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Anomaly Korea now available from Google Play for $2.99

December 21, 2012

Anomaly Korea, the sequel to the award-winning Anomaly Warzone Earth, is now available for download via Google Play. The game about an all-out invasion of the earth by a race of giant alien machines comes just in time for (supposed) end of the world. Anomaly Korea features 12 new missions, new powerups and tactical units, [...]

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iOS app switcher goes from The Verge forums to the iPhone screen

December 21, 2012
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The iOS app switcher is in serious need of an overhaul, and back in October, forum member Sentry took it upon himself to give it just that. He mocked up an app switcher that would make use of the extra vertical space on the iPhone 5’s screen with card-like icons that give users more information [...]

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‘Cut The Rope’ Creators’ Newest Game, ‘Pudding Monsters’, Encourages You To Save Pudding From Being Eaten, Piss Off Bill Cosby

December 20, 2012
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One of the bigger mobile games that still somehow manages to disappear under the marketing behemoth of Angry Birds is Cut the Rope. Now, the company behind that title has released a new adventure: Pudding Monsters. The basic gist is, there is red, gelatinous pudding in the fridge, and man is the guy who owns [...]

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NC State builds stretchable wires from liquid metal, keeps headphones humming (video)

December 19, 2012
NC State builds stretchable wires from liquid metal, keeps headphones humming video

More than a few of us have had that moment of panic when our headphone cords catch on an object and cut the listening short — sometimes permanently. Researchers at North Carolina State University could help mitigate those minor musical catastrophes with wiring that stretches up to eight times its normal length. The method fills [...]

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Upcoming Game ‘ShaqDown’ Brings Shaq’s Career And Mutant Zombies Back From The Dead To Fight Each Other

December 18, 2012
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I’d like to start this piece Peter Jackson style: with a longer-than-necessary flashback to provide background on this story. Back in the 90s, kids were all about two things: basketball and fighting games. We loved Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Space Jam and Shaquille O’Neal. Or so the legends go. As a result, in 1994, some [...]

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‘SpongeBob Diner Dash’ pulled from App Store after privacy complaints

December 18, 2012
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The children’s game SpongeBob Diner Dash is no longer available in the iOS App Store, hours after the FTC was asked to investigate the companies behind it. The New York Times reports that the non-profit group Center for Digital Democracy asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate both Nickelodeon and mobile-game developer PlayFirst, alleging that [...]

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[Giveaway] Win $500 Coding Services From PSD2HTML

December 17, 2012

We’re excited to bring a new contest to our readers! If you have a PSD file and wish to convert it into HTML/CSS code, mobile template or WordPress theme, you’ll like what we have up for grabs. We have teamed up with a professional PSD to HTML conversion service provider, PSD2HTML.com, to give away prizes [...]

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How Aviary came back from the brink to power photo filters for Twitter and Flickr

December 17, 2012
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As the veteran venture capitalist Bill Gurley said recently, it’s important to be an optimist in the startup business, as most great tech companies “will sail close to death and then rise up again.” Just a year and a half ago, Aviary, a New York startup focused on creative tools for photo editing, was certainly [...]

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Expansys UK removes HTC Butterfly from listings, won’t be flying into Europe after all

December 17, 2012
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Following the announcement of the 5-inch, 1080p HTC Butterfly for China, a lot of people — including us — started getting a little excited when some signs of the device appeared on European retailers websites. HTC confirmed to us at the time that the device was officially only launching in China, leading us to believe [...]

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