New iPad App Puts Your Dog in a Picture Book

post from prMac on 03 June 2011 08:49:00 PM. © prMac

My Picture Book, LLC has released How My Dog Saved Earth 1.0 for iPad. How My Dog Saved Earth is the first picture book app that turns your dog into a world-saving hero. This innovative app allows you to insert your dog and family photos directly onto the pages of the book with hysterical effect. Young readers will laugh out loud when they see themselves and their dog save the Earth from two diabolical space monsters.

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post from Daring Fireball on 03 June 2011 08:03:51 PM. © Daring Fireball

My thanks to iStockphoto for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. iStockphoto provides outstanding stock photography, royalty-free, at affordable prices. Their search feature is excellent, which is good, because their library is huge and wide-ranging. Try it and see for yourself.

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post from Daring Fireball on 03 June 2011 07:03:57 PM. © Daring Fireball

Robert Scoble, on Twitter:

Next week will be a huge week for those of us who have lived onTwitter for last few years. Apple is building Twitter in deeplyinto iOS 5.

Asked then whether he knows something or is just going on published rumors, he says he knows something.

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Sarah Palin Explains Paul Reveres Midnight Ride

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Student of history Sarah Palin:

He who warned the British that they weren’t going to be takingaway our arms, by ringing those bells and making sure as he’sriding his horse through town to send those warning shots andbells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be freeand we were going to be armed.

Mike Monteiro:

By the time Palin?s campaign is over Paul Revere will be firingAK-47s and setting bear traps.

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Apple vs. Wintel

post from Daring Fireball on 03 June 2011 07:03:57 PM. © Daring Fireball

Nice catch from MacDailyNews: as of the close of market today, Apple is worth more than Microsoft and Intel combined. And some tasty claim chowder on this Bill Gates quote from 1998, regarding Steve Jobs’s return to Apple as CEO:

“What I can?t figure out is why he [Steve Jobs] is even trying? He knows he can?t win.”

At the time, Microsoft had a market cap 42 times larger than Apple’s.

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Brent Simmons on NetNewsWire

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Brent Simmons:

Of all the many, many things I?ve learned in the past nineyears, it?s that the best part isn?t money or winning awardsor the small fame that comes with a successful app, it?s whenpeople write to say they love the software.

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Daniel Pasco on Black Pixels Acquisition of
NetNewsWire

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Daniel Pasco:

For many of us, NetNewsWire was the inspiration to quit our jobs,get serious about learning Objective-C, and go indie.

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Let's Do a Shot with the Shot-O-Matic iPhone App

Shot-O-Matic is the mobile party favor of the year with over 400 shot recipes in the palm of your hand. On the home screen you are simply asked, What are you in the mood for? Rookie Shots, Pro Shots, and Daredevil Shots create tiered categories that make the application more than just a recipe book. The tiered categories make the application interactive and fun. Once a category is chosen, 5 shot recipes are revealed.

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Podotree Debuts Cube Dog, 1st Fully 3-D,
Customizable Toy on iPhone

Podotree just turned the world's dogs into 3-D toys for iPhone and iPod touch. Today Cube Dog, the first fully interactive 3-D toy for iOS debuted in the iTunes App Store. Podotree's launch of Cube Dog introduces the second generation of interactivity on iOS, taking full advantage of the hardware capabilities of Apple devices. Cube Dog lets users customize and create their own digital pet based on dozens of 3-D character customizations, animations and interactions.

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Shake Up Your Mind! the New Fun, Social
Networking App From Albino Pixel

Albino Pixel Ltd. is pleased to announce the launch of its latest iPhone app Shake Up Your Mind! 1.0 on iTunes. Use this app to make every day decisions easier and fairer. Do you ever argue over whose turn it is to wash up or whose turn it is to get the next round in? These are just a couple of situations where this app can help you out. Dave Allanson, developer of PowerDown for iPhone and previously CEO & Co-Founder of 3rd Dimension Creations has teamed up with Peter Hinton.

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