Personally I don't like this game, but it was recommended by official, Apple-owned, Twitter account of App Store so I bought it (price: $0.99). This app has been published by Chillingo, who has many games in the App Store. So it is not an indy game per se, but credits show that, in fact, some small company developed it. And as you can see above they used ShiVa 3D game engine (a multiplatform engine), so this game might come to other platforms too. Let's take a look at this game! First thing that makes me angry is that this app insists on you being signed-into Game Center, and if you are signed...


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ivoke takes one stop shopping to a whole new level. Take your photo, edit it with Color Splurge, and then turn it into a memory to have shipped straight to your door. You  can do all this directly from the Color Splurge app. Take a new photo, use an existing photo from your photo album, or a photo from your Facebook album. Once you've uploaded your photo, you can desaturate the color - you know, add in color to only where you want it. It's a very simple app that does exactly what it's supposed to do. In the above photo you can see a photo I desaturated of my nephew playing soccer....


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I received many emails leading up to this year's CTIA. None piqued my interest so much as the one promising the CEO would be bringing his "industrial drop test machine." So I went to the Tech21 website to see what this could be about, and found this really cool video. You can check it out for yourself later, but the gist is, they wrap this guy's hand in this orange goop and bash it with a hammer - and he doesn't feel a thing. Are you as intrigued as I was? What makes Impactology™ unique is the secret ingredient D30® Impact Fabric used within our designs. It's composed of a non-Newtonian...


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Having been disappointed by the some of my other batteries’ lack of ability to hold a charge, I went looking for a new one which I hoped would perform better. The one I found was XPal Power’s Energi to Go 18,000mAh (yeah, 18,000!), which is licensed by Energizer. I put this battery to the test during CTIA, and I have to say it simply blew my socks off. This battery is pretty good sized at 7in x 4.5in x .75in, and it weighs about 2 pounds. But given the amount of power this thing packs, it isn’t bad at all. In theory, 18,000mAh is enough to charge the average smart phone 10 times. So,...


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Billed on Kickstarter as "the world's smallest articulating iPhone stand," the Tiltpod was funded for 637% of their $10,000 goal. When I opened the box containing the packaged Tiltpod, my first thought was "it's so tiny!" It's small enough to carry on your keyring, and even comes with a ring so that you can carry it with you. I feel compelled to point out before going further, that although the Tiltpod is made for the iPhone 4/4s, it fits the Droid X2 perfectly - so much so that after taking photos of the Droid in it, I was informed that I was not getting the Tiltpod back.      What...


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If there is a foreign language worth learning, then it must be Mandarin - the language spoken in mainland China and Taiwan. In recent years China has overtaken Japan and Germany, and is now the second largest economy of the world. And according to many analysts, in 10 years it will also overtake the USA. Here I am reviewing an app that helps you to teach yourself Mandarin language pronunciation. What is particular about this app is: it is made by Microsoft Research - a division of Microsoft that is working on products that are usually not directly commercialised (this app is free too). While...


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We visited the PayAnywhere booth at Showstoppers at CTIA to see what was new. If you own a business, this is a must have! Watch the video below for the full demo, and then listen to the next episode of Convertcast to see how you can win one for yourself.


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A while back, I wrote a review of a Clingo car mount. At CTIA, I met with Allsop's marketing manager, Kelli Veening, and she showed me some of the new products they are unveiling.      In addition to some new tablet stands, they now have a tablet brand-agnostic blue tooth keyboard case which uses their incredibly sticky gel to secure any 10" tablet to the hard plastic back.  The back secures to the keyboard (which is also encased in a sturdy plastic shell) via several small magnets, creating a total sleek and protective unit.  Because the tablet sleek us actually a separate unit from...


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Although I tend to be careful about what I download to my device, with the news about the rise of viruses in the Google Play store, I decided to look for an anti-virus solution for my phone.  What I found was Lookout Security, which is that and so much more.  For those of you who listen to the ConvertCast, you will remember that my pick of the week on May 6th was Plan B, which was created by the engineers at Lookout Mobile Security. I met with Michelle Masek at Mobile Focus, who was thrilled to hear that Plan B was my choice. While Plan B is a reactive solution meant for those people who think...


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When you go to an event like CTIA, you want to find something that just blows your socks off. I was lucky enough to find that something quickly, and almost by accident. Having spent two years in Taiwan as a teen, I find myself drawn to the Taiwan pavilion at CTIA, and it was there that I discovered Esoterism. Even the signage  in their booth was a mechanical drawing done by their artistic director, who happens to be a professor of art at one of Taipei's most prestigious art institutes. We will look at two pieces as they were presented to me. Aluminum bumper cases for the iPhone 4/4S, you can tell...


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