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No, you’re not dreaming. No, I’m not lying. Games Workshop is collaborating with app developer Full Control to bring the Warhammer 40K-based board game to the digital arena. Scheduled to launch sometime in 2013, gamers across the world are rejoicing right now because Space Hulk is on its way.
AlphaWise and Morgan Stanley recently conducted a survey of more than 1,500 heads of households and found that there is a high interest in Apple’s unofficial television set. Consumers are also willing to go as high as 20 percent above industry standards when it comes to the cost of a television set made by Apple.
In February of 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a report, called “Mobile Apps for Kids: Current Privacy Disclosures are Disappointing,”on a survey of mobile apps directed at children that are available in Apple’s App Store and the Google Play app store. At the time, the report found that “Little or no information was available to parents about the privacy practices and interactive features of the mobile apps surveyed prior to download.”
Yesterday, the FTC released its follow-up report, which shows that many app developers didn’t listen to the federal agency when it comes to protecting the privacy of our children.
Have you been waiting for Microsoft to update their cloud storage app, SkyDrive, to fix that irritating bug keeping you from downloading multiple files? Well, Microsoft is not ignorant to your plight. It is quite the opposite. Apparently, Apple won’t let Microsoft update its software because the latter is accepting subscriptions within the app and not paying the iOS fee for it.
It is well known that Apple charges 30 percent to developers for all app downloads, plus subscriptions and in-app purchases. Microsoft tried to circumvent that fee when it started offering additional storage space at an additional charge. Once Apple got wind of the in-app subscription option, they stopped allowing updates to SkyDrive.
According to unnamed sources who spoke with TheNextWeb, there is currently a new version of SkyDrive that does fix the crash bug, but Microsoft can’t get it approved because of the in-app purchase option.
There are plenty of apps out there that you can use to turn pictures into comics or sketches, but there aren’t that many around that let you use these artistic filters on your videos in real time. Camera Boost was one of the first to offer real-time video filters, and now ToonCamera will let you turn real life into a Richard Linklater film.
The set up is simple. Just open the app and start shooting. You can either use the front-facing camera or the backside camera. To switch between the two, tap the icon that looks like Jeffy from Family Circus.
Millennial Media recently released a report on advertisement impressions by devices and the iPad mini showed an astounding opening month of daily growth. In its first month of sales, the smaller Apple tablet had a daily growth of 28 percent. In comparison, Amazon’s Kindle Fire only saw a 19 percent daily growth rate over the same period last year.
Less than a month ago, the Pokédex was launched in Japan’s iOS app store. There were rumors that the app would make its way to the U.S, but there was no official information as to whether it would actually happen. Today, the Pokémon-related Nintendo subsidiary launched its first ever, official US App Store app.
If you’ve used Apple’s Maps App since iOs 6.0, you may have noticed that the mapping service is less than perfect. Sometimes, you’ll be directed the wrong way. Other times, the app won’t be able to find the location you are searching for. It is not a complete failure, but Apple has officially apologized for the app and has even gone so far as to suggest other map apps you might find more useful in the App Store.
Australians are having a tougher time with Apple’s Maps app. According to CNet, police have had to rescue six motorists who ended up stranded in the Murray-Sunset National Park after following directions from the iOS 6 Maps app.
Breakout was created in 1976 as a cabinet arcade game. Since then, we have seen a plethora of clones, rip offs and homages. There are so many games like it that it has its own genre. Gem Smasher is a breakout type game with an adventurous plot that will give you a reason to keep going.
Players choose from a crab, chicken, or hedgehog to play the game with. The crab, named Bau, is free, but the others, Bam and Bom, cost $0.99 to unlock.
News from The Wall Street Journal is that the iPad mini is hitting big in China, but not with everyday folk. Even though Apple has gone to great lengths to curb scalper activity, most first-day shoppers have been liaisons for the gray market. Other than opportunists out for an extra buck, there wasn’t much fanfare for today’s big iPad mini launch in China.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple’s iReserve system, which required Chinese customers to enter an online lottery in order to be able to buy the iPad mini on launch day, cleared the street of potential riots, but it subsequently gave people a reason to stay home. On top of that, most of the lucky lottery winners were in cahoots with scalpers who were waiting just outside the store, collecting iPad minis from customers who had just purchased one.
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