The Green Games releases Pudding Puzzle 1.0 for
iOS

post from prMac on 13 June 2011 11:20:00 PM. © prMac

The Green Games is excited to have released Pudding Puzzle 1.0 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. When the cute pudding invader suddenly appears in our peaceful town, you must hurry to connect two same color pudding slime with magic line to make them disappear! Hurry up! Defend our town before pudding slime takes over! Pudding puzzle is very simple but addictive puzzle game with simple game rules. By completing the puzzle quickly, the town can be saved from the pudding invader.

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Now Thats How You End a Review

post from Daring Fireball on 13 June 2011 10:03:56 PM. © Daring Fireball

Neil Davey reviews Duke Nukem Forever:

If this was 15 years in the making, it makes you wonder what theydid for the other 14 years and 10 months.

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iClouds Missing Web Interface

post from Daring Fireball on 13 June 2011 09:04:14 PM. © Daring Fireball

Josh Topolsky questions the lack of a web interface in Apple’s iCloud announcement:

Let?s be clear about what happens when iCloud goes live ?according to what was described on stage at the event, and whatI?ve confirmed with Apple PR ? the service will effectivelyreplace the current web offerings of MobileMe. That means thatwhen the cutoff date of June 30, 2012 comes around for users, theweb-based email client, calendar, contacts app, and othercomponents of the web suite will cease to exist. You will nolonger be able to log in and check your mail through a browser,change calendar events, or edit contacts. It?s unclear right nowif the photo and video sharing aspects of MobileMe will continue,but there was certainly no mention of sharing or web views at theconference. Your devices will become not just the primary placewhere Apple intends for you to do your work and get your content? they?ll be the only place.

I think that’s a bad assumption. I would wager that, sometime between now and 30 June 2012, iCloud will offer a web interface just as good as if not better than MobileMe’s (and quite possibly, under the hood, based on MobileMe’s). They just haven’t announced it yet, and if Apple hasn’t announced it, they won’t talk about it.

In short, there is no reason to assume that iCloud as it will exist 12 months from now will be limited to what was announced one week ago.

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iOS 5: What You Need to Know

post from Daring Fireball on 13 June 2011 08:03:33 PM. © Daring Fireball

Week-old, but new to me, this is an excellent overview from Macworld of what’s new in iOS 5.

(Note that Macworld is correct that FaceTime doesn’t work over 3G, there are some signs that FaceTime-over-3G might be coming to iOS 5 when it ships — albeit on a carrier-by-carrier basis, sort of like hotspot tethering.)

And another good look at some iOS 5 details here, from Chris Foresman.

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How Many iPhone Users Backup Via iTunes Tethering

post from Daring Fireball on 13 June 2011 05:04:21 PM. © Daring Fireball

David Chartier:

A little birdie says that about 50 percent of Apple Storecustomers who need to get their iPhones swapped have never pluggedthem into iTunes after the initial activation and sync. This is abig reason, according to this birdie, for why Apple Store Geniusesare excited about iCloud.

I believe it.

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Theres a Reason iOS 5 Is Called Beta Software

post from Daring Fireball on 13 June 2011 04:03:57 PM. © Daring Fireball

Malcolm Barclay, on bad reviews showing up in the App Store for apps that have problems running on the iOS 5 beta:

Downloading and installing beta versions of iOS is akin to movinginto a near-new house with missing windows, no carpet and somefurnishing. In other words, it?s a building site. If you don?tunderstand this distinction, then you have no business installingit. You may not even be able to roll back to a prior iOS becauseof the firmware (software written directly to internal chip-sets)updates that will occur. You could brick your phone.

Other companies mean different things when they say “beta”. Apple means “this software ready for testing but not ready for production use”.

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Retro Style Arcade Game iLectronz Available for
iOS

post from prMac on 13 June 2011 03:05:00 PM. © prMac

iNCEPTIONAL and Vmlweb have jointly released iLectronz 1.0.12, on the iOS App Store. iLectronz is a retro style arcade action game that requires precise hand-eye co-ordination and fast reflexes. Players blast an electron through a circuit grid and see how much energy they can generate without blowing a fuse or crashing along the way. It's easy to pick up and play but difficult to truly master.

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Awesome People Hanging Out Together

Camaraderie captured. No pictures from WWDC, alas.

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iZONE Now Available on Mac App Store

iNCEPTIONAL and Vmlweb have jointly released iZone 1.0, on the Mac App Store. iZone is a fast paced arcade action game designed to test your reflexes and hand-eye co-ordination. Blast your electron through the grid and see how much energy you can generate, but don't blow a fuse or crash and explode along the way. It's about getting in the zone and staying in the zone. The iZone. This is an early prototype of the iPhone game iLectronz and has been made available to Mac users.

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The Modern Father: iPhone the Focus of Family
Projects

The Phillips', Keith, Greyson and Iva released Redneck Jellyfish 1.02 into the App Store. Gus Hickey is a jellyfish. His job is to build coral reefs. Simply tap the screen to make him swim and pick up coral seeds which he uses to grow more coral. Sounds simple, until he starts losing his tentacles to barnacles, crabs, sea urchins and other sea hazards. The music for Redneck Jellyfish was provided by a family friend, Shane Hickey, aka Ukulele Guy, who composed it and played a banjo ukulele.

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