Stephen Hackett of 512pixels.net fame used to work as an Apple Genius and he’s chosen to share his exploits and adventures behind the glass, wood, and aluminum curtain in Bartending: Memoirs of an Apple Genius. He’s also used his considerable prowess as a writer to do so in insightful, humorous form. Here’s the teaser, and [...]
Archive for April 10th, 2012
Bartending: Memoirs of an Apple Genius tells the story of the people behind the bar
Posted by ryan on April 10th, 2012
Ghostbusters augmented reality iPhone and iPad game on the way
Posted by ryan on April 10th, 2012
XMG Studios announced the first official Ghostbuster game for mobile at PAX East 2012 last week. Ghostbusters: Paranormal Blast is ambitiously going to tackle both augmented reality and location-based genres; different spots around town will have a random ghost inhabiting it, and your job is to, well, bust it. After starting your ghost hunt, you [...]
SGP GLAS.t Screen Protector for iPhone review
Posted by ryan on April 10th, 2012
SGP GLAS.t Screen Protector for iPhone review The SGP GLAS.t Screen Protector is simply the best iPhone screen protector I’ve ever used. By far. If you switched from a phone with a plastic screen to the iPhone’s spectacular glass screen, then you know how different the feeling is. It’s like night and day. Glass is [...]
Hunters 2 review: Track down aliens on your iPhone one turn at a time
Posted by ryan on April 10th, 2012
Being in a gritty far-future sci-fi universe with big honkin’ guns doesn’t mean politeness goes out the window, just wait your turn to blow the bad guy away. Hunters 2 is a relatively new game for iPhone which corners a very specific (but hardcore) niche. It’s a turn-based tactical combat game where you tailor futuristic [...]
Could carriers rebel against the high costs of Apple’s iPhone?
Posted by ryan on April 10th, 2012
If a carrier, like AT&T, wants to improve profitability on iPhone sales, it has to do so by reducing the subsidy. The only way to reduce the subsidy is to get Apple to drop its pricing, or to sell at a higher contract price Yesterday, on Wall Street, we saw something rare. An Apple analyst [...]
Speck Products CandyShell for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 only $19.95 [Daily deal]
Posted by ryan on April 10th, 2012
For today only the iMore iPhone accessory store has the Speck Products CandyShell for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 on sale for only $19.95! That’s a whopping 43% off! Shop Speck Products CandyShell for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 now! The Speck Products CandyShell combines both hard shell and soft rubbery protection in a one-piece [...]
Georgia: How I use my iPhone 4S as a therapist
Posted by ryan on April 10th, 2012
I’ve been using mobile devices since the Handspring Prism and switched to the iPhone in 2010 when it first arrived in Canada. Slowly but surely, I’ve come to rely on it more and more, not only for blogging here on iMore, but for managing my day job as a therapist. My iPhone’s built-in alarm wakes [...]
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Tags: Georgia, Handspring Prism, Shazam Free Download, SMS 
Comments OffPadzilla Too Interactive Case delivers the largest ever gesture controlled iPad experience
Posted by ryan on April 10th, 2012
Crunchy Logistics has demonstrated its latest innovation designed for the iPad. The new product which will be known as the Padzilla Too Interactive Case lets you use your new iPad together with a Microsoft Kinect and a huge high definition display. This is the largest interactive reproduction of an iPad in the world spanning 24 [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod Tags: Crunchy Logistics, LED, Microsoft Kinect, Padzilla Case Comments Offpicplz review: An alternative to Instagram
Posted by ryan on April 10th, 2012
After the big news that Facebook acquired Facebook, many users rushed to delete their Instagram accounts because they were unhappy about the deal and don’t trust Facebook with their photos. But where are these users to go? I set out on a hunt for a good alternative to Instagram for these users and found picplz. [...]
Why Facebook bought Instagram and what it means for Apple and iOS
Posted by ryan on April 10th, 2012
With Facebook buying Instagram, the world’s largest social network site scooped up one of the fastest accelerating social network apps. The cost for the acquisition was $1 billion in stock and cash. That’s roughly twice what many thought Instagram was worth, which begs the question — why? It wasn’t for the technology behind the social [...]
