The same movie in HD costs $5 more to buy or $1 more to rent. Screenshot by Rick Broida As I sit here at 33,000 feet, watching my kids watch “How to Train Your Dragon” on my iPad, I’m struck by several thoughts. First, in-flight Wi-Fi is just plain awesome. Second, coach seats were made …
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It may not look like much, but Tiny Wings could be the best bird-based game since that one with the pigs. Screenshot by Rick Broida I just figured out why the Angry Birds are so angry: it’s because they can’t fly! They have to be flung, and even then they get only a few seconds of airtime before suffering rapid-deceleration …
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Shortly before the calendar struck 2011, gamers and movie fans alike were treated to something special: a new “Back to the Future” adventure for PC and Mac. It was, by most accounts, a terrific game. Now it’s time for iPad owners to get their, er, McFly on: Back to the Future: Episode 1 HD ($6.99) has arrived. And it’s the …
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You’re stuck in a cross-town taxi. An important meeting is just getting under way at the office. What do you do? What do you do? You can dial in, of course, but then you’ll be missing out on all the visuals: slide decks, spreadsheets, and so on. Solution: fire up Join.me, a universal application that lets you connect to remote …
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As CNET’s David Carnoy reported earlier today, the Wall Street Journal is stoking the rumor-mill fire with news that a smaller, cheaper iPhone could ship as soon as this summer. My take: so what? Sure, I’d love to see an iPhone that’s thinner and lighter than the iPhone 4–but let’s not fool ourselves into believing it’s going to be cheap. …
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After years of waiting, you’ve finally got a Verizon-branded iPhone. OK, now what? You’ve played Angry Birds, updated your Facebook status, and watched an “Arrested Development” marathon on Netflix. Is that all there is? Of course not. When you’re ready to start using your iPhone like the power tool that it is, you’re ready for my roundup of must-have apps. …
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CVRH Enterprises Thanks to apps like Epicurious, How to Cook Everything, and Martha’s Everyday Food, iPads make excellent kitchen companions. Just one problem: how do you protect your pricey iPad from the perils of the kitchen? I’m talking messy ingredients, hot stoves, sticky-fingered kids, and the like. Simple: mount it underneath a cabinet. That not only gets it up off …
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I love 99-cent games. Wait, that’s not right: I love games that are priced at 99 cents. Which is why today is my lucky day: three major game developers have slashed prices on some of their bestselling titles. Between them, Capcom, EA Games, and Gameloft are selling nearly 50 iPhone/iPod Touch games for 99 cents apiece–and a handful of iPad …
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For a game with “angry” in the title, Angry Birds sure does make people happy. Maybe it’s because of the steady supply of extra goodies developer Rovio Mobile continues to push out–like the new Valentine’s Day addition to Angry Birds Seasons. (That’s the iOS version; it’s also available for Android!) Like an unexpected gift from that special someone, Seasons 1.2.0 …
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Although an iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak has been around for a couple months, it came with a catch: if you ever had to reboot your device, you’d have to connect (i.e. tether) it to your computer in order to start using it again. That’s a semi-major inconvenience; if your battery died while you were on the go, you wouldn’t be able …
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