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iBackFlip Somersault available for preorder; watch creator explain improvements

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 3rd, 2012)

I met up with the guys behind iBackflip while at Macworld, and was impressed with their passion for design. Their first iBackflip was a pretty straightforward flip-down arm sling for the iPad. Using Velcro, it offered a basic black design and minimal extras. The new iBackflip Somersault, now ...

Atari team rejoins to make mobile titles

by Mike Schramm (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Seamus Blackley is one of the co-creators of Microsoft's original Xbox console, and he put together a really interesting team of old-school Atari game developers recently to make mobile games. Blackley's new company is called Innovative Leisure, and while the website isn't anything more than a ...

Apple resumes sales of 3G iPhones and iPads in Germany

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Earlier today, Apple was forced to remove the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (not the iPhone 4S), and all 3G iPads from its online store in Germany. This injunction was short-lived as Apple appealed and the German court suspended the ban. The company told Slashgear, "Apple appealed this ruling ...

iBooks Author Challenge: Adding spelling quizzes to iBooks

by Erica Sadun (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Dave Caolo and I were chatting this morning about iBooks and spelling. "It's not my daughter's favorite subject," he said, "and I'm looking for a way to make it more appealing to her." He asked if there could there be any way to incorporate spelling quizzes into iBooks via Author. The answer is, ...

Daily iPad App: Remarks for iPad tops the class in note-taking apps

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Two of the things that enchanted me most at Macworld | iWorld 2012 was the Jot stylus and a preview of Readdle's Remarks app. I've spent the past week looking at different note-taking apps to use with my new Jot Pro while waiting for Remarks to come out. The preview held not one, not two, but three ...

The Daily celebrates a year with 100,000 paid subscribers on iPad

by Mike Schramm (Feb 2nd, 2012)

One of the iPad's first regular periodical publications (if not the first one) The Daily launched a year ago. It's been a fairly rocky year. Originally, the Rupert Murdoch-funded app hoped it could get at least half a million subscriptions to keep its publication going; a few months ago we heard ...

Ticket to Ride Pocket adds asynchronous multiplayer

by Mike Schramm (Feb 2nd, 2012)

The pocket version of Ticket to Ride by Days of Wonder is among the best board game adaptations for the iPhone, and it's just gotten better with asynchronous multiplayer support. Now you can start a game with friends through Game Center, and take turns back and forth across the Internet. The ...

US government wants schools to embrace digital textbooks

by Steven Sande (Feb 2nd, 2012)

Although they haven't exactly explained how school systems or parents are going to pay for iPads or other tablets for every student, the US government is pushing a new initiative to move from standard printed textbooks to digital textbooks within the next five years. While it's good to see that a ...

Avid Studio takes iPad video editing to the next level

by Mel Martin (Feb 2nd, 2012)

Take that, Apple! Avid has just released an iPad iMovie competitor called Avid Studio. The US$4.99 app is a scaled-down version of Avid's pro video editing tools. Avid Studio features a timeline and storyboard, plus some iPad-friendly gestures so you can scale images and videos. You can arrange ...

Daily iPad App: Doodlecast Pro

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 2nd, 2012)

Last year, we looked at Doodlecast for kids from zinc Roe. It's an iPad app that lets your kids record themselves talking while they draw on the screen. The app records both the audio and the drawing and combines the two into a single video. My kids loved Doodlecast and continue to fill my iPad ...

Localized Flipboard Content guides available for UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 2nd, 2012)

Flipboard added another feature to its popular social stream and news reading app that'll please international users. Announced earlier this week, the company will be sending out three new Content guides for readers in Australia, Canada and the UK and Ireland. Folks in those countries will soon ...

Ghost Trick sneaks onto iOS tomorrow

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

I'm excited about this one -- Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective was one of the best mobile games on the year that didn't appear on iOS in 2011, but the wait is over: Though it's been on iOS in Japan for a little while, the game is finally coming to the App Store on this side of the world this ...

Daily iPad App: Sector 33

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 1st, 2012)

Do you think you have what it takes to be an air traffic controller? Before you're responsible for hundreds of lives, you should test your flight controlling skills with NASA's latest iOS app, Sector 33. Sector 33 is a game similar to Flight Control from Firemint, but a bit more realistic. You are ...

Pokertini from Smappsoft on display at Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

Smappsoft sought me out a few times at Macworld | iWorld this year, so I was glad to see what they've been up to. Last I saw the company, they were working on a puzzle game called Look Again, and since then they've released a few other titles, including Chinese 13 Card Poker and a version of Look ...

BearExtender turns its product mini at Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

Just before I headed out of San Francisco at the end of Macworld | iWorld last week, I met up with a few of the guys from BearExtender, who make an impressive product that will boost the Wi-Fi signal coming into your Mac. The guys were in San Francisco to show off the BearExtender Mini, which will ...