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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

Activision Pitfall Updated and Released for iOS

Some of you may know the game Pitfall thanks to it being kept alive through computer emulators, and a few of you may even remember playing it on your Atari game console.  Now Activision has revived the classic with a remake for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices. The game has been redesigned for modern mobile devices, so don't expect any nostalgic

Trapit for the iPad

I have been playing with the app Trapit, which came out on the iPad earlier this week. There is also a web-based version which had come out earlier. However, I will only be reviewing the iPad version. First, what is Trapit. Trapit is a way to gather and view topics that interest you. Just enter a word or phrase and

Enhance the Movie Experience

Ever since the motion picture first burst onto the silver screen, people have wanted to enhance the cinematic experience. From 3D and IMAX to Smell-O-vision, just about every trick in the book has been used to make you feel part of the film, rather than an outside observer. To this fine canon of techniques, UK retailer Tesco and on-line movie service

Apen A5 Smart Pen Review

Even though I can sit in front of a camera for hours, I do not consider myself the creative person here at GNC. My wife is the creative type, and she spends as much on paint, pencils etc as I do on gadgets at times. She is also and iPad Junkie, so when the Apen A5 Smart Pen arrived I

RSS Talk IOS App

I was talking to a friend early this morning about what I'd like to see in an RSS reader app. As a truck driver, I've got endless listening hours. I want an RSS reader app that can use text-to-speech and read articles to me in a non-stop fashion. To my surprise, my friend told me that such an app already

Amazon Cloud Player App Finally Available for iOS

Amazon Cloud Player has been available for Android devices since it launched, but today Amazon announced that the music app is now available for iPad and iPhone.  That's great news for iOS owners, especially given that the other big player in this field, Google Music, is also not available for Apple's mobile platform. Amazon Cloud Player offers 5 GB of free storage