If we are being honest then what the world really needs for 2013 is a real life TARDIS which is bigger inside than outside. The name of Dr Who’s favourite mode of transport stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space and a keen fan has decided to build one for himself. The chap in question is called Greg Kumparak and the US based designer decided that his Thanksgiving break was the perfect time to see if he could bring the TARDIS to life. So how did he make the inside bigger than the outside? Well, he used augmented reality, of course. From...
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The cheeky little picture which Rovio put out a week or so ago let us know that another variant on their staggeringly popular Angry Birds game was on the way. Now it has been confirmed that the new release will be called Angry Birds Star Wars. That’s right; a classic of the games world has been teamed up with the ever popular sci-fi film. The Finnish games developer has linked arms with Lucasfilm and promise to bring us a game which will take us from “the deserts of Tatooine to the depths of the Death Star”. It is said to bring...
The days of burying our noses in a giant and wildly flapping map seem to be over; at least for some of us. The new Tom Tom mobile app for Android devices has now been launched, although it isn’t yet supported on all of the Android phones and tablets. Let’s start with the bad news then. If you own a Google Nexus 7, an HTC One X or X+, a Samsung Galaxy S3 or a Samsung Galaxy Note then you will still need one of those big maps which always seem to get blown about at precisely the wrong moment, or a traditional SatNav device. This is because...
Microsoft Corp. has unveiled the new SmartGlass streaming app and the new Xbox Music service at the company’s press conference in this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). In the company’s goal to make the Xbox 360 console more than just for gaming, the new Xbox Music service will grant users access to more than 30 million tracks. The app will not only work on Xbox 360 consoles, but also on both Windows Phone 7 smartphones and Windows 8 PCs and tablets. The announcement also serves as the death of the company’s...
Social networking giant Facebook is now joining the app store game with the announcement of its App Center. Facebook claims that the new App Center will help developers get their mobile and web applications discovered by a larger audience. The App Center will not only become a part of Facebook website, but also its Android and iOS apps. It will feature free and paid apps, just like the Apple App Store and Google Play. “For the over 900 million people that use Facebook, the App Center will become the new, central place to find great...
Temple Run, one of the most popular apps in iOS and one of the most highly anticipated mobile games has been launched recently on the Android platform. The game has been a huge hit on the iOS platform (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) and Android users have been asking its developers to make a version for Google-based platform for quite a while now. Now that the app is already out, the app has been receiving heavy downloads from the Android world. “We are excited to finally share the Android release date with our fans who have been so...
News that popular photo-sharing service Instagram coming to Android has been talked about by fans for a while now. Now, its creators are opening up registrations in preparation for its coming release. The registration provides owners of Android devices the chance to be the first ones to get Instagram, reported tech news website The Next Web. “Using nothing more than a single form, Instagram fans can enter their email address to sign up for what could be a beta release of the app before it hits Google Play, Amazon’s Appstore and...
Apple has announced the lucky winner who downloaded the 25 billionth app from its iTunes store. Qingdao’s Chunli Fu, a Chinese iOS device owner, won a $10,000 iTunes gift card by downloading the free version of Disney’s hit game Where’s My Water? This feat only shows how good Apple’s iOS ecosystem is currently performing. “We’d like to thank our customers and developers for helping us achieve this historic milestone of 25 billion apps downloaded,” said Apple’s Senior Vice President of Internet...
Apple Inc., which launched its Apple App Store in 2008, is near on having 25 billion apps downloads and is giving out $10,000 to a lucky customer. Apple owes its success to its visitors, especially those who visit and download apps from its App Store. Now users will see a countdown ticker, counting how many apps were downloaded in real time. “As of today, nearly 25 billion apps have been downloaded worldwide. Which is almost as amazing as the apps themselves. So we want to say thanks. Download the 25 billionth app, and you could...
After battling those green pigs we all hate (or love because of their cuteness) so much, space will be the next fighting grounds for our beloved Angry Birds. Game development company Rovio, creator of the smash hit Angry Birds, said that the next part of the Angry Birds saga will be taking place in space. The company even made a teaser site for it. “Angry Birds Space is a completely new game with innovative new gameplay, but with some of the familiar Angry Birds elements that fans already know and love — plus some surprises,”...