Technology

iThing of the Week: BBC Earth’s Walking with Dinosaurs: Inside Their World

Dinosaurs are fascinating creatures. Their size, their dominance during the Mesozoic Era, and the circumstances of their extinction all contribute to their popularity among kids and adults alike. The app developed by M5859 Studios Pty Ltd., Walking with Dinosaurs: Inside Their World, contains hours of interesting facts, detailed art, and informative animations. Walking with Dinosaurs:…

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Facebook admits contact details leaked for 6 million users…

Over the weekend Facebook alerted its users that a security flaw may have accidentally exposed the email and phone number for many users. Don’t worry though, it was only 6 million users. Facebook advised that the bug was part of the “Download Your Information” feature where users can download the archive of their Facebook account….

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iThing of the Week: Tayasui Sketches

Tayasui Sketches, by Tayasui, is a free app that allows you to draw and write notes. The app is similar to Paper, but Sketches doesn’t have different textures, which is fine for those of us who just want to play around with a drawing app on our iPads. The basic version of Sketches has six…

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Microsoft Backtracking on Xbox One DRM? (Update)

Gaming site Giant Bomb broke the news earlier that according to their sources at Microsoft there is a big shakeup coming regarding the widely criticized DRM policies for the new Xbox One.  According to their sources Microsoft is planning to pull a complete 180 and reverse their course on DRM for the Xbox One. What…

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Tweet is officially a word…

Well, it’s official – Tweet is now officially a word. John Simpson, Chief Editor of Oxford English Dictionary, added the word in the June update of the English language through an official announcement… “The noun and verb tweet (in the social-networking sense) has just been added to the OED. This breaks at least one OED…

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iThing of the Week: Apple’s WWDC 2013 Keynote

Earlier this week, Apple held its WWDC 2013 Keynote. Featuring news about Macs, iOS X Mavericks, and iOS 7 for iDevices, Apple revealed many new developments focusing on deepening its ecosystem. While the news about Macs and iOS X Mavericks was interesting, I honed in on features relating to the iPhone and iPad. Our own…

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Apple Unveils iOS 7

Today has been a big tech day.  While Microsoft was providing more details on the Xbox One at E3 Apple was showing off newest version of iOS at the Worldwide Developer’s Conference.  That’s right, with the release of iOS 7 Apple is doing their first major change to iOS since the iPhone was originally released…

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iThing of the Week: Games! Games! Games!

Last week, I ended my critique of Star Trek Rivals and Fast & Furious 6: The Game with the suggestion of playing something else. I would be remiss if I didn’t offer other games to play. In addition to Waking Mars and Ridiculous Fishing, the following are some of my favorite iOS games from the…

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Google+ is almost better than Facebook

Over the weekend a long time friend of mine made an announcement that he was going to be less active on Facebook instead spending more time on Google+. While I quite enjoyed Google+ when it launched I found the mobile app to be barely useable and the desktop version to be hit and miss –…

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iThing of the Week: Star Trek Rivals and Fast & Furious 6: The Game

Two of this summer’s biggest films are Star Trek Into Darkness and Fast & Furious 6. Coinciding with the release of these two films are two games for the iPhone and iPad. Both games are free with plenty of opportunities for in-game purchases and have little to offer in terms of enhancing their cinematic counterparts…

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