Recently, a company called VS Technologies is suing Twitter because a patent was breached called “Method and system for creating an interactive virtual community of famous people”. The U.S. patent, also known as no. 6,408,309 deals specifically with Twitter allowing users and celebrities to interact online. This is obviously true but technically can't any social... Continue Reading →
iPad replacing textbooks in one Tennessee school
A private school in Tennessee, called Web School, has decided to go digital with their textbooks for students with the iPad. According to 9to5Mac, the Knoxville-based Web school will actually require all fourth-grade to 12th-grade students for next year to purchase or rent the iPad. To rent the iPad it will only cost $20 per... Continue Reading →
iPad Touchscreen Issues [update]
Today while I was trying to enter Flipboard, which I have in the seventh screen on my iPad user interface, I've ran into some weird trouble. At first I just thought a part of my touch screen is damaged on the lower left where Flipboard is located but soon came to realize the whole screen... Continue Reading →
Big Push for iPad and Tablet-Based Publications
It appears that News Corporation and Apple are really trying to make The Daily a total success and delayed the publication to figure out how to make it most successful. Magazines not long ago saw a drop in readership on the iPad and the news must have been discouraging to Apple. This is the reason... Continue Reading →
Crazy iPad 2 Rumors Appear on Engadget
According to Engadget, the iPad 2 might have a new and faster processor and a retina-like display with double the current pixel density. It might also sport an SD card slot. I think the rumors sound wonderful if true but a bit farfetched. That is if the iPad successor, rumored to be coming out and... Continue Reading →
Where Does the iPad Fit in Citizen Journalism
I found a great little piece with a long two-part audio segment relating to citizen journalism and Web-based journalism: Journalism? Are you crazy? The message is clear; anyone who has anything to say can be heard and do reporting these days. We do not need gatekeepers anymore. My experience with print media has been less... Continue Reading →
Update On What I’ve Been Doing, Writing About
Hello to anyone who reads this blog. I haven't added any recent reviews or updates in a while but have been pretty busy. I've been writing for AppModo (as well as subsidiaries of iPadModo and MacModo) right now and here is my profile with a list of stories I've written in the past week or so:... Continue Reading →
Evac HD Review: Pac-Man Modernized, in Flashy Pink
Evac HD by Hexage is a great tribute to simpler arcade games of a past era -- notably Pac-Man and its offshoots -- but the game offers a completely new way to complete the main objective of collecting dots to exit a level. Instead of just avoiding enemies and waiting for the one powerup allowing... Continue Reading →
Battlezone 3D Eastern Front Review: Freemium-Online-Tank Warfare
-This review was also posted on TheAppera The warfare on the eastern front in World War 2 consisted of huge clashes of arms between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Not many games or even films can capture the immensity of the conflict. Tanks after tanks were thrown into cauldrons and smashed to pieces. It... Continue Reading →
Big Day for Touch Gamers as Five Heavy Hitters Get Unleashed
(nodpad link to my article) Thursday is a big day for iOS game releases. Infinity Blade, Puzzle Quest 2, Dead Rising, Dungeon Hunter 2, and Illusia are already out in the New Zealand App Store and coming to Europe and U.S. in less than a day. Puzzle Quest 2 was submitted December 1 but was... Continue Reading →

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