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JenThorpe

Whispersync for Voice Saves Your Place

People who love to read will take the opportunity to squeeze in another chapter, or a few more pages, any chance they get. Today, many people are reading books on their Kindle, (or other tablet device). Or, they are listening to the audio version of a book that they got from Audible.com. Whispersync for Voice is something new that connects

I Want a Clumsy Ninja of My Very Own

The coolest thing about the Apple Keynote Event, at least for me, was Clumsy Ninja. I want one! Clumsy Ninja is a new game that was created by NaturalMotion Games. It features a cute, cartoon, ninja character that isn't very good at being a ninja. You have to teach him to become a better, more skilled, (but still adorable) ninja.

Tabeo is a Tablet for Kids from Toys R Us

Coming this Fall, a tablet that is designed for children to use. It is called Tabeo, and will be sold exclusively at Toys R Us. For $150 you can pick up one of these kid-friendly tablets for your child, and avoid the problem of having to “share” your own, personal, tablet device. The Tabeo comes with parental controls that are

Get Ready to Roll a Panda!

Blizzard Entertainment is getting ready to do a massive amount of Launch Events for their newest expansion to the World of Warcraft game. The Launch Events will be happening in several different places around the world on September 24, 2012. In other words, the events will take place right before the Mists of Pandaria expansion is released on September 25,

Google Doodle Celebrates 46th Anniversary of Star Trek

You are probably are aware that Google frequently transforms their usual logo into a variety of interactive ones called Google Doodles. They created one to celebrate the 46th Anniversary of Star Trek. It's awesome! The letters in the word Google have been given eyes and are wearing Star Trek uniforms. The crew of the NCC-1701, from Star Trek: TOS (that's

Social Fixer Takes the Politics Out of Facebook

Those of you who have had quite enough of the incessant politically motivated posts that your friends insist on cluttering up Facebook with, day after day, may want to check out Social Fixer. It is the new name for the browser extension that was once called “Better Facebook”, and that was created by Matt Kruse. I can immediately see how

Review of Spider + App by Brainium Studios

Lately, I've become a bit nostalgic for some aspects of what computers were like in the early days of the internet. Remember when PCs used to come with one, simple, solitaire game installed? I spent countless hours playing with the virtual cards on my computer even though I had a perfectly good deck of real cards that I could have