Category: news

Apple Unveils the New ipad!

Image Courtesy of Apple Inc. That there would be a 3rd ipad is not new, but fans are abuzz about the change in the name. There is no ipad 3 as previously expected. Instead we have the new ipad. That is the name. It goes on sale March 16th. New features include a stunning retina display, faster chip set, 4G LTE speeds and several...

25 Billion App Contest Won by Some Foo Who?

The App contest was one by who? Fu. That’s who. Chunli Fu of Qingdao China downloaded the winning app, Where’s my Water Free by disney to win the competition. China seems to always be ahead of the US these days. This win for China is ironic considering the negative effects that the idevices have had on some Chinese workers. As for who Chunli is, we...

Snackr- I’m Loving It

Snakr Screen What was your 25 billion app attempt? Mine was Snackr (Free) which is a lovely little App which aggregates news, and gives you quick audio TTS(Text To Speech) blurbs from articles.  The Text to speech sounds great compared to many, and is completely understandable. The english voice of “Alfred” never gets old and I love the little audio wave display. The news selection is...

Apple’s App Store Reaches 25 Billion App Downloads!

Well, the app store hit 25 billion downloads today at about 12:43 PM Eastern! The winner has yet to be announced but I’m hopeful. The count was slightly off on each browser according to my tests, but I did my best. In the end, people were downloading apps at the rate of 1,000+ a second! It was unbelievable. The clock was automatic, based on time,...

Windows 8 WOWs!

Pure, Clean, and Functional. Three word I never would have thought of using when describing Windows before today. When I first used Metro Consumer Preview I was shocked. After some initial trouble with low screen resolution which I solved by switching to an external monitor, it has worked beautifully. Some of the apps in the Metro interface I already plan to include in my everyday...