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'Angry Birds' Movie Set for July 2016, Picked Up by Sony

Luke Brown — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:57 +0000

Sony has announced it will be the distributor for Rovio’s ‘Angry Birds’ 3D film. The movie will be developed and produced by Rovio, with Sony releasing the silver screen adaptation on July 1, 2016. Though the Angry Birds brand has already expanded into an animated series, this is the first time the mobile game will [...]

New iOS Game Releases – Week of April 8th

George Roush — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:45:36 +0000

Wednesday night is big game night for all of us iOS gaming nuts, and there are some cool new games launching tonight to look out for. Let’s take a look at what’s hitting the App Store around 11:00 PM EST. Dungeon Hunter 4 – Price: Free AlieNation – Price: Free Enemy Strike – Price: Free [...]

iOS 6? It Makes Me Tingley – Tech Thursday

Big Rich — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:30:23 +0000

Zero hour, 1pm. That's when iOS 6, Apple's newest mobile operating system hit the net yesterday and the downloads started. When it went live, I could almost hear the network switch at work groan from the onslaught of requests for bandwidth. But I kept calm and carried on and was able to download iOS 6 in less than two hours!

UPDATE: FBI Hacked and Found to Be Spying on iOS Devices – Tech Tuesday

Big Rich — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:15:46 +0000

Shocked! Yes, shocked and dismayed at the revelation that the FBI would be tracking and spying on people’s iPhones and other iOS devices. Actually, I’m not that surprised about it. There’s been story after story coming out about how the government can collect data, without warrants, about anyone. This hack just shows you what they [...]

Is Microsoft Breaking The Surface With It's Surface Tablet? – Tech Tuesday

Big Rich — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:30:29 +0000

Some people are calling it Microsoft’s “Apple Moment”. At a very “hush hush” event in Los Angeles on Monday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer showed off the Surface, their new tablet device to take on the iPad. Could this one be the iPad killer Microsoft is hoping for? Or just an attempt to stay relevant? I [...]

Apple says "Thanks Google Maps, But We Got it From Here." – Tech Tuesday

Big Rich — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:30:36 +0000

At yesterday’s World Wide Developer’s Conference, Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS6 was announced. In it were many changes, like Siri for iPads, but the one that confirmed some rumors that had been smoldering on the web for a while, was Apple dropping Google maps and bringing in it’s own mapping service. Not only did Apple [...]

World's Creepiest App, 'Girls Around Me' Pulled from App Store – Tech Tuesday

Big Rich — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:30:27 +0000

Many stalkers are sad today, because last week, a company that had created the "Girls Around Me" app, that showed you women in your near by vicinity, was pulled from the iTunes App Store. It was based on information gathered from Foursquare and Facebook. When users complained about this app, Foursquare blocked it, now the developer has pulled it, and he's kind of called the kettle black.

Tech Tuesday – Apple Announces iCloud

Big Rich — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:30:32 +0000

Yesterday was the start of Apple's World Wide Developer Conference, where software developers for the Mac converge on San Fransisco, to discuss their projects with Apple engineers to get help as well as tweak software for the Mac and iOS platforms. It is also usually a day when Apple announces something new, and sure enough, they did.