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From the makers of Tasty Planet comes the developer's newest creation, Laser Dolphin! The game is a mix of hyper gameplay with bizarre enemies and the hero dolphin with a laser beam strapped to his head (insert Austin Powers joke here)! The Prime Minister has been abducted by aliens and there is only one mammal...

Reports today point to Apple possibly changing the App Store app review policies by no longer accepting user reviews from users who downloaded an app via a promotional code. According to Apple representatives, the policy chance has been made to help prevent developers from boosting their profiles by using entire batches of promotional codes. I...

The makers of Icy have a new project in the mix. It's called Lima/fr0st, and will allow the installation of jailbreak apps/tweaks via Mobile Safari. The problem with Cydia is that it's slow, and always 'Reloading Data' (even though it was sped up recently). Lima plans to bypass Cydia and take full advantage of Mobile...

Last night, news broke that Osama Bin Laden had finally been killed by the USA, where he was hiding out in Pakistan. I tweeted "Looks like iOS Location Tracking has paid off", a tongue-in-cheek comment in relation to Apple's PR blip over location tracking. Well, it appears cartoonist Starline read my mind because she has...

Things is one of the best 'Get Things Done' (GTD) apps (read our Things vs OmniFocus review here), and the group at Cultured Code has finally announced Things Cloud Sync Beta has officially kicked off. Unlike OmniFocus (the most powerful GTD app), cloud sync solutions have been delayed for Things to the point where it...

RIM has announced the acquisition of ubitexx (makers of ubi-Suite, a device management system) and by doing so will bring Blackberry Enterprise Server to iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. The multi-platform BlackBerry Enterprise Solution will be comprised of optional architectural components based on the configuration of an organization’s mobile deployment and their operational...

With the launch of the white iPhone 4, reports of the device being slightly thicker than its black counterpart made headlines. Savvy users compared the two devices side by side which revealed the white iPhone 4 being a little thicker. Days later, Apple VP of Worldwide Marketing indicated that the white iPhone 4 was not...

With the latest drama about iOS location services and data tracking, Apple indicated that it would push out an iOS update to address the issue. It now seems that the iOS 4.3.3 update is due within the next week or two. The upcoming iOS update (build 8J2) will reportedly address the following: - The update...

Addictive, simple and fun. These are the words used to describe game play from the iOS game Plane Rush. Plane Rush features original sound and music wrapped up in simple and fun game play. The goal of Plane Rush is to ensure the survival of the plane by avoiding various obstacles such as the cave...

With Apple's recent record Q2 2011 earnings call that resulted in their war chest of cash growing to $66 billion dollars, it's no surprise this is thanks to the surge of iOS device sales. According to IHS iSuppli, Apple surpassed Nintendo to rank second only to Samsung in the purchase of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors...

Jason Snell, via Macworld: Apple’s philosophy, then, is not to release a vague statement and then stall while the company figures things out. Instead, the company prefers to remain silent until it can offer a thorough explanation and announce a solution. In both cases, the company also used its response to rope in its competitors,...

It was generally accepted that the only real difference, aside from the thickness issue, between the white iPhone 4 and black iPhone 4 was the color. However a teardown of the white device reveals a modified camera lens and proximity sensor. As noted by Japanese Apple blog MacOtakara, a white iPhone 4 teardown reveals that...