SwapBall Fun Puzzle Game Released for iOS

post from prMac on 06 May 2011 09:34:00 PM. © prMac

Tetralab S.R.L. has announced that SwapBall, their new game creation for iOS is available on AppStore. SwapBall is a brilliant and amazing puzzle game, where randomness and strategy are equally balanced. The aim of the game is to align at least three identical balls in any direction (horizontally, vertically, diagonally). Once lined up, the balls are removed and replaced with new random colored balls and fixed square blocks.

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Legendary Wars Arrives on iPad, iPhone Version
Free for the Weekend

post from prMac on 06 May 2011 09:25:00 PM. © prMac

California based Liv Games unveils Legendary Wars, an iPad version of their acclaimed hybrid fantasy game. The game offers a unique blend of traditional RTS, RPG, and castle-defense game-play, set in a beautifully crafted, fantasy world. Now embracing all iOS platforms and offering crisp Retina Display graphics, Legendary Wars offers hours of progression through captivating landscapes on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

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Arcade Shape Match Game Stoned 3D on the App
Store

post from prMac on 06 May 2011 06:25:00 PM. © prMac

Indie developer studio 3Dgrafix recently released an update for Stoned 3D for iOS. Stoned 3D is an arcade-style shape match game with unique graphics and addictive gameplay. Your task is to catch as many falling blocks as possible and to hit the appearing dinosaurs for a good bunch of extra points. With its increasing gameplay speed it challenges your finger skills. Move the board with your finger to catch the matching stones.

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Koku

post from Daring Fireball on 06 May 2011 06:04:42 PM. © Daring Fireball

My thanks to Koku for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. Koku is a personal finance app for Mac OS X that lets you track all your financial accounts in one place. Koku looks great and has a slew of features that make it easy to import data and track new transactions, including support for Direct Connect.

Try the free demo version, and use coupon code “DARINGFIREBALL” to save $10 off the regular price of $29.99.

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Philip Greenspun Reviews the BlackBerry PlayBook

post from Daring Fireball on 06 May 2011 05:04:27 PM. © Daring Fireball

“Not useful as a computer; too light to serve as a doorstop.”

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Shave Me! iOS App Updated to Version 4.0

post from prMac on 06 May 2011 03:27:00 PM. © prMac

The game development team at Metaversal Studios is excited to announce the latest update to the iOS version of Shave Me!, the chart-topping Entertainment app that saw over a million downloads last month alone. The update to Version 4.0 boasts a range of new features and options but the most notable change to the app is that the Shaving Kit Upgrade, previously a $0.99 in-app purchase to unlock additional tools, is now included with the free app download.

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It Just Looks Thicker

post from Daring Fireball on 06 May 2011 03:04:47 PM. © Daring Fireball

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking I’m not on enough podcasts. Well, you’re in luck, because I was a guest on MacBreak Weekly a few days ago, with Andy Ihnatko, Adam Engst, and Chris Breen.

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Some Days, My Job Feels So Easy, as the Jokes
Just Write Themselves

post from Daring Fireball on 06 May 2011 03:04:47 PM. © Daring Fireball

Ian Paul, PCWorld:

The first thing that came to mind when I heard that Apple may seedOS X 10.7 Lion via the Mac App Store to all users running SnowLeopard: Windows Vista.
The new Apple OS is due out this summer, but the idea of upgradingpurely through a digital download does not appeal to me and Ithink it spells trouble for Apple. Just as Windows users foundgoing from XP to Vista, an upgrade to Lion may be more of a hasslethan it’s worth.

(Via Jason Snell.)

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If You See a Stylus, They Blew It

The distinguishing feature of the $499 HTC Flyer — HTC’s first Android tablet — is that it has a stylus. Which stylus is not included and costs $80. Good luck with that.

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Apple Hasnt Yet Released the LGPL WebKit Source
Code for iOS 4.3

Harald Welte:

iOS 4.3.0 was released on March 10, 4.3.1 on March 25, 4.3.2 onApril 14 and 4.3.3 on May 4. For all of those releases, no sourcecode has been published. […]
I think it is time that Apple gets their act together and becomesmore straight-forward with LGPL compliance. It is not acceptableto delay the source code release for 8 weeks after shipping a LGPLlicensed software.

I wonder if this has something to do with the introduction of the Nitro JavaScript engine for MobileSafari, and the security implications of granting MobileSafari — and only MobileSafari — an exception the system-wide ban on marking memory pages as executable.

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