News Corp., with the assistance of Apple, officially launched the iPad-only “newspaper” The Daily today. While The Daily had been talked about for some time, the official launch only came today at a press conference hosted by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch in New York City.  What sets this publication apart from others is that,

Some of my best childhood memories where those birthdays when I got a new set of walkie talkies, and headed out into the neighborhood. There was nothing better than immersing yourself in a land of make believe, sometimes we were the cops catching the robbers, while others we were astronauts looking for aliens. This week

Vice President of Epic Games, Jay Wilbur, spoke about development for both the Android and iOS devices. Those unfamiliar will recognize the studio as responsible for Gears of War, Unreal Tournament and, most recently, the mobile giant Infinity Blade. The upcoming dialogue comes from a demo of the Epic Citadel running on a Galaxy S.

Google has released the Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK to developers. For those of you that are uncertain why this Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK is a milestone, it is the newest version of the operating system and is designed specifically with tablets in mind. While companies have been slapping Android 2.2 Froyo into tablets like made,

To say email has become an integral part of our lives is a gross understatement, as most of us get dozens of emails everyday. The question of how to manage all the information still remains. There are many email clients out there, but it seems as if they all lack one feature or another. Well,

The Apple App Store has surpassed 10 billion downloads. A graphic appeared on Apple’s website early this morning that simply said “Thank you. Ten billion times. The 10 Billion App Countdown promotion has ended. Please come back to this page later to see who won.” For those of you not familiar with the promotion, Apple

Life goes by awfully fast.  And the more time goes by, I often wonder about some strange things, like how many Diet Pepsis I have consumed or how many ballgames I’ve watched. I know this is a pretty odd thought process, but you can’t tell me you haven’t had these thoughts before. The problem is

Well-known coffee chain Starbucks is getting in on the mobile payment craze today with the ability for you to use your phone to pay for your latte. As we’ve written about before around here, we love the idea of “virtual wallets“.  If you’re carry around your cell phone already, why should you have to deal

Apple is on its way to its ten billionth iOS app being downloaded, and with that goal in mind, they’ve announced the top iPhone & iPad apps of all time. During yesterday’s Apple quarterly earnings call, the company touted the fact that well over nine billion apps have been downloaded for the iPhone, iPod Touch

The makers of the app really sum it up well by saying “Digital Photography Never Looked So Analog.”  They’ve dubbed the application as one that “brings back the look, feel, unpredictable beauty, and fun of plastic toy cameras from the past.” You can use your finger to swipe through and change your lenses, flash choices and

Now that most carriers have gone to tiered data rate plans it’s even more important to keep track of exactly how much data you consume. If you can narrow down when and where you use the majority of data, even better. The problem is the built in iPhone data tracking system is cumbersome to access

One of the great things about the iPad is that there are apps that escalate the experience to a whole new dimension. One of those in particular is  Flipboard, available from the App Store for free, and an app I have personally gained a huge amount of usage from. I use it daily to access

According to the game makers themselves, “Join the search for Waldo, his friends and more! Based on the hit publishing series, Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey is the ultimate search an find adventure for the entire family.” Well, TechnoBuffalo’s Jon Quach is back and he’s desperately trying to find Waldo, so why not give him

These days there are a lot of events going on in our lives: work, school, kids social calendars, and the plethora of chores and little to do’s that seem to be on all our lists. In the past I was able to keep everything straight in my head, and pretty much have a to do

Smartphones have been a boon to many retailers in terms of sales. As more and more consumers flock to phones with more features, and higher price points, they have seen their sales rise, but have they unwittingly also aided in damaging their bottom lines as barcode scanning applications become all the rage? If you go

The iOS App Store is continuing to grow, and with the total number of apps having now surpassed 300,000, it’s a good time to take a look at how the mix of the store breaks down. App of the Day gathered all of the data together, and I for one have to say I’m a

Apple’s iPad has taken off, and people are buying them up left and right. Once you get one, you immediately want to start downloading applications, and of course a good number of those will be games. Where do you start, though? There are thousands of them, and picking which ones to start with can be

You have to hand it to Apple sometimes. Could any other company control the news cycle of a trade show it doesn’t even attend? Apple isn’t big on the whole concept of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held each Jan. They’re Apple after all, why should they mingle with all those other gadgets? That being

It’s unclear if Apple realized it was essentially creating a whole new gaming platform when it came up with third-party applications for iOS devices, but that is exactly what has happened. As with the iPhone and iPod Touch before it, the iPad has been flooded with games, and we’re here to help you sort through

It’s unclear if Apple realized it was essentially creating a whole new gaming platform when it came up with third-party applications for iOS devices, but that is exactly what has happened. As with the iPhone and iPod Touch before it, the iPad has been flooded with games, and we’re here to help you sort through

It’s unclear if Apple realized it was essentially creating a whole new gaming platform when it came up with third-party applications for iOS devices, but that is exactly what has happened. As with the iPhone and iPod Touch before it, the iPad has been flooded with games, and we’re here to help you sort through

It’s unclear if Apple realized it was essentially creating a whole new gaming platform when it came up with third-party applications for iOS devices, but that is exactly what has happened. As with the iPhone and iPod Touch before it, the iPad has been flooded with games, and we’re here to help you sort through

Google has announced that Android users can expect to see an update to the Marketplace to be rolled out over the next few weeks. One of the biggest complaints Android users have had about the open source operating system has been the poor user interface of the application Marketplace.  While developers have been getting more

The wait is finally over for Google’s e-bookstore, whose launch this week was a bit ahead of schedule according to the rumors that had been circulating. Google boasts that its United States store, which opened on Dec. 6th, has in excess of a half million titles. An international store is expected to launch in the

Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch are as popular as ever, and they also make extremely popular Christmas gifts.  As soon as people get them unwrapped, they are instantly looking for what apps they should download, but sorting through hundreds of thousands of apps is no one’s idea of a good time. We’ve gathered up 40