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Lately it seems like we go “back in time” a lot at PadGadget. Maybe it’s because we are all a bunch of old fogies. Maybe it’s because things were much simpler two decades ago. Whatever the reason, flashing back to the pixilated past is one of our favorite things to do. Last week, we told you about Activision Anthology. Man, are those controls hard to get used to. This week, we slow down the action a little with an old-school dungeon crawl.
If you are looking for a refreshing new physics-based game and want to feel smarter than the guy who flings birds into buildings, you’ll feel like a real smarty pants when you try your mathematical skills on Bézier.
Players use the points on the screen to manipulate a Bézier Curve in order to create a ramp that will cause a ball to smash into cubes. Sound complicated? It is.
Just in case you didn’t know how awesome the iPad is for business solutions, FileMaker has just launched an iOS Demo Solutions webpage where businesses can download free demos that spotlight custom iPad and iPhone solutions created using the FileMaker platform. These simple demos are intended to be an inspiration to businesses looking for ways to utilize the mobile ecosystem to enhance their companies.
If you read old user reviews of the Huffington Post app, you’ll see things like, “overly complex navigational nightmare,” “chaotic categorization,” and “designed by monkeys in a room and the organ grinder is out to lunch.” Ouch. Well, the sad faced and emotionally broken developers listened to HuffPost readers and decided to remake the app from the ground up. Thanks to hard work and probably a new set of monkeys, the new Huffington Post for iPad launched today and promises to be cleaner, faster, and everything the old app was not.
Welcome back to the Sound Stage. We love music here at Padgadget and have our own resident musicians on staff to tell you about apps and accessories to make your iPad sing. Last week, we took a trip down a groovy memory lane with FunkBox. This week, we are headed back to the same decade with iLectric Piano.
AppleInsider has discovered what can only be described as disturbing new information regarding Apple’s design for the rumored iOS watch. Apparently, the iPad maker has submitted a patent for a wearable computer that conforms to the user’s body like a slap bracelet.
Yesterday was a big day for the gaming community. Sony made a huge announcement at its PlayStation Meeting 2013 conference. Scheduled to launch later this year is the new PlayStation 4. We won’t go into the mind-boggling details here. However, in a press release Sony did mention that iPhones and iPads will be able to be used as second screens for the console with a new “PlayStation App.”
TopCoder recently announced that it has launched two developer competitions to build an iPad app for NASA. In collaboration with the space program, contestants can use TopCoder’s open innovation community and process to create a food tracking app for NASA’s astronauts. The contest is open to all developers, but the deadline to enter is only a few days away.
DigiTimes is known for having insider knowledge from the supply chain regarding Apple devices. According to a new report from the tech blog, display panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has reached one million panel shipments for the iPad mini after significant effort to increase yields.
Additionally, the supplier is ready to begin developing panel technology for the next generation of the smaller sized tablet.
Square, the payment company that has revolutionized retail sales in the U.S., recently launched their newest small business package. Business in a Box makes it easier than ever for companies to simplify Point-of-Sale (POS) transactions in their stores.