Friday, July 22, 2011

Gameloft Drops 5 Games To Just $0.99

Gameloft is offering one of their pretty often sales, dropping the price on five of their big titles down to just $0.99 — none of them are very new, but they’re still perfectly playable. The lower price titles are:

There should be enough there to keep you entertained during this heatwave, when it’s about 20° too hot to move away from your nearest air conditioner.

New and updated iPhone and iPad apps for Friday, July 22

Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you!

Discovr Apps: An interactive map of App Store and makes its easy to discover new apps for your iPhone & iPad. Updated with many new features. [Free for iPhone and iPad - iTunes link]

Ringtone Architect: Make ringtones from your iPod library up to 40 seconds and apply custom time fade in and fade outs. [Free for iPhone - iTunes link]

Talking Rusty the Dog: Rusty is a kind and funny young dog with a lot of energy who enjoys his happy life playing and spending time with you. [$0.99 for iPhone - iTunes link]

Necrorun: Death has been challenged by knights to a duel, and if they win, Death will reward them immortality. [$0.99 for iPhone - iTunes link]

Animal Coins Golf: A Side Bet Game For Golfers: Do you love to play side games with your friends while playing golf? This app automatically keeps track of a fun side bet game called “Animal Coins Golf” that you play while on the golf course. [$1.99 for iPhone - iTunes link]

Any other big app or game releases or updates today?

Have an app you’d love to see featured on TiPb? Email us at iosapps@tipb.com, tell us about your app (include an iTunes link), and we’ll take a look.

Become an archer with SplitApple for iPhone and iPad

MKO Games has update their iPhone and iPad archer game, SplitApple.

SplitApple is a fun and beautiful archery game on iPhone / iPad. With beautiful and running smooth graphics, the game reproduces the feelings of archery.

There are 4 different game modes:

Update includes:

The graphics in SplitApple are amazing and are enough to get me hooked to this game. The games runs smoothly and has fun gameplay. This is also a great game to show off gaming on your iPhone or iPad because anyone can pick it up and intuitively try it out.

SplitApple is available for iPhone, or as a universal app for both iPhone and iPad and priced at $0.99 and $2.99, respectively. Screenshots and video after the break.

[iPhone iTunes link] [Universal iTunes link]

Have an app you’d love to see featured on TiPb? Email us at iosapps@tipb.com, tell us about your app (include an iTunes link), and we’ll take a look.

New iPhone Apps- Humor

On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, Jimmy Fallon showed off some new iPhone apps and some updates to some of his current apps.

My favorite from style="text-decoration: underline;">onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/iphone-apps-part-1-7-21-11/1342257');" target="_blank" href="http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/iphone-apps-part-1-7-21-11/1342257">Part 1 the Axl Rose Relaxation Tape and the Ex-Girlfriend/Boyfriend Stalker.  It’s divided into two parts, here’s the link for style="text-decoration: underline;">onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/iphone-apps-part-2-72111/1342340/');" target="_blank" href="http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/iphone-apps-part-2-72111/1342340/">Part 2.

Take a nap!

Is Apple Eyeing Up Hulu?

According to Bloomberg, Apple may be considering picking up internet streaming video site Hulu:

Apple Inc., with $76.2 billion in cash and securities on its books, is considering making a bid for the Hulu online video service, two people with knowledge of the auction said.

Apple, the world’s second-most-valuable company, is in early talks that may lead to an offer for Hulu, said the people, who weren’t authorized to speak publicly.

Hulu has had a troubled life, with difficulty getting studio support and then trouble monetizing their customer based — leading to the dreadful Hulu+, which still makes you watch ads, even though you’re paying to see the shows.

If Apple did decide to pick up Hulu, that would include a major set of show licenses. Just think about how many new titles would come to iTunes…

Apple To Go With Bluetooth 4 Rather Than NFC?

Apple’s interest in NFC technology has been the subject of much discussion — but a new rumor says that Apple may instead look to the next generation of Bluetooth technology for short-range communication. According to ITProPortal, Apple’s new MacBook Airs and Mac Minis are the first mainstream devices to push Bluetooth 4, a protocol which includes ”Bluetooth Low Energy” or BLE, a way for gadgets to use substantially less power for small amounts of communication.

ITProPortal thinks that Apple could use BLE instead of NFC for things swipe-to-pay, transferring contact details, and other low bandwidth activities, and then switch to full power for normal Bluetooth usage — which could all be done via a single chip rather than needing a separate NFC one.

Apple To Go With Bluetooth 4 Rather Than LTE?

Apple’s interest in LTE technology has been the subject of much discussion — but a new rumor says that Apple may instead look to the next generation of Bluetooth technology for short-range communication. According to ITProPortal, Apple’s new MacBook Airs and Mac Minis are the first mainstream devices to push Bluetooth 4, a protocol which includes ”Bluetooth Low Energy” or BLE, a way for gadgets to use substantially less power for small amounts of communication.

ITProPortal thinks that Apple could use BLE instead of NFC for things swipe-to-pay, transferring contact details, and other low bandwidth activities, and then switch to full power for normal Bluetooth usage — which could all be done via a single chip rather than needing a separate NFC one.

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