Back in February, EA Mobile (along with a few other publishers) held a huge sale on iOS games. Good news: it’s sale time once again, and this time Android users are getting some discount love as well. From now until Monday, April 25, three dozen games in EA’s catalog–including some recent titles that weren’t available …
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The best Jack since Bauer…is back. I’m talking, of course, about You Don’t Know Jack, the hilarious PC (though not always “PC”) trivia game that debuted way back in 1995. It spawned all kinds of sequels, but has been AWOL for over a decade. That changed a few months ago, when YDKJ came roaring back for Windows and game consoles. …
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Don’t be alarmed, but birds are taking over. Tiny birds, angry birds, and now flightless Antarctic birds. If only Alfred Hitchcock were alive to see this. The latest fowl to fly to the top of the App Store charts? Penguins–specifically, Air Penguin, which currently holds the No. 1 spot. It’s ahead of Cut the Rope, ahead of Tiny Wings, and …
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There’s a major holiday approaching, and that can mean only one thing: a new Angry Birds Seasons update! Sure enough, version 1.4.0 just roosted in the App Store, bringing with it 15 new levels for everybody’s favorite chocolate-infused holiday (besides Halloween): Easter. As Angry fans know, this is becoming a regular happening. After Angry Birds Halloween made its debut last …
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I’m pretty sure icon badges (the little red numbers that appear in the corners of some apps) have been around since iPhone Day One, and yet Apple has never seen fit to add one to its Weather app. Which is strange, seeing as that would give you a convenient at-a-glance outdoor temperature reading. As always, third-party developers to the rescue. …
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Back in January, celebrated indie game World of Goo made its iPad debut, leaving iPhone and iPod users everywhere to cry, “Where’s my Goo?” It has arrived. World of Goo is now available for iPhone (and third- and fourth-gen iPod Touch), and it’s every bit as good as its tablet predecessor–just a little smaller. As I explained in my original …
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For a mere $170, Cut Your Sim can remotely unlock your iPhone. But is it worth it? Cut Your Sim For many iPhone owners, a big reason to stage a jailbreak is to unlock the device, thus allowing it to work with carriers other than AT&T. (In the U.S., “carriers” means T-Mobile.) Now, at least two services are promising to …
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Easter is less than two weeks away, so it’s time to start getting into the holiday spirit. That means coloring eggs, buying chocolate bunnies, and, of course, checking out the latest batch of Easter-themed apps. If you’re an iOS user, you’ll find no shortage of them in the App Store. I found half a dozen I think are worth a …
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Want to lose weight? Forget fad diets: eat fewer calories. Ah, but easier said than done, right? Counting calories is not only a hassle, it’s downright difficult for certain types of meals. Enter DailyBurn’s Meal Snap ($2.99), an ingeniously clever–if not entirely perfect–app that takes a photo of the food on your plate, then delivers an estimated calorie count. Sounds …
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I love podcasts. When I’m in the car, I like nothing better than to queue up shows like “This American Life,” “Wiretap,” and “A Prairie Home Companion,” to name just a few. Of course, if I forget to sync my iPhone for a few days, I won’t have the latest episodes on tap. The podcast manager (if you can call …
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