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Taking social gaming to a different extreme, Huikea Experience brings us an iPad strategy game for two players: Dust Up For Two. Just barely into the beta stage (and they’re looking for testers) the video provided for actual game play looks extremely …
Hail the Unconquered Mobile Heroes of Pwn2Own: Android and Windows Phone 7
The fifth season of Pwn2Own—the now annual device and software hacking contest—has come and gone. As expected, we have some quickly exploited platforms and some unexpected winners. Among the winners, both Android and Windows Phone 7 have proven themselves impregnable by the …
Kinect Powerglove Hack Allows for Free-Space Navigation and 3D Modeling
We’ve seen a pile of homebrew Kinect Hacks that take advantage of the figure- and gesture-detection capabilities built into the Kinect’s firmware—and now we’re seeing yet another implementation that takes advantage of that and takes it a step further by adding extra …
Twitter Joins the Ranks of the Always-On HTTPS Enabled
Slowly but surely social media sites are beginning to get the clue about the necessity of Internet security and launched with an always-on HTTPS setting for users. As many users access their Twitter accounts from not just home, but on-the-go and thus …
Nintendo 3DS Commercial Debuts Before March 27th US Release
The new handheld console from Nintendo which took Japan by storm is finally coming to the United States on March 27th 2010—although it reaches Europe slightly earlier on March 25th. Retailing for about $249.99 it will be a bit more expensive than …
Expanded Stats Greet Android Developers on the Dashboard
It looks like Google is at it again: attempting to deliver deeper and better visualization of statistics and data for developers. They’ve moved in this direction before with Google Analytics for the web, but now Android developers are getting more benefits from …
How Will You Spend St. Patrick’s Day? Ask a Social Network
Éirinn go Brách! It’s about that time of year: time for everyone in the US to guzzle green beer, pin shamrocks to their lapels, wear green (or get pinched), and quite possibly get very drunk. Lab42, an online market research and survey …
AudioDraft: Bringing Crowdsourcing to Audio Production
What do music, contests, and crowds have to do with one another? They’re all integral components of the business model that AudioDraft uses to connect the work of audio professionals with interested consumers. The concept is simple: you have a project that …
Google Circle’s Rumors and Eventual Dismissal Stirs Thoughts about Privacy
Over the weekend a rumor cropped up that Google would be releasing a new social-networking tool, Google Circles, at SXSW—but with the dawn today we quickly discovered that there is no Google Circles and probably will not be ever. The idea seems …
Stephen Elop of Nokia Receives $6 million Signing Bonus
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Nokia Corp. has filed paperwork Friday stating that they’re going to pay Stephen Elop a more than $6 million signing bonus, Mr. Elop, recruited from Microsoft Corp. to revive the ailing handset maker’s fortunes, received …