GAMEVIl got this game absolutely right. Old school video game baseball comes to the iPad and iPhone. Everything about this game reminds me of the days of the Nintendo Famicon or NES as it is called in the rest of the world outside of Japan. The style of characters in the game remind you of those old time games and the way that baseball was played. We downloaded the App, and even though there are options for more G-Points,we chose…
Program: Namco Arcade Platform iPad and iPhone URL: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/namco-arcade/id465606050?mt=8 Price: Free (Somewhat) NamcoBandai Games has released their entry into the realm of vintage gaming on the iPhone and iPad, Namco Arcade. Sadly, this is as far as the excitement went. While many of us who lived in the arcades in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the quarters we plunked into the machines were for real play on real machines. We certainly were not willing then nor now to buy…
SMK-Link has introduced a new docking stand for the iPad which essentially turned the iPad into a desktop. The PadDock 10 or VP3650 Ver. 2 allows you to not only use it as a desk top, but also adds speakers, has full 360 degree rotational ability and a really cool option, tilting. The PadDock 10 has two speakers built into the stand and is currently only compatible with the iPad2. Obviously a bluetooth keyboard would need to be used for…
Apple Inc (AAPL) closed up slightly on Friday, regaining $3.01 by the end of After Hours trading on Friday to close at $447.64 USD a share. The stock had been trading in the $444 USD a share level after reading a high above $454 USD a share post Q1 2012 profit announcement. Thus far, this year, return on Apple Inc. stock shares are up over 30 percent making it one of the best performers on the market.
In this day and age where iPhones and iPads can be tracked using the Where’s my iPhone App, you would think that thieves would take a bit of a more cautious approach. This time, the perpetrator robbed a woman in a handbag store at gun point. He took the woman’s purse and her iPhone, sticking the later item in his boot. When Police Office Robert Garland got on the job, he simply used the App to track the iPhone using…
The latest incarnation of the Eamon Adventurers franchise, Eamon Deluxe 5.0 has been shipped to beta testers. Thus far, the program is only available in Win32 format, however, other formats including Mac OS X versions will be released in the coming days. Thus far, there are 20 beta testers with room for 10 more on the team. Frank Kunze, author of Eamon Deluxe has been continuing work on the system and also on the conversion of the older Eamon adventures. …
Apple Inc. (AAPL) stock is off by $1.11 at $443.52 as of 9:01 AM EST, dropping nearly a dollar in the last hour of morning trading. While some of the morning trading has some push back, it would appear that there is some profit taking going on after the stocks $30.00 rise this past week. Analysts have projected a big rise in the stock over the coming months but so far, there is so much negative news after the record…
An article posted in TechBuggalo is suggesting that Apple is working on a new television based on Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology. The TV would be controlled by an enhanced version of Apple’s Siri voice control as well as iOS based apps on the TV. Supposedly it will be released sometime in APril or May according to the report Source: Tech Buffalo
The Age of Reason BBS which runs on a real Apple //e is down at the moment. This week, Washinton state has several back to back storms causing power outages throughout the western part of the state. A power spike sent the machine into oblivion and in talking with Gene Buckle, the curator of the BBS, he still doesnt know exactly what is wrong with it. Age of Reason runs on GBBS Pro, a BBS package written by Greg Schaefer…
Kevin Dady is known for his strange hacks over the years, but this one is actually useful to Apple //c Owners. Not wanting to purchase an Apple //c joystick, Kevin set out to build himself one, using a thumb controller from an XBox controller. The result of that and a few parts from Radio Shack is a game controller that looks every bit the modern piece of equipment except for the old 9 pint //c connector. Kevin has posted a…
Apple Inc (AAPL) took a small dip after a fairly rambunctious morning trading session. With no clear definition in the market prior to 10am, trading stayed in the $447 USD a share range. However, with the start of MacWorld today and no Apple presence, the stock began to take s slow downward spiral until stabilizing in the $444 USD range. The stock closed the days regular trading at $444.63 USD a share and is now up clightly in the After…
Karelia Software has released an update to their Sandvox Website Creator. Sandvox is an easy to use website creation package which allows users to create entire websites within a matter of minutes rather than days and weeks. Sandvox 2.5 has included some automatic features allowing notifications to be sent to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and even email. Also included in this version are the following changes: Version 2.5 requires a minimum of Mac OS X 10.6.and now has Full screen mode. …
Yesterday, Tim Cook held a town hall meeting with employees of Apple Inc. While there were several items discussed, perhaps the biggest surprise was the new employee discounts that Apple employees will get. Each employee will get $500 off Mac Purchases and $250 off iPad purchases, once every three years. The discounts will begin in June 2012 and it is only available to employees who have been with the company for more than 90 days. It is also not applicable…
Motorola files a lawsuit against Apple claiming infringement of 6 patents. The lawsuit came with the full permission of Google who has been going after Apple in a proxy war to claim more of the pot of gold. The lawsuit filed today asks the courts for an injunction against the iPhone 4S and Apple’s iCloud service saying that they are infringing upon the following patents: U.S. Patent No. 5,710,987 on a “receiver having concealed external antenna” U.S. Patent No. 5,754,119…
Apple, Inc. (AAPL) soared to more than 455 USD yesterday, however today, it is trading down ad 446.50 as of 5:14pm EST. Apple’s stock price shot up more than 30 dollars a share immediately after first quarter profits for 2012 were announced on the 24th. The stock traded mostly flat on the day as several analysts projected that Apple stock will go through the $650 mark specified by Rob Cihra of Evercore Partners. Analyst comment from Wedbush Securities gave the…
The book that has created the most buzz lately is Inside Apple by Adam Lashinsky. The book delves into the inner workings of Apple, Inc. and how they manage to maintain their competitive edge with their shroud of secrecy. Talked about over the past several weeks by many in the media, the long awaited book is now available in the iTunes Store To Download the book in iTunes, go to: http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/inside-apple/id444015286?mt=11
Opera Software ASA has posted an update for their Opera Browser. The update, version 11.61.1250 updates a bevy of issues in a number of realms within the software including: User interface Issues New web handlers tab in the Site Preferences dialog cut off, dialog not wide enough Crash when clicking “Use master password to protect saved passwords” checkbox Occasional crash when clicking a link or opening a new tab Opera crashes when closing a tab that has the Star Menu…
Apple, Inc. (AAPL) is continuing the trend set yesterday evening, with the stock at 453.00 at 7:17AM EST in pre-market trading or up 32.59 USD (7.75 percent) from yesterdays close. The record profits announced by Apple yesterday has been driving the climb and in spite of some issues in the supply chain, this upward trend is not likely to change for a while, or at least until the rest of the market digests the numbers. The tech sector as a…
Lim Thaye Chen has made his Virtual GS Programming book available in both PDF and iBook format on the Virtual GS website. The book is the first Apple ][ specific book to have been created with the new iBooks Author package introduced by Apple this month. You can download the book in it’s entirety for free from the Virtual GS website at: http://virtual-gs.appspot.com/web/Book.html
A great graphic on Gizmodo last evening shows the amount of cash Apple has on hand when stacked would soar to an altitude of 6,583 miles above the earth. That distance represents a distance more than 32 times that which the International Space Station orbits at. Source: Gizmodo
