as talk, are among the drivers most likely to have a texting-related accident. The new Road Wars for iOS aims to keep drivers safe by gamifying safe driving. The app monitors your driving behavior, rewards you …
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Cellular provider Republic Wireless, best known for offering $19-per-month service with low-end Android handsets, recently announced plans to carry the Motorola Moto X, a decidedly high-end handset (and a widely loved one at that). Although the $19 plan is no more, you can operate the Moto for as little as $5 per month, or as much as $40. Additional options …
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I can’t say enough good things about TT Games’ Lego series, which have brought everything from Batman to Harry Potter to “Star Wars” to life in glorious brick form. And last year’s Lego Lord of the Rings was among the best yet, an epic and thoroughly entertaining game version of the entire three-movie series. Of course, you needed a PC …
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The Patriot-News Talk about the end of an era. On Wednesday, Blockbuster Video — the chain that almost single-handedly drove mom-and-pop video stores out of business — announced plans to close its remaining retail stores, effectively driving the final nail in the movie-rental coffin. Well, the traditional movie rental, anyway. There are still plenty of ways to borrow a flick, …
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You already know your phone or tablet can take the place of physical books, magazines, newspapers, boarding passes, Starbucks cards, and so on. Now there’s one more printed item getting the virtual treatment: weekly circulars. You know the kind: they used to come in your Sunday paper, back when you got a Sunday paper. I’m talking ads for Best Buy, …
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As a die-hard magazine fan, I’ve enjoyed having Next Issue on my iPad. It’s a subscription service that brings me unlimited periodicals for a flat monthly rate ($9.99 or $14.99 depending on whether you want weeklies as well). Can you read this? Of course not. But Next Issue won’t format the page for comfortable viewing on your iPhone. Screenshot by …
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