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Writer of all things app related, traveler of the space-time continuum, baker of really great cookies. Follow me @appaholik

Apple Needs to Give Developers a Way to Respond to App Store Reviews

By | May 13, 2013 | 2 comments
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Google Play reply-reviewsMany times, users leave negative comments in the App Store for issues that can be explained or resolved if the person would contact the app’s developer directly instead. Some developers have even added wording to their app’s summary in regards to it. There should be a way for developers to respond to comments, if only to let them know they heard the complaint.

Google just announced that developers now have the ability to respond to user comments in Google Play.

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Groupon Expands Retail Business with iPad based Point of Sale Solution

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groupon-pos-2Groupon was about as big as it could get six months ago. Almost everyone knows what it is and many consumers admit to having at least a mild addiction to the daily discount service. In October of 2012, the company expanded its service by getting into the point-of-sale industry with the purchase of Breadcrumb. Today, the company announced further investment in retailer finance with Groupon POS, a mobile payment app aimed at local merchants.

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New York Attorney General Wants to Know Why Apple Can’t Build Theft Proof iPads and iPhones

By | May 13, 2013 | No comment yet
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NY Attorney General Eric SchneidermanIt seems like almost every day there is a news report that someone’s iPhone or iPad has been stolen. Most stories speak of opportunists who make off with someone’s unattended device. However, there are times when mobile devices are violently removed from their owners. In New York, mobile device-related crime is up so high that it has prompted Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to ask tech companies to do something about it.

According to Bloomberg, New York’s attorney general wrote a letter to Apple Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Samsung Electronics, asking what the companies are doing to combat theft.

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PadGadget’s iPad Tips: What to do When an App is Too Big to Download

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Not Enough Space to Download AppWelcome back to another edition of PadGadget’s iPad Tips. Each week, we offer tips, tricks, and tutorials to help you get the most out of your Apple tablet. Last week, we explained the basics of app organization. Did you clean out your app folders and get rid of unused games?

This week, we are going to walk you through what to do if you don’t have enough room on your device to download an app. This works the same way for updating large apps. Read More »

This Week’s App Store Editor’s Choice: Running With Friends

By | May 13, 2013 | 1 comment
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Running with Friends 6A new week has begun, and what better way to start it off than with an app that Apple’s editor thinks is the “bees’ knees.” Every week, Apple spotlights a game that has a special something to it. Last week, a fun simulation game created by an indie developer was honored with the nomenclature. Star Command kept me busy all weekend.

Words with Friends skyrocketed to the top spot when it first launched in the App Store. Scrabble enthusiasts and word game fanatics couldn’t get enough of the social game. Since Zynga took over the franchise, the company has launched a number of “…With Friends” titles. You can play a game of hangman in Hanging With Friends, test your strategy skills in Chess With Friends, and now you can try your luck at an endless runner game against others in Running With Friends.

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New Data Shows Apple iPad Still Top Product, Even as iPhone Slips

By | May 10, 2013 | No comment yet
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Canalys WW Market Share 1Q13This year is not faring well for Apple. The company’s stock prices have gone down, consumers are claiming that there is no more innovation. It seems like Apple spends more time in court than it does on creating products. Even though the tech world seems to think Apple is on a downward path, the company has still managed to capture the majority of the tablet market share. By this fall, things may even take a swing upward for the iPad maker.

According to a recent estimate from analyst firm Canalys, Apple continues to lead in the tablet space with 46.4 percent of the market share. This is especially good news considering the tablet market is growing faster than PC and smart phones. Worldwide tablet shipment grew 106.1 percent year-over-year to 41.9 million units.

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Sid Meier’s ‘Ace Patrol’ for iPad Hits the App Store

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Ace Patrol MainSid Meier made a name for himself as a game designer back in the 1980s when he launched such epic PC games as Gunship and Pirates! By the mid 1990s, he was considered one of the “Most influential People in Computer Gaming,” (something he won an award for). So, when he puts his name on a game, it is definitely something to pay attention to. Yesterday, Meier, in collaboration with 2K Games and Firaxis Games, launched his first ever iOS exclusive game. Ace Patrol is free to play and available in the App Store today.

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Microsoft Research Finds 80% of Users Don’t Like Web Browsing on the iPad

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Microsoft Windows 8It is somewhat known that many iOS users are not huge fans of Apple’s Safari. Some complain of the inability to change the default browser and wish the iPad maker would allow some level of personal choice. According to Microsoft, 80 percent of iPad users have had “problems browsing the Web on their iPad.”

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PadGadget’s Flashback Friday: Myst and Riven

By | May 10, 2013 | No comment yet
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MystT.G.I.F., right? For so many different reasons, we love Fridays. Maybe you are leaving for the weekend as soon as the clock strikes five. Maybe there is a great concert downtown that you’ve been looking forward to for a month. Here at PadGadget, we look forward to Fridays because it is the day that we look backward to our youth. Every Friday, we spotlight games and apps that are classic arcade games from decades ago, or at least remind us of them.

Last week, we told you about a choose-you-own adventure app based on the Fantasy Flight gamebooks from the 1980s.

This week, we skip forward a decade, to a time when PC games were big and epic puzzle adventures were the rage. Cyan Worlds created a monster of a puzzle game that, to this day, is as good as, or even better than most others in the genre.

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Facebook to Acquire Mapping Service Waze for $1 Billion

By | May 9, 2013 | No comment yet
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WazeAt the beginning of the year, rumors were going around that Apple was looking into buying the social network mapping service Waze. The rumors were quickly refuted thanks to some clarification that low-level meetings between companies are a regular occurrence in the business world. Today’s rumor regarding Facebook and the aforementioned map app developer has a bit more weight to it. According to Israeli newspaper Caclalist, the term sheet has already been signed.

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