The office has been playing Sims since it very first came out. We initially had it installed on the computer in our lobby with team members coming through updating their people in the game. We learned though that if you don’t keep an eye on things, you can come back to a Sim standing on [...]
We were split in the office about what we wanted to talk about in this post: We are seeing app updates being more about user experience and interfaces getting tuned… or did we talk about if people getting free previews are more or less likely to buy a product. The app that fit both of [...]
In case you missed the news, Apple announced a few months back that they were putting some rules around apps that sell ebooks through the app. You can offer to sell the eBooks as long as you also offer the ebooks through the iTunes store. Giving users the choice, one path of which get’s Apple [...]
We have mentioned a layout app on the iPad called ScrapPad before. An electronic Scrapbooking app for the iPad that has proven to be fun for many members of the family. The update that came out this last week includes bits that are specially designed for Father’s Day creations. Playing with ScrapPad’s included free “Father [...]
There are quite a few language translation apps available. Everyone has their preference. Which can be towards an app that is quick to use, helps to actually learn the language, has a huge list of words or provides complete sentences. New to this group for us is iPhraseBook. It looks good, is fast to use [...]
Walking through Barnes & Noble this weekend, there was a crowd to walk through gathered in the Nook area. A lot of eyes on the new color Nook. One lady stook out from the crowd, she was tapping a larger screen… not joking here… she was standing in the middle of the area working on [...]
Every weekend we grab a game… if we finished the one from the previous weekend. The game is voted on with games release the week we are in carry a half vote. This way we don’t have everyone in the office voting in the new game, it has to be something everyone has thought about [...]
If you get by Amazon much, you will be reminded that the Amazon Kindle eBook reader is still available for free. It runs on the iPad quite well actually. Many people where fence sitting on the iPad since they owned a Kindle and didn’t want to loose their purchases, was concerned about reading on a [...]
