Dekko the Most Original Word Game Of 2011

post from prMac on 27 June 2011 08:05:00 PM. © prMac

Betz Software has announced the release of Dekko 1.1 for iOS. Dekko goes in its own direction by combining tilt actions with quick thinking to create an innovative and fast paced word game. Gameplay is not the only place Dekko distinguishes itself; the level artwork was physically crafted out of everything from candy to puzzle pieces. This art was then merged with digital art to create an experience unique to Dekko.

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HP Gets It

post from Daring Fireball on 27 June 2011 08:04:16 PM. © Daring Fireball

Austin Carr, writing about HP’s WebOS and TouchPad for Fast Company:

Ironically, in order to compete with Apple, HP is taking a pagefrom Apple’s playbook. Steve Jobs’s strategy has always been tocontrol both the hardware and the software it runs on. While otherPC makers, including HP, have relied on Windows, Apple’s Macs havealways come with Mac OS, an operating system designed specificallyfor its hardware. Apple has followed the same approach whenexpanding to the iPhone and iPad with iOS. “Everyone is figuringout that if you want to survive, you really want to control theexperience end to end,” McKinney says. “The ability to controlboth the hardware platform and OS is absolutely critical.”

Music to my ears. Here’s what I wrote about HP back in October 2009:

Operating systems aren?t mere components like RAM or CPUs;they?re the single most important part of the computingexperience. Other than Apple, there?s not a single PC maker thatcontrols the most important aspect of its computers. Imagine howmuch better the industry would be if there were more than onecomputer maker trying to move the state of the art forward.

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Introducing: American McCarver

post from Daring Fireball on 27 June 2011 07:04:16 PM. © Daring Fireball

For the last nine years, I’ve written for one weblog: this one. Now it’s two.

Greg Knauss, Michael Sippey, Jason Snell, Philip Michaels, Mike Monteiro, and yours truly bring you: American McCarver. It is, ostensibly, about sports. All sports. Especially baseball. There will be a podcast.

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A Mega-Update is now available for Chicks vs.
Kittens

post from prMac on 27 June 2011 06:50:00 PM. © prMac

GameDigits announces that a mega-update is now available for Chicks vs. Kittens on iPhone and iPod touch. Version 1.2 new features include; over 80 fun levels, time attack modes, star rating system, new game mechanics and Game Center leaderboards and achievements. Defend your nest against the relentless hoards of kittens intent on catching the mother bird. Her only defense is to hatch a variety of chicks that will do anything to keep her alive.

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[Sponsor] Billings Pro 1.5 with Marketcircle
Cloud

post from Daring Fireball on 27 June 2011 06:04:19 PM. © Daring Fireball

Billings Pro is a multi-user time tracking and invoicing solution for the Mac and iPhone, that includes a Web app for timekeepers.

With Marketcircle Cloud you get the Mac and iPhone experience with the convenience of the Web. Let us worry about all the setup, hosting, and backup of your data, while you focus on your business.

We host it, you access it — from anywhere, anytime.

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Learn the Language of the Enterprise World with
IntelliVocab for Busines

post from prMac on 27 June 2011 05:31:00 PM. © prMac

IntelliVocab for Business iOS application offers comprehensive vocabulary training for individuals wanting to learn business jargon and language skills

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Ian Betteridge: How Apple Could Fix Final Cut Pro
X, in 187 Words

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Take out the “at least” from the last sentence, putting a hard deadline on progress, and you get it down to 185 words.

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A Tale of Two iPhones

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MG Siegler:

That?s the latest rumor making headlines today, based on areport by Deutsche Bank?s Chris Whitmore, an analyst. Now,analysts typically have a horrible track record when it comes tocorrectly predicting Apple moves. And when I say ?horrible?,I mean that you?d have a better shot correctly predicting whatApple is going to do by throwing darts at a board? with ablindfold on. But — there has been some evidence that backs upthis latest claim (which is probably why they made it in thefirst place).

Right. “Analyst says something” should almost always be taken as punditry, not news. But there is a bit of evidence for this amongst the scraps of information that have leaked regarding new iOS hardware. And, more importantly, it makes strategic sense. Eventually Apple is going to expand the iPhone to multiple tiers. Not just “last year’s model, this year’s model”, but multiple new products. It’s just a matter of when.

Examine the history of the iPod to see how this will play out. They’ll press technologically at the high end, and they’ll expand into the mid-range market with lower priced models. Why not now?

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Game Developers Seek Beta Testers for Goop iPhone
Game

Fine & Dandy Games is looking for a few beta testers with an iPod touch, iPhone 4, or iPhone 3GS to test out their adorable and addictive upcoming game title, Goop. Goop is an adorable and addictive game for the iPhone and iPod touch platform that has one simple goal - getting those cute Eeeps across the stage safely without getting gooped. Goop has four beautiful stages each with their own challenges and becoming more difficult as time progresses and as you save more Eeeps within the game.

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Video Games Are
Protected by the First Amendment

Can’t remember the last time I was deeply pleased by a majority opinion written by Scalia:

?Like the protected books, plays and movies that preceded them,video games communicate ideas — and even social messages —through many familiar literary devices (such as characters,dialogue, plot and music) and through features distinctive to themedium (such as the player?s interaction with the virtualworld),? Justice Scalia wrote. ?That suffices to confer FirstAmendment protection.?

Strange bedfellows in the ruling: Scalia’s opinion was joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan.

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