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  • Meta Squares – An addictive puzzle game, for iPhone.

    While browsing the App Store this morning I came across a new addition to Apple’s ever-growing library, Meta Squaresâ„¢
    [App Store].

    Basic Concept of the Game
    Basically, the aim of the game is to capture the largest amount of squares by squaring them off at each of the four corners. Points are earned relative to the size of the square you capture. A large square, covering 25 spaces, is worth 25 points. A smaller square covering 9 spaces is worth 9 points. Squares can also be created diagonally with the added benefit that diagonal squares earn you more points. The first to 150 points, wins.

    Visuals
    For the price, the visuals of this game are outstanding. The game is set out on a clear 64 piece board. Each player must take it in turns to fill this board with coloured globes, and attempt to outline that winning square. The globes look realistic, and the overall feel of this title speaks ‘professional’ and ‘well thought-out’ …

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  • Apple’s App Store – The ‘hobby’ that will grow to be worth in excess of $1.2B, by 2009.

    Apple's new iTunes venture is set to be worth billions by 2009.

    [Edit] – Sorry! corrected developer’s name. It’s Eliza Block, not Ericka.

    When Apple announced in March that they were planning to release a standard method to download/buy and install third-party applications onto the iPhone, sure, everyone could see the potential, but the App Store’s worth, as a business, was slightly overlooked …

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  • Get your PS3 ready for … Life? – Coming late August

    Originally announced mid-July, Sony is set to launch ‘Life’ it’s new worldwide service for it’s PlayStation 3 console ..

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  • The better way to sketch, on iPhone – [Updatedx2].

    [UPDATE] – 27/08/08 (19.46pm GMT)

    LateNightSoft has announced it’s 1.3 update of Sketches is now in review and should be available soon.
    This update is said to bring the following new features to Sketches:

    – Text input
    – Web Sharing
    – Easily locate shapes (New Algorithm)
    – New ‘Office Items’
    – Tip system
    – Bug Fixes and Optimisation

    [UPDATE] – 01/08/08

    I recently e-mailed LateNightSoft to notify them of the usage of material they own the copyright for, within this article.
    The response I got back included information of future planned features!

    “… Many thanks for letting us know, and for calling our attention about such a thorough review of our application! We’ve put a lot of effort into Sketches and feel proud and happy whenever we know people like it. The suggested features in the final section of your article are very interesting. I can confirm that we are now working on the ability to export to e-mail, so you can expect that in a future release. It hasn’t been available yet because Apple has not yet released an approved way to send an email with attachments from within a third party app. The only feature available in the official SDK is to launch the Mail application, but this would mean quitting Sketches AND losing the attachment data, so we have no option but to create our own mail delivery interface. It is not an optimal solution (it will look different than Apple’s Mail application; we won’t be able to automatically retrieve your mail account configuration from the system), but we hope it will get the job done.

    Other features we are working on right now are the ability to enter text using the on-screen virtual keyboard, and an eraser tool. Many other ideas are planned for future releases, I hope you like them!”

    Thanks again!

    —
    Pedro – LateNiteSoft
    cases@latenitesoft.fogbugz.com …

    Great Stuff!

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  • iPhone 3G is Crackin’ – No, Seriously …

    A lot of people seems to be having an all too familiar problem with their iPhone 3G.

    Cracks.

    We’ve previously seen this on the Macbook and now we are starting to see it on the iPhone 3G as well. The problem can only be described as the appearance of hair-line (or quite drastic – as pictured) cracks in the plastic backing – and they apparently seem to come from no-where …

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  • The lost land of the Jaguar (Part 1/3) – [Updated]

    [Update] – PART 2 of the documentary is NOW AVAILABLE. 🙂

    Please note: All imagery used in this article is copyright and remains the property of the BBC.

    Yesterday, the BBC broadcast a one-hour, fascinating, documentary of an untouched landscape in Guyana, South America.
    This landscape, untouched and preserved until present day, is thought to be full of undocumented, never-seen-before wildlife.

    I watched the entire documentary, and thought I’d share some of it here.
    Here are some of the more interesting finds …

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  • Twinkle = Twitter + Location + Style – [Updated].

    [UPDATE] – 31.08.08

    Tapulous recently pushed an update to the App Store for Twinkle.

    Version 1.1 Fixes include;

    – Fixed an issue where corrupted image could cause Twinkle to crash.
    – Toned down notification sounds.
    – Toned down starry background.
    – Fixed an interaction problem when composing messages by moving the Send button out of the
    keyboard.
    – Increased text color contrast to enhance legibility.
    – Localized units of distance.
    – Overall increases in performance and stability.
    – URL scheme twinkle:// now launches Twinkle from other applications, including Safari.

    Original Article:

    I’m not a big twitter user, but when I do use it, I like to be able to use it in a user-intuitive and easy fashion.
    This is where Twinkle from Tapulous comes in …

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