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EA Mobile and Chillingo Named Finalists for the Webby Awards

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Apr 16, 2012 | 0

EA Mobile and Chillingo have been nominated for the 16th Annual Webby Awards in the Games (Tablets & All Other Devices) category. Real Racing 2 HD and Contre Jour are among the five finalists selected in this group and are currently being considered for two awards: The Webby Award and The Webby People’s Voice Award.  

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Taposé Review for iPad

Posted by Mike Lata | Apr 12, 2012 | 2

Taposé is an app with a very interesting history. It was originally inspired by the ill-fated Microsoft tablet, the Courier. After being rejected by Apple and stuck in the approval process for what seems like forever, it has finally come to the iPad in great form. It is available for $2.99 from the App Store from Zanther, Inc.

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Businessweek App Launches on iPhone; Passes 100K iPad subscribers

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Apr 11, 2012 | 0

Bloomberg today announced that its award-winning Bloomberg Businessweek+ App is now available on the iPhone and iPod touch. Bloomberg also announced that the Bloomberg Businessweek+ App for iPad, launched back in April 2011, has now surpassed 100K subscribers. The app has helped Bloomberg broaden its reach globally with 35 percent of subscribers residing outside of the United States.

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Mirror Mirror: The Untold Adventures Review for iPad

Posted by Mike Lata | Apr 07, 2012 | 0

If you enjoy platforming games with a female lead character and ones based on classical fairy tales, check out Mirror Mirror: The untold Adventures. It is a universal app, so it plays well on the iPad in particular. You can grab it off the App Store for only $.99.

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iBike Coach Wins Communication Arts Magazine Award

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Mar 22, 2012 | 0

Velocomp LLP, www.iBikeDash.com, a leading sports technology company and makers of the iBike line of power meters and iBike Dash line of cycling computers, announced today that it has won Communication Arts Magazine’s 18th Annual Interactive Award for its innovative iBike Coach App. Awarded in the Information Design category, the iBike Coach app transforms your iPhone into an amazing GPS-based bike computer, tracking cycling speed, distance, and time, with social media features, videos, and maps, and one button access to music and phone features!

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Pulse News for iPad Goes Local

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Mar 09, 2012 | 0

Pulse, the most popular news-reader app for the iPad with 13M users, launched a brand new content category – “Local” – adding hundreds of new regional sources to connect users to the best local content near them.

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Video: Apple Unveils “The New iPad”

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Mar 07, 2012 | 0

Today, Apple unveiled “The new iPad”, a slightly thicker (0.6mm) and heavier (1.4 lbs) tablet than the iPad 2, which features a 2048 x 1536 retina display, an A5X processor, quad-core graphics and a 5-megapixel rear camera with optics similar to those found on its iPhone 4S. The new camera supports 1080p video recording. The new iPad, unlike its predecessor, now includes support for 4G LTE with speeds up to 73 Mbps.

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Where’s My Water? Makes App Store History

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Mar 05, 2012 | 0

Disney congratulates Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China, whose download of the hit game, Where’s My Water? Free, solidified Swampy’s spot in App Store history. In an official announcement by Apple today, the hit Disney game Where’s My Water? Free became the 25 billionth app to be downloaded from the App Store.

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Apple Special Event Scheduled for March 7

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Mar 01, 2012 | 0

According to AllThingsD, invitations were handed out for Apple’s upcoming special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on March 7th. The event, based on the graphic on the invite, is believed to be the announcement for the next evolution of the iPad.

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Mobiles Republic Launches APPY Geek, the best-rated tech news app for iPad

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Feb 21, 2012 | 0

Mobiles Republic, a leading publisher of applications for smartphones, tablets and connected devices, today announces that its popular free news apps News Republic, APPY Geekand Glam Life logged close to a million active users and 100 million page views in the month of January 2012. This achievement comes on the heels of the company’s recent announcement that all three apps have reached the Top 10 on Android Market™.

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Galaxy on Fire 2 HD on sale!

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Feb 07, 2012 | 0

Fishlabs’ award-winning outer space adventure Galaxy on Fire 2 HD featuring the hotshot space war hero Keith T. Maxwell has just undergone a price drop. The epic scifi shooter and trader, which offers 10+ hours of action-packed gameplay in a vast universe consisting of more than 20 star systems, is now available on the App Store for the special price of $4,99 / €3,99 / £2,99. The offer is valid for a limited time only. Furthermore, the add-on Valkyrie will be released in March 2012 in an exclusive HD version specifically optimized for iPhone 4S and iPad 2. In the add-on, Keith will have to face his most dangerous enemy so far and unravel the darkened mysteries and evil conspiracies taking place on board of the heavily armed Valkyrie station.

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NewsFlash – Breaking News & World Headlines RSS Reader Now Available

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Jan 31, 2012 | 0

NewsFlash is an iOS app that lets you quickly catch-up with all the breaking news from the leading publications, all merged into a single news feed. NewsFlash is dead simple to use and doesn’t require any setup. Just launch the app and all the latest news is right there – in seconds.

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Where’s My Water? Campaign To Raise Awareness for Fresh Water

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Jan 23, 2012 | 0

Conservation International announced the launch of a new awareness raising effort with Disney using the free versions of the popular game Where’s My Water? as a fun way to educate users about the value of fresh water.

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Disney Mobile Holiday Sales Figures

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Jan 06, 2012 | 0

Just this week, Mobile analytics firm Flurry announced a report that the combined iOS and Android new app downloads from December 25-31 topped 1.2 billion. At Disney Mobile we experienced some significant growth as well, and wanted to share some key figures from the holiday season:

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