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Bad News — Your Cell Phone Doesn’t Really Cure Acne
If you’re one of the 11,600 people who paid $1.99 for “Acne App”, we’ve got some bad news. Flashing red and blue lights at your face doesn’t really cure acne. Continue reading
Netflix Coming to the Nintendo 3DS — Will Display 3-D Movies
The 3DS is now useful for something other than headache-inducing matches of Dead or Alive — soon, you’ll be able to view movies in 3-D by using a Netflix 3DS app. Continue reading
UFO on Tape: Imagination as the Original Augment
A deft, original game that combines throwback imagery with physical gameplay—its very simplicity demonstrating the power of game development. Video after the jump. Continue reading
App? There’s a Word for That
“App” isn’t just a shortened word and a new slang term; it’s a word for a shortened, slang application, says game designer and critic Ian Bogost. It’s breaking the dominance of applications suites of old—and perhaps shattering the aesthetics of computing along the way. Continue reading
OMG, Is That a Guitar on Your iPad?
A ukulele is still a better option for guitarists on the go. But Amidio’s OMGuitar approaches the six-string “interface” with refreshing sensitivity. Continue reading
The Mac App Store Is Open
Cupertino opens up the north forty for farming as app-culture’s Green Revolution continues apace. Continue reading
iPad as Chew Toy
In the app store, no one knows you’re a dog. Continue reading
No technology ever dies
An animated reverse-history of communications media that goes from apps to web to video to clay to slate and chalk. In six seconds. Continue reading
Augment your tempo with the slow down app
By slowing down your music, this app helps you keep below the speed limit. Whether it makes driving safer or not, it’s a reminder that augmented reality is about more than images. Continue reading
Sampling the soundtrack of daily life? Now there’s an app
it can be difficult to find genuinely useful apps for content creation of any kind. Shrink a powerful sampling keyboard down to iPhone size, and maybe you’ve got an answer. Continue reading
