Fieldrunners 2, great style Tower defense app

 

The games Tower defense are those where you must place towers at strategic points to prevent the passage of the enemy, yet, get rid of them. One of the best Tower defense of IOS is the app Fieldrunners, and now has come the new version of the game called Fieldrunners 2.
Fieldrunners 2 is available from iTunes and costs about €2.40, or about $3. Fieldrunners If you liked the original, sure you'll love this.

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Hangout, Google +, comes to Gmail

 

The old video chat Gmail was replaced by Hangout + Google, announced the company said on Monday (30/07).

The service video conversations Google Talk integrated with Gmail, launched in 2008, resisted Hangout Google +, created last year, but the transition will not escape. The main reason of change is the feature of Hangout that enables the conversation with up nine friends simultaneously.

The company says the change will be beneficial to users, since the Hangout you can start a video chat with anyone anywhere, whether in a window of Gmail, Google + or a device with Android or iOS.

Besides the opportunity to chat with friends on different devices, users of Gmail will also gain the unique features of the Hangout, like the ability to collaborate on a document from the Docs, watch a YouTube video in a group or screen sharing.

Below is the video presentation of the Hangout in Gmail:

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5 iPhone hits stores on Sept. 21, says site

 

Apple will announce the new iPhone in a special event to be held on September 12, according to information from the blog iMore from sources "that have proven accurate in the past."

The device would be put on sale nine days later, on 21. And besides the iPhone 5, must also be shown the iPad Mini and the new version of the iPod nano.

Although dates have not received the sales of these two products, iMore believes they will be in stores along with the iPhone.

See a video below that shows the potential of the new housing unit.

 

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Final Fantasy available on Android

 

The Final Fantasy series is one of the most popular story, and now the first game of the franchise, originally released in 1987, has come to Android devices in the form of app . Square Enix has released the original Final Fantasy for mobile and tablets that run Android.
We can get the game through the Google store Play . The cost is about $10 and the weight of the application is about 47MB.

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New photos of the prototypes of the iPhone and the iPad

 

The archives of the legal battle between Apple and Samsung for patent of the mobile prototypes show details of the predecessors of the iPhone or iPad, built by the company in Silicon Valley for internal use and never reached the final consumer and not the press.

Photos of the equipment reached the site The Verge, which showed the weird designs in a post on Friday.

The Apple built several versions of your tablet before settling on a specific design. One of the models contained a kind of back support, which would make the unit stand as a frame. Some of the photos show the name iPod, which shows the doubts about how the company would name the product.

See the models below and if you want to learn more, visit the website of The Verge to view the details.

 

 

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Windows 8 vs. Mountain Lion: What operating system succeeded in bringing the mobile to the desktop?

Meanwhile, Microsoft had higher aspirations: Windows 8 will run on your desktop and laptop as it does on your tablet is unlike anything I've done before.
Let's take a closer look at each one, to try to get a better idea of what the system is ahead. We begin
The Home Screen Windows 8
The differences between Windows 8 and Mountain Lion are evident from the moment you start. When launched Windows 8, we saw something completely different: Instead of the common Start menu, toolbar and Windows Explorer, you have a Home Screen, which consists of a square and rectangular icons with your apps called Live Tiles (give more detail below).
 

By default, the Home screen displays each application you installed on your PC, but you can choose what and what not to appear there. You are not restricted with the Apps: you can put other objects on the screen, including booksmarks of your favorite sites and contacts in your address book.
Windows 8 will run also in the traditional computer applications, and will do in a desktop environment that resembles the layout of Windows 7. You probably take a while to get used to the new environment, especially after all applications have Metro.
Launchpad in OS X
 
When you first enter a Mountain Lion, you will see the typical desktop OS X, the menu above, the OS X Dock on a button and a photo topic of space as desktop wallpaper. By clicking on the search icon in the Dock will open the Finder window to locate files and folders. Mountain Lion has a strong approach to the Home screen: Launchpad. With Launchpad obtain a presentation as the iPad with icons for your programs, which makes it easier to locate and access them. Although the IOS runs Launchpad, Mountain Lion feels and looks like a Mac, not an iPad.

Notifications and Live Tiles

The home screen of Windows 8 is more like an app with Live Tiles. In addition, Live Small Tiles act as informational widgets. Applying Climate Bing, for example, shows weather out, while the Live Tile for Cut The Rope game shows your status in the game.

OS X does not have a special feature that compares to Live Tiles, but includes features similar notification. Dock icons may show numerous warnings if an application needs your attention, for example, if you have three unread messages, the Mail icon will be displayed.
Notification Mountain Lion alert
Notifications Center in Mountain Lion is a compilation of statements from various applications. You can see the Notifications Center from anywhere with a simple touch, or giving the start menu click search on your desktop When you give a notification list for each application. Programs may also appear in pop-up style banner that will appear in the top corner. These banners appear at the top whenever you're doing something else on the screen, and will disappear in a few moments.
Windows 8 has pop-up notifications to complement Live Tiles, and have a lot of what has Montain Lion: They also have notices that appear in the top corner of the screen and stay there a while.
Comparison Applications

 

Windows Marketplace is clean and attractively designed
Although still very low for many applications, Microsoft Windows Marketplace is attractive and well designed. From one point of view is quite similar to the Mac App Store: apps are organized into categories, shopping applications with one click and you can view or post user reviews. Although it is too early, we can say that the Windows Marketplace has an advantage over the App Store: test applications. Yes, you can test an application for a period of time before you decide to buy it.

Gestures
Although we have a clear idea of gesture support for Mountain Lion, do not know yet what we see in Windows 8. Mountain Lion allows you to use a trackpad to a number of actions, for example, you can use three fingers to open your applications, or turn left or right with three fingers to change desktop or viewing in full screen. If you have the touch sensor Apple Magic Mouse can use some of these functions.
While Windows 8 has some moves by the time they are all for tablets and touch-screen computers.
We do not know what the gestures that have Windows 8 for laptops. So far it's all in the air, but last year showed a Synaptics touchpad friendly Windows 8 that accepts various gestures.
File Manager
With Mountain Lion, Apple has a small advantage in the Finder, the file manager for OS X. It looks and works much like you do with Lion-if you're using Windows Explorer or an earlier version of Mac OS X, do not take long to know how to use the form on Lion Mountain.
Microsoft may have worked hard with the interface of Metro, but any progress with the file manager still needs more work and use the traditional Windows Explorer. Fortunately, Windows 8, Explorer had an update: now features Ribbon toolbar makes access to common features easier
Switching between Metro and the traditional Windows Explorer is just a bit bumpy and frustrating, so we expect Microsoft to do something to make the Metro file management simpler.

icloud and Windows Live
Windows 8 and Mountain Lion are cloud service from Microsoft and Apple, respectively. Both let you synchronize your data with different devices, and both include some online storage services.
Windows Live is everywhere with Windows 8. You can access Windows 8 using your Windows Live ID. This will let you sync multiple PC settings through Windows 8 devices, and you can access your account on SkyDrive.
Also, when accessing for the first time a Mountain Lion will ask you to enter your account information icloud. From there you can sync email, contacts, calendars, notes, reminders, and recent photos through your Macs and IOS devices.
 

The Mountain Lion has new documents is the cloud, which allows you to store your documents in the icloud service from Apple. If you have a icloud, you can save your documents directly on a hard drive, if your applications to take information from this feature.

At first glance Documenmtos in the Cloud Mountain Lion is silly and stupid, you can access any document stored in the cloud through the Finder, for example. We hope that these characteristics are improved. icloud is free and comes with 5GB of storage, but you can buy additional storage.

With SkyDrive, Microsoft has a subtle and more traditional approach: Using SkyDrive using a separate application through which you can access to everything you saved on SkyDrive. It is also free but limits you to 25GB of storage. 
What about the tablets?

One of the major points in favor of Windows 8 is that it has "commitments" this operating system runs on your desktop, laptop, tablet PC or touch screen. This advantage is useful when you have to pass your information from one device to another.

On the other hand, Apple still has a big difference between the IOS of mobile devices and Macs. Despite the strong influence on their computers, OS X is OS X. It seems that Apple's philosophy is to keep each system in its authenticity, and some characteristics between the devices are similar and family.


Microsoft seems to want that the tablets are an extension of the PC, while Apple seems to be only a support for Macs. Resumámoslo well, Microsoft wants the tablets represent the next step in the evolution of the PC, not a separate category.


Both Apple and Microsoft are trying to bring the features of their mobile operating systems to the corresponding desktop OS, but their attempts are quite different.

Originally, Mac OS X is still an operating system designed for desktops and laptops. Sure, Apple has added features of IOS, but OS X is still based on windows, menus, folders, and so on. 

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Google + App for iPhone

 

In today's world social networks are the order of the day, but it has more acceptance is still Facebook, although there are other alternatives that can provide better or equal service. In this case I will comment that Google + Google's social network has made ​​available a new application.
 

Currently iPad device users did not have an application optimized for this device, now you can get. Google has finally released the optimized version of Google + for iPhone and is available in the App Store. This new version of Google + is 3.0 and has the features that pamper the iPhone version, but on the iPad have wanted to make better use of screen, so make the navigation and use a pleasant experience.

The application puts the photos in the center and encourages people to interact with content through touch gestures. 'The Google + for the iPhone has been designed with the device in mind, "said Google's vice president of product management for Google +, Bradley Horowitz.

Well, maybe some of our readers is a keeper of iPhone and want to download the application d Google + optimized for iPhone, to obtner this application just follow this link , after installing the application come back and leave us a comment about your experience with this application.

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Mad Cows, Angry Birds like, but with cows

Angry Birds is probably the app 's most popular history. Who does not have or have not been installed on your smartphone ? Being a well known game, undoubtedly at some point begin to go back, and this I think it's the second we see here, and is called: Mad Cows.
Forget the war between birds and pigs, this time the trouble will be among the cows, chickens, sheep and goats against farmers, and instead of relying exclusively on a single-player mode also features a multiplayer mode in turn. Mad Cows with high quality graphics, fun and has a great folk music that goes well accompanied by the game environment.
You can purchase the application on iTunes for only $ 1.

 

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AppAnalytics: how long you are using your iPhone applications?

Want to have more control over the time you spend on the different apps for your smartphone ? Then the new AppAnalytics is what you want, but to have it should make the jailbreak your iPhone / iPhone / iPod touch, since the app is in Cydia software whose function is to provide users with apps jailbreakers and other content not available in the official shops.
What it will do is tell you how long AppAnalytics've been using the various applications and the number of times they were accessed in a given period of time, so you better manage your time and spend what is necessary for each, in addition to eliminating those that see you give little or no use.
The app is available on the BigBoss repository for $ 1.

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An application returns to life dinosaurs

 

dinosaurs may have been extinct for more than 65 million years, but a Canadian museum uses a new application to restore life.
With the Ultimate ROM application called Dinosaurs, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, uses augmented reality, virtual vision of the real world which can be extended with graphics or other content.
When visitors point their smartphones to indicators throughout the museum, dinosaurs come to life on the application. IPads displayed in the museum and aimed to show the skeletons of creatures with more realism, with meat.
"We can see how they would look with skin when they were alive and how they have moved and behaved," said Tracy Ruddell, vice president of marketing assistant museum, where technology is on display as part of the show "Last Dinosaur".
"As a museum all that matters are real-world objects," said Ruddell. "But being able to give life to prehistoric dinosaurs was something really amazing."
Worldwide, museums and art galleries have increasingly incorporated their technology exposures, which can be accessed through mobile applications.
"Augmented reality allows us to do things with goals that would never see in the physical world because, of course, we have to preserve specimens," said Ruddell. "It also enables us to provide educational information, and stories about these objects that are traditionally difficult to do."
After years of being relegated to the realm of science fiction, augmented reality is finally entering mainstream. ABI Research expects the industry to reach the 3,000 dollars in profits in 2016, from 29 million in 2010.



 

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The Assassin's Creed comic The Fall comes to iPhone

 

Ubisoft has released in the App Store from Apple Assassin's Creed comic The Fall, specifically tailored to the capabilities of the iPhone. Assassin's Creed The Fall tells the story of Nikolai Orelov master murderer, a new story within the world of Assassin's Creed.
The Assassin's Creed series has captivated millions of consoles and PC users thanks to its spectacular, gameplay and story. Indeed its rich universe has led to create works derived from the games in the series. For example, recently announced Assassin's Creed film and there are novels that recount events of the game.
Now, Ubisoft wanted to offer iPhone users the ability to enjoy a new adventure in Assassin's Creed. This time the protagonist is Nikolai Orelov, master murderer who stars in the comic series The Fall Assassin's Creed.
Orelov is a murderer who develops its history during the twentieth century, in full Russian Revolution. The basic characteristics of the series, action, violence and a complex plot, are reproduced in the comic books now come to the iPad.
Ubisoft has explained that his team has worked to enable users to enjoy Assassin's Creed The Fall exploiting the characteristics of the iPad. In this way, users can enjoy high-definition three comics that make up this series using the functions of horizontal or vertical display, navigation pages, or zoom color choice offered by the iPad from Apple.
Users interested in knowing the story of Assassin's Creed The Fall should download the application Comics Assassin's Creed, which will cost 0.79 euros and can see the first issue of the series The Fall. The other two supplies can be purchased for 2.39 euros each.
Related links:
- App Store (http://itunes.apple.com/es/app/assassins-creed-comics/id500688906?mt=8)

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Bomb the Zombies, a game similar to Angry Birds, but with zombies

 

Are you tired of busting the fortifications of pigs using birds? Then may come a change of environment well, and this time use a lot of ammunition for liquid to a group of zombies.
If you ever played Angry Birds, I guarantee that you adapt quickly to Bomb the Zombies even though the perspective is first person. In this app , the zombies are protected by various structures and your duty is to make them blow up a task for which you have several different weapons.
Bomb the Zombies has 90 levels spread across 6 worlds, and hope it will be updated with more content. You can get the application free from the App Store and is compatible with iPhone, iPhone and iPod touch.

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First trojan for the iPhone and iPad is identified by security expert

 

A security specialist Kaspersky claims to have identified a trojan designed for Apple's mobile devices - iPhone, iPhone and iPod. The worm was disguised as a digital application called "Find and Call" and also have a version for Android devices. Apple has removed the malicious application of the store.
In one post , Denis Maslennikov, Kaspersky Lab expert, says that installing Trojan horse (malicious program that opens up security holes on the device is installed), the application sends the contact list of devices to a remote server. The data are used later in this remote server to send spam via SMS. The main target users in Russia.
Maslennikov said he had contacted Apple and Google to report the malicious application, but did not yet return. In App Store, the app no ​​longer appears, but you can still find it via search engines.
For the "Wired," the Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller said only that the application was removed from the App Store for "unauthorized use of your contact list, a violation of the rules of the store."
It is not the first time that an application "steals" the catalog of contacts in iOS devices. In 2008, the game Aurora Feint was removed from the App Store for security and privacy problems. Aurora sent the contact list of users to their own servers without using encryption features.
More recently, the Path, application to share posts, photos and videos, also captured private data from users of iOS. The company apologized for what happened and claims to have deleted the data collected.
The "Find and Call", unlike the Aurora Feint and Path was developed exclusively for stealing data from mobile devices - what would rank as the first malware for Apple's system.

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Amazon plans to launch its own smartphone to compete with Apple and Google

The company Amazon is working on its own smartphone with Foxconn, in an attempt to compete with Apple and Google companies in this sector. In addition, the U.S. company is trying to acquire a number of patents on wireless technology that would help defend against possible accusations of patent infringement.

Amazon has become a leader in electronic commerce and it appears it can achieve the same objective in the field of mobile devices. First achieved great success with the Kindle, its electronic book, which has been around the world and has managed to harvest a large number of sales. In 2011, Amazon venture into the market of 'tablets' touch with your Kindle, a 'tablet' to shade the iPad unbeatable price of $ 199.

But Amazon wants to reach all corners of the mobile device industry. As confirmed by two people related to the topic at Bloomberg, the U.S. company working with Foxconn, maker of the Kindle, in its own smartphone.

Thus Amazon looking to break into a market dominated by Apple, the iPhone, and Google-with smartphones from manufacturers that incorporate Android. In addition, a smartphone would give Amazon a wider range of devices at low prices to strengthen its e-commerce strategy. So far no Amazon spokesman has not confirmed or denied anything about this subject.

Besides working on the new device, Amazon is also considering the purchase of patents to avoid litigation for infringement of the same. These patents are related to wireless technology devices and the selected operator is InterDigital.

Amazon strengthened its patent strategy recently by hiring the former chief executive of Intellectual Ventures Management, Matt Gordon, a company that was founded by former Microsoft CTO, Nathan Myhrvold, and which has over 35,000 intellectual property assets . Gordon is managing director of acquisitions and investments in Amazon patent.

Related links:

- Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-06/amazon-said-to-plan-smartphone-to-vie-with-apple.html).

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Kingdom Rush, the game that causes a stir on the iPhone and iPad

Without doubt one of the most games for IOS is generating buzz for a couple of months is the spectacular Kingdom Rush. This game, available for both the iPhone and the iPad at a price of only $ 1 (0.80 €), is becoming one of the most downloaded apps and has achieved excellent ratings.

Kingdom Rush is a strategy game with all the letters. You should be placing towers and soldiers on the roads to stop the march of armies, and it is best that we can improve the towers to use different types of powers. Besides this, whenever you face more enemies and different types.

There is an online version of the game is free, but many believe that the upgrade to IOS is worthy of taking all the prizes. Below you can take a look at the HD version for iPad. 

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Apple pays $ 60 million to use the name iPhone in China

Proview Technology claims to have the right to the name in the country.
Since 2009, the company sold computer that was called IPAD.

Apple agreed to pay $ 60 million to end a dispute and have the right to use the name iPhone in China, announced a Chinese court, which closes a legal conflict of several years of American business in one of its major markets.

The company Proview Technology, which by 2009 had sold a computer with the name "IPAD", denounced the Apple in various Chinese courts on the grounds that it had rights to use the brand in China and tried to ban the sale of the iPhone in the country.

After an agreement reached on June 25 between the two companies, Apple paid $ 60 million and last week asked the court of the city of Shenzhen (southern China) to apply the decision.

On Monday (07/02/2012), the court sent the Shenzhen branch of Chinese industry and commerce the decision to transfer the mark to Apple iPad, which means that the Proview Technology will no longer have the right to use the name.

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Lilliputian Systems : Super E Battery Emergency Scooby Doo

 "Today's Smartphones use much more power, increasing the need for a more efficient way to recharge when on the go," said Steven Schwartz, Vice President of Merchandising and Product Development at Brookstone.  "Lilliputian's groundbreaking technology provides power, wherever and whenever you need it. This breakthrough aligns well with our commitment to innovative solutions that make life easier."

Fuel cell maker Lilliputian Systems today announced that Brookstone will be the first retailer to carry its portable USB power source, which will be sold under Brookstone's brand. The fuel cell device is about the size of a thick smartphone, and the lighter fluid-filled cartridges are about the same size as a cigarette lighter. It's a big step forward both for Lilliputian Systems, a 10-year-old spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and for portable fuel cell technology in general. Several fuel cell companies have developed portable power systems, but a number have failed. The new fuel cell will charge any device that has a USB cable.

    In a test lab, Lilliputian systems engineer Souren Lefian plugged a white iPhone charging cable into the Mobile Power System prototype and forwarded a few watts to my phone. There wasn't much that was thrilling about the process, aside from knowing that I can now claim to have gassed up my iPhone. Then, Lefian (pictured at left) switched cables and charged up his Android phone. On Lefian's computer screen, a graphic showed how much fuel was left in the MPS' tank, as well as how many watts it was sending to the phone, and how full the phone's battery was.



According to the manufactuer, the device will be able to charge an iPhone 4 between 10 and 14 times with one cartridge, which can work out to approximatly one or two weeks of use for most users.

Price 100-200$ (~ from author)

techveger via lilliputiansystemsinc

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Lilliputian Systems, Inc. has developed the world’s first Personal Power™ solution for Consumer Electronics (CE) devices, a revolutionary family of products targeted at the $50 billion portable power market.  The Company’s breakthrough solution delivers the only viable small form-factor battery replacement that provides the enormous run-time improvements demanded by today’s CE devices.  Lilliputian’s patented Silicon Power Cell™ technology is based on highly-efficient solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) wafer fabrication methods, and is fueled by recyclable high energy butane cartridges.  The technology is reliable, U.S. Department of Transportation approved and environmentally friendly.  Lilliputian’s solution enables a 5-10X longer run-time versus similarly sized batteries.  The Company’s elegantly designed solution both complements today’s devices and can seamlessly integrate into future devices – all while ensuring the consumer enjoys an essentially infinite supply of Personal Power™ for their CE devices.

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