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List of best tower defense type games for iPhone? Really???

todd — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:46:34 +0000

I received a PR news blast email that says APPSPIRE.me released a list of the Top 10 Tower Defense Apps for iPhone. The infographic covers 10 mobile apps that are tower defense games, and ranks them based on creativity, ingenuity, and popularity. APPSPIRE.me Releases Best Tower Defense Apps Inforgraphic I looked at the list and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Closing in on 6 million steps logged by my Fitbit activity monitor

todd — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:18:30 +0000

Personal note: Just noticed that I’m closing in on 6 million steps logged by my Fitbit activity monitor. I hope to reach the milestone sometime in the next 7 to 10 days.

Microsoft OneNote for Android available. Nice app. But, here’s why I had to remove it

todd — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:41:11 +0000

Microsoft released an Android version of its once groundbreaking notetaking app. OneNote Mobile for Android is now available worldwide This app is available for free in the Android Market. It sync with Microsoft’s free SkyDrive cloud storage service too (refer to my BYTE article to learn more about SkyDrive). This lets you sync between devices […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Apps updated for my iPhone & iPad in the past week: 47

todd — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:28 +0000

Forty-seven (47) of the apps for my iPad &/or iPhone were updated in the past week. Apps that do not have comments in the list below indicates that the update is simply a bug fix release. AAA Discounts 1.6 Air Music 1.5.5 Angry Birds 2.0.2 Ask.com 2.7 Bloomberg for iPad 1.1 Add an equity to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Fake Facebook SMS (text) spam

todd — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:43:16 +0000

My daughter and I both received this text message spam in the past few days from fb@rewardsfacebook.com. This specific spam message is noted in the Facebook Support Center Mobile: Facebook Mobile Texts discussion area.

ProClip car mounting components for iPhone & HD7 arrived

todd — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:34:50 +0000

Yay. ProClip sent components to mount iPhone and HTC HD7 phones in my car (one at a time, not both at the same time). I’ll provide a full review after I learn if installation is really as easy as ProClip claims. Thanks to ProClip for providing their products for evaluation.

Subaru sponsored MapMyDogWalk iPhone App. But, what does it have to do with dogs???

todd — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:59:08 +0000

I’m always interested in learning tech related to pets. So, I took a quick look at this Subaru sponsored free iPhone app: MapMyDOGWALK. The app tracks your walks like a bazillion other geo-pedometer type apps. But, here’s the thing: What does the app have to do with dogs other than encouraging the dog’s human to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Apps updated for my iPhone & iPad in the past week: 35

todd — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:00:13 +0000

Thirty-five (35) of the apps for my iPad &/or iPhone were updated in the past week. Apps that do not have comments in the list below indicates that the update is simply a bug fix release. 100 Cameras in 1 3.1.1 Export 100 effects to Instagram. Amazon Mobile 1.8.1 Angry Birds Rio 1.4.2 Fifteen new […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The Starbucks iPhone app is going away. But, where is the new one?

todd — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:45:53 +0000

The most used mobile ecommerce app on my iPhone is Starbucks Mobile Card app. The app is currently issuing a messages telling users that it will be discontinued soon and to install the new app. However, if you tap the banner as instructed to get the new app, you are led to the App Store […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Hmm. T-Mobile USA providing more support for unlocked iPhones from AT&T starting Jan. 30?

todd — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:00:27 +0000

Food for thought from TmoNews: T-Mobile To Offer Additional Unlocked iPhone Support Beginning January 30th Ever since AT&T Wireless announced “improved” cell sites in my area, my 3G download and upload speeds have FALLEN dramatically. Download speeds are a bit over 1995 ISDN-BRI speeds at the moment. And, there are large areas where no apparent […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

AT&T says cell sites greatly improved in my area (twice). Oh, really?

todd — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:00:27 +0000

On Nov. 26, 2011, AT&T Wireless sent me a text message stating that over 50 cell sites in my area had been enhanced. Did I see better coverage or data speed? Actually, since then it appears that a section of the city of about 2 miles by 0.5 miles does not have any 3G data […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Will iBooks textbooks need ads to support expensive multimedia book development?

todd — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:00:55 +0000

Apple’s multimedia iBooks textbooks fascinates me in terms of its development (Apple iBooks Author for Mac OS X) and the books themselves. One thing is clear, developing these multimedia textbooks is going to be an expensive proposition. Textbooks tend to be much more complicated publications that, for example, novels because of the the number of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Students will need 64GB iPads to store multiple rich media iBooks

todd — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:37:33 +0000

Apple’s updated iBooks 2 app supports highly interactive multimedia textbooks created by the new free iBooks Author software for Mac OS X. iBooks Author’s EULA lock-in clause has raised a ruckus (see: Publish an ebook created using iBook Author & lock yourself in Apple-land forever). However, there’s another problem that may be a showstopper for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Sencha demos CSS3 animation support in iBooks created using iBooks Author

todd — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:47:25 +0000

Can you include CSS3 animation in iBooks created using Apple’s new iBooks Author app? That’s what the people at Sencha wondered about too. So, they created a CSS3 animation using Sencha Animator and included it in a test iBook created with iBooks Author. You can see the result above. How to Embed Interactive CSS3 Animations […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Apps updated for my iPhone & iPad in the past week: 30

todd — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:00:46 +0000

Thirty (30) of the apps for my iPad &/or iPhone were updated in the past week. Apps that do not have comments in the list below indicates that the update is simply a bug fix release. Action Movie FX 1.1 New video fx: Demolition Rock. New FX packages available for purchase. Bing 3.02 Brisksaber 1.1.0 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

RunKeeper Fitness Reports enhanced

todd — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:30:56 +0000

RunKeeper updated its Fitness Reports to provide more information. A premium account (RunKeeper Elite) is needed to view most of it. However, I found the the Total Distance information available for free accounts useful. It lets me look at my walking information in a variety of ways. You can see my totals sorted by day […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Tech Peeve: Note to @WeatherBug – Stop issuing Tsunami Warnings when none exists

todd — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:48:34 +0000

WeatherBug beat out other weather apps to earn its spot on my Windows Phone’s start screen because it provides the most accurate information. The app has, however, one feature that really annoys me: It issues a Tsunami Watch/Warning when there is no actual warning. The “warning” is based on an informational alert from the Pacific […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

New Apple Podcast: Meet the Developer – audio + photo slideshow

todd — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:18:10 +0000

It looks like Apple launched a new podcast series named Meet the Developer. It is under the TV & Film/Events at the Apple Store category. The first podcast features a fourth generation butcher who released an app named Pat LaFrieda’s Big App for Meat ($6.99). The app has a somewhat unusual format. It combines the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Publish an ebook created using iBook Author & lock yourself in Apple-land forever

todd — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:36:52 +0000

Apple created the desktop publishing industry in the 1980s. In the 21st century, they want to reinvent ebook publishing. Part of this reinvention process is the free iBooks Author software for Mac OS X that Apple released today (2012.01.19). Anyone using a Mac can download it from the Mac App Store at no charge, use […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

FYI: How to get a replacement copy of Erica Sadun’s iOS Developer’s Cookbook

todd — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:11:12 +0000

Here’s an example of a book publisher “doing the right thing” for their customers. Erica Sadun’s book, The iOS5 Developer’s Cookbook, has production process related defects. So, Pearson has corrected these errors in both the print and ebook versions and is making replacement copies available. Here’s the official announcement. The iOS5 Developer’s Cookbook – RECALL […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...