Big Blue Bubble, Inc. to release five new iOS
games in Q3

post from prMac on 30 August 2011 07:00:00 PM. © prMac

Big Blue Bubble Inc., one of Canada's leading game developers, announced today they will be releasing 5 new titles across 5 different platforms. We're excited to see our next round of amazing original IP be released simultaneously and across multiple platforms. The range of genres covered will further cement our standing as Canada's top gaming company. The five titles to be released are: Burn The Rope: WORLDS, Fling a Thing, Dark Incursion, Hamster Cannon, and iOracle.

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HP to Make More TouchPads

post from Daring Fireball on 30 August 2011 06:03:19 PM. © Daring Fireball

Computerworld:

He did not say if the tablets would continue to be sold at a drastically reduced price or if they would also be sold through retailers.

What’s the point? I don’t get it.

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European Patriots

post from Daring Fireball on 30 August 2011 06:03:19 PM. © Daring Fireball

Helen Pidd, reporting for The Guardian:

Now, as both France and Spain consider introducing a wealth tax, a group of 50 rich Germans have joined the “tax me harder” movement by renewing their open call to Angela Merkel to “stop the gap between rich and poor getting even bigger”.

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3 Day Sale Announced on Popular iPad 2 Display
Dock

post from prMac on 30 August 2011 06:00:00 PM. © prMac

Just in time for the Labor Day holiday weekend, newPCgadgets announces a special 3 day sale on their popular iPad 2 Display Base. Now you can bring the Apple Store look home at a very affordable price. Each iPad 2 Display Dock is custom made from 1" clear acrylic and hand polished to give your iPad a high-quality look. Additionally, slots are provided for charging cables and headphones. The non-skid clear feet provide a solid base ideal for most applications.

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ClickInstall 3 Builds Mac Software Installers

post from prMac on 30 August 2011 04:56:00 PM. © prMac

Excel Software has announced ClickInstall MacOSX. Create compressed, password-protected, self-extracting software installers. ClickInstall 3 adds desktop alias for installed application, installer patch generation, batch installer build, custom installer icons and computer unique password or serial number activation for the install process.The vendor can generate a password for each user computer using ClickInstall or fully automate the install process with an online activation server.

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The Ad Contrarian on the Future of Apple

post from Daring Fireball on 30 August 2011 03:03:39 PM. © Daring Fireball

I don’t share the pessimism, but I do agree with the list of warning signs to watch for going forward. I don’t think Apple will have any problem maintaining its image and brand with Jobs in a reduced role.

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Hope He Didnt Short It

post from Daring Fireball on 30 August 2011 03:03:39 PM. © Daring Fireball

Matt Marshall at VentureBeat, last week:

With Jobs? withdrawal, the rap that has always dogged Apple —that its fortunes are too intimately tied to the genius of Jobs ? will come to the fore in a major way.
Even before the company gets a chance to prove otherwise, thestock market is almost certainly going to vote by sending thecompany?s shares down significantly.

At the moment, the stock price is up over where it was a week ago. Validates the theory that the market doesn’t like uncertainty.

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macZOT offers a Keynotopia Bundle at over 50% off
August 31 and Sept 1

This Wednesday and Thursday, August 31st and Sept 1st, you can pick up a Keynotopia Software Bundle on macZOT for over 50% off. Keynotopia lets users export prototypes for mobile devices using Apple's Keynote as a platform. Keynotopia enables you to create clickable prototypes for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows mobile, BlackBerry, Web, Facebook, OSX and Windows 7 apps.

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JAM Language Ltd. & LuxHQ Ltd. launch 2 iPad &
iPhone APPs

JAM Language Ltd. has introduced 99.Mandarin.verbs 1.1 and 99.Cantonese.verbs 1.0, their first Mandarin and Cantonese iOS applications. They collaborated with Lux HQ Ltd. whose headquartered in London, UK, to create the iPhone and iPad application for both flashcards. This is a follow-up to their initial collaboration and launch of 99.Spanish.verbs earlier this summer. It takes the user back to the basics with simple to use and relevant essential verb information.

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SENTENCE READING MAGIC Free for iOS - How to
Build and Read a Sentence

Preschool University today introduces SENTENCE READING MAGIC 1.0 for iOS, their 14th free Education app, which provides the missing link between reading words and reading books - reading sentences. The app has two modes: sentence building, where children can move the words into their correct sentence position, and reading, where children can read the words of the sentence and then check their work by touching the hidden picture. The app features audible pronunciation of whole words and letters.

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