Siri Rip-Offs in Android Market

post from Daring Fireball on 02 January 2012 11:03:26 PM. © Daring Fireball

Nevermind the Siri rip-off, what makes this so very Android is all that junk in the status bar in the screenshots.

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ple-icons-and-deceptive-marketing/

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Make HD Photo Slideshows on Mac and Play on HDTV

post from prMac on 02 January 2012 09:19:00 PM. © prMac

Socusoft announces HD Slideshow Maker for Mac. It enables you to easily create fantastic photo slideshows with background music, transition effects, texts, Pan & Zoom, theme styles, etc. It lets you encode slideshows as full HD videos for playback on an even bigger screen of HDTV. User can decorate the photos with texts, effects and even background music to bring them to life again. It makes a world of different to watch the dynamic photo slideshows on the HDTV at 1920 x 1080.

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The Android Surge

post from Daring Fireball on 02 January 2012 09:03:13 PM. © Daring Fireball

Dan Lyons, writing for Newsweek 18 months ago:

Geeks can, and do, argue over the merits of these phones. But thefact that the two are close enough to be compared side by side iswhat should have Apple worried. And these are early days. My senseis that over the next 12 to 18 months, Android will surge pastApple the way Microsoft Windows surged past Apple in the 1990s.

Just give it another Friedman Unit or two, though. You’ll see.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/06/12/phone-fight.html

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Tests Cast Doubt on FAA Restrictions on Kindle
and iPad

post from Daring Fireball on 02 January 2012 09:03:13 PM. © Daring Fireball

Nick Bilton:

The F.A.A. does allow some electronics during takeoff and landing.Portable voice recorders, hearing aids, heart pacemakers andelectric shavers are permitted during all times of a flight.

I’ve sat next to and near some weird people on airplanes, but never anyone using an electric shaver during takeoff or landing.

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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/disruptions-tests-cast-doubt-on-fcc-rule
s-on-kindle-and-ipad-html/?pagewanted=all

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NetApplications: Java ME Overtakes Android for
Number Two Spot in Mobile Web Usage

post from Daring Fireball on 02 January 2012 09:03:13 PM. © Daring Fireball

Interesting, if true.

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http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/01/if-android-is-so-hot-why-has-java-me-overt
aken-it/

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LogTen Pro 6 - Pilot Logbook for Mac iPhone iPad
launched on App Store

post from prMac on 02 January 2012 05:48:00 PM. © prMac

Coradine Aviation's announces update to Logbook for Mac, iPhone and iPad - LogTen Pro 6.0. For students, examiners and CFIs, LogTen Pro 6.0 for iPad and iPhone has the new digital signature feature. Now instructors can sign student logbooks directly on either iPhone or iPad with their finger. No paper or pen required. Students can log time and get the necessary instructor validation. Pilots can track more than just flights including deadheads, standbys, reserve duties and more.

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4Fukushima, iPhone game supporting Japan

post from prMac on 02 January 2012 11:45:00 AM. © prMac

Wandarin announces 4Fukushima 2.1, a fast paced action/strategy game for the iPhone from a Hungarian company called Wandarin Interactive. The game style is also new, the player has to protect his/her power plant from invading alien robots. The plant is surrounded by pylons; turning two of them on generates a laser wall between them, killing the robots coming too close. Wandarin offers half of the income generated by the game to the people of Japan, whose homes were devastated by the tsunami.

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Sequel to Best Selling Word Game "Befuddled"
Launches with Multiplayer

Inert Soap's Befuddled Together, the Sequel to the App Store Hit Befuddled, Lets iPhone and iPad Word Game Fans Enjoy Amazing New In-Game Features and Multiplayer Puzzle Fun Anytime, Anywhere. Hailed as a terrifically fun and challenging mix of Bookworm, Bejeweled, and much more, Befuddled Together invites gamers of all ages to immerse themselves in a world of strategic thinking by moving adjacent tiles in a grid right, left, up, down and diagonally in order to form words.

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Warning: Scary Story Kit is not for the
innovatively faint-hearted

Comicorp presents a technological spin on the ancient art of scary story telling. Their purpose built app Scary Story Kit, fills a void in the niche area of traditional oral story tellers. Scary Story Kit is a toolkit aimed at empowering the user with the necessary tools to create extraordinary storytelling sessions. With Scary Story Kit the storyteller is able to take command of both visual and audio aspects of their storytelling sessions.

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MaCai Software Announces Greebly for iPad,
iPhone, and iPod touch

Austin-based, MaCai Software, is proud to announce the release of "Greebly!" for and iOS and Android. Greebly is the 7th mobile game for MaCai Software and represents its first real-time platform-puzzle game. Greebly represents a whole new game concept - players must create their own environment as a way to solve challenging puzzles in real-time. Greebly represents a new paradigm in real-time puzzle games. The goal is to guide a small robot to a power socket before his power runs out.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-36569.htm

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