Monthly Archives: August 2011

∞ Web designs with sexy serif typography

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Line25: One of the things we all admire as designers is typography. Some love the clean and crisp lines of sans-serif typefaces while others are passionate about the sophisticated and stylish curves of serif fonts. This showcase rounds up a … Continued

∞ Google buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion

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Reuters: Google Inc said it will buy phone hardware maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc for $12.5 billion in cash to bolster the adoption of its Android mobile software. The mobile wars heat up a little bit.

∞ New renders of Apple's mega-campus available

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AppleInsider: The city is currently in the midst of its review process of Apple’s plans. The first step of the review involves an environmental impact assessment that will evaluate traffic, noise, air quality and will provide the public with an … Continued

∞ Sprint says no to the PlayBook

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Greg Bensinger at WSJ.com: The decision means the device hasn’t yet found any support from the three largest U.S. wireless carriers, which includes AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Without their backing, RIM will have to bear the burden of sales and … Continued

∞ Video game industry has worst month since '06

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GamePolitics.com: U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories took a 20 percent nosedive in July to $707.7 million, hurt by a combination of less demand for video game consoles and no major game title released during the … Continued

∞ Dell discontinues the 5-inch Streak

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Brad Linder: Dell has stopped selling the Dell Streak 5 inch Android tablet/smartphone. The original Streak launched last year as Dell’s first Android product. It blurred the lines between a tablet and a phone by pairing a reasonably large 5 … Continued

∞ Twenty-two more fake Chinese Apple stores shuttered

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Reuters: Authorities in China’s southwestern city of Kunming have identified another 22 unauthorized Apple retailers weeks after a fake of the company’s store in the city sparked an international storm. China’s Administration for Industry and Commerce in the Yunnan provincial … Continued

∞ Games that are more fun to play on iOS

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GamePro: Our iPhones and iPads have more than enough original apps to keep us obsessed with mobile gaming. Some of the greatest games on iOS, though, are ports of PC or other portable titles we can get on the cheap. … Continued

∞ Nintendo and iPhones – tracking the evolution of a rumor

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A headline on a Bloomberg story written specifically to garner page views offer a prime example of how sloppy reporting and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) manipulation can converge to generate a veritable rumor storm in the Mac blogosphere.

∞ HP makes TouchPad cheaper than iPad

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HP has cut the price of its entry-level TouchPad tablet from $499 to $399. The news comes on the heels of a weekend promotion knocked $100 off the original price.

∞ OnLive game service coming to UK in September

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Eurogamer: Cloud gaming service OnLive has announced that it is set to launch its UK service on 22nd September at Eurogamer Expo 2011. It goes live with over 100 “top-tier” games available to try, rent or buy over a broadband … Continued

∞ Walmart's VUDU iPad service sidesteps App Store

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Walmart announced Wednesday support for the iPad with its VUDU streaming movie service. What’s intriguing is that it’s doing this through a Web app rather than a native app that runs on iOS.

∞ Quark changes hands

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Macworld: Quark, developer of the desktop publishing software QuarkXPress, has been acquired by Platinum Equity, a Los Angeles merger and acquisition company, for an undisclosed sum. Quark dominated the desktop publishing market for years until Adobe ate its lunch with … Continued

∞ GameFly to offer Mac/PC game downloads

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GameFly is best known as the video game industry’s alternative to Netflix – it’s a service that lets you rent games for your video game console, mailing them back once you’re done, in return for a monthly subscription fee. Now … Continued

∞ Apple blocks Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe

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FOSS Patents: The leading German news agency, dpa, just reported that Apple has been granted a preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Android-based Galaxy Tab 10.1, barring distribution of the product in the entire European Union except for the Netherlands on the grounds of an … Continued