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AppJudgment #340: revision3.com More disgusting hardware! Facebook’s iPad App was feature complete in May, but they wouldn’t release it, so the developer quit. On Wednesday, Amazon will unveil the “Kindle Fire”. Apple announces iPhone 5 event for Oct. 4th. Chomp just launched version 3.0 of it’s iPhone app. It’s awesome! Magic Defenders HD for Android [...]

It’s a tale of two companies as Apple and Yahoo report earnings today. We give you a preview of what to expect. Plus:  Why Verizon missed the mark with earnings; how Google and other tech companies are gaining influence in Washington; Facebook and Twitter call out Google on social search and five ways to (legally) [...]

The excellent ReadNow application, which allows you to easily read articles from your Instapaper and Read It Later articles on your Mac, has been pulled from the Mac App Store “…because of an infringement letter.” Developer Michael Schneider added “[i]n my current situation I’m not allowed to provide any further information.” The good news is [...]

Analysts predict that Jerry Yang’s exit from Yahoo means the company may soon be for sale, Ben Pimentel reports on Digits. Plus: the social sphere reacts to today’s SOPA protests; app makers craft SOPA protest code; Yahoo continues with talks on shedding Asian assets; Apple Macs ease into the corporate market; AllThingD’s Katherine Boehrett tells [...]

I spent a good bit of time this morning taking a peek under the hood at iBooks Author and the files it builds. By request, here is a quick summary of some of the information I gathered on the topic. I warn you that this is going to be a non-generalist post, so do feel [...]

The announcement this morning that textbooks would be sold through the iBookstore wasn’t especially surprising. But the price was; full-featured multimedia electronic textbooks being offered for no more than US$15 is exactly the kind of disruptive shakeup the industry needed. While only the K-12 education market is on board so far, I’m looking forward to [...]

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A Web anti-piracy bill loses momentum as the White House sides with Internet companies and consumers. Plus:, Wikipedia threatens to go dark in protest over the anti-piracy bill; a look at the next phase of online retail, CBS Sports opens up its site to app makers; Apple-watchers expect the company to unveil textbook venture for [...]

How many U.S. Internet users could Wikipedia’s Wednesday protest likely affect? Up to about 10 million, says online research firm comScore Inc. Internet users won’t be able to search the English version of the free encyclopedia this Wednesday, with the site planning an unprecedented 24-hour blackout to protest controversial online piracy legislation. Wikipedia says it [...]

See the Amazing Directors cut here – kwing.blip.tv Follow me on Twitter to stay up to date – twitter.com Another year means a NEW Spiderman themed Review. This time we are taking an indepth look at Maximum Carnage for Super Nintendo. Is this really LJN’s best Marvel game ever made? Watch this review to find. [...]