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Ticket to Ride began as a hugely successful board game, winning the 2004 Spiel des Jahres (German for Game of the Year) and selling over 2 million copies. Earlier this week, Days of Wonder (the publisher) made the jump to the iPhone and iPod touch with the release of Ticket to Ride Pocket. If you...

Susan Kare's work is scattered throughout the classic Mac OS and still prevails in parts of OS X. In an article from PLoS some of her original Mac OS icons sketches are shown off. Here's the back story: Inspired by the collaborative intelligence of her fellow software designers, Kare stayed on at Apple to craft...

Brandon over at fiquett has figured out how to use Siri to control his car via the Viper Smart Start module installed inside his vehicle. I created a new ruby plugin that is used by plamoni's "Siri Proxy", a proxy server for Apple's Siri assistant. This proxy server allows for the creation of custom plugins...

Remember that hilarious Samsung commercial released that mocked Apple 'fanboys' waiting in line for the iPhone 4S? Turns out the original full length commercial was a compilation of smaller clips. Here are the other shorter clips from Samsung USA's YouTube channel (via @stephenbcleary), most likely made to air on TV. One new commercial mocks the...

One of my favourite apps, ScoreMobile (launched in 2008) has been updated for the iPhone. The latest 3.0 update was part of a complete redesign that includes support for iOS 5, alongside a new gesture-based interface. These guys made an already awesome app even better. Here's what's new: What's New In Version 3.0 * Completely...

Instead of acknowledging Siri's sheer brilliance, Microsoft's chief strategy and research officer Craig Mundie has told Forbes in an interview that Apple's iPhone 4S exclusive voice assistant technology is nothing special. He rather argued that Microsoft has had a similar capability in Windows Phones for more than a year, since Windows Phone 7 was introduced....

Infinity Blade 2, the second title from the iOS exclusive RPG franchise by Epic Games is due for launch on December 1st and ahead of the highly anticipated release, a developer trailer has just been released which reveals pretty amazing game visuals. The trailer shows developers discussing the Infinity Blade 2's high-end graphics which will...

Yesterday news broke about an app from Big Fish Games that allowed the company to implement a subscription-based model for 'all you can eat games' from its iOS game library. After some speculation about how this was allowed, John Gruber points to an updated Bloomberg story that notes the app has since been removed from...

A new exhibit has sprung up to honour the inventions of Steve Jobs in Alexandria, Virginia. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) unveiled 30 massive iPhone-like models showcasing 300+ patents that lists Jobs as the inventor or co-inventor. It's like a walk down memory lane for Apple aficionados. “This exhibit commemorates the far-reaching impact...

In a recent note to clients, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek writes that manufacturers are "scrambling" to react to claims that Apple is preparing to enter the television set market. Based on our discussions, interestingly other TV manufacturers have begun a scrambling search to identify what iTV will be and do. They hope to avoid the...

The Academy Award winning writer, Aaron Sorkin, has confirmed he was asked by Sony to write a biopic about Steve Jobs in an interview with E! Online: "Sony has asked me to write the movie and it's something I'm strongly considering. Right now I'm just in the thinking-about-it stages…It's a really big movie and it's...

Opera Mini, the famous web browser for mobile devices, is perhaps the best browser offering by Opera till date. According to a recent publication by TNW, the company has announced an 83% increase in Opera Mini usage over the past year hitting the 140 million users mark in October 2011. The report also claims that 22 countries...