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Microsoft Releases An Official Office App For iPhones
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Watch Apple's New iPad TV Commercials
We've got Apple's new iPad TV commercials, but you won't be seeing Apple poking fun at Windows. The fast(ish) music and multiple edits are a departure from the company's previous ads. However they do seem to advertise iTunes more than the actual iPads.
Epic Releases Epic Citadel For Android, iOS Version Gets Update Too
Epic Games announced in a press release today that Android users can now download a new, free app titled Epic Citadel. The app is used to showcase the studio's award winning Unreal Engine 3 in a dynamic fantasy setting of Infinity Blade and includes a benchmark mode.
GM Announces SDK For In-Car Infotainment System
This one is for all you app developers. General Motors has announced at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show that they will be releasing a software development kit (SDK) to app developers in order to speed up the creation of apps for their in-car infotainment system.
New York's MTA Releases An iOS App For Real-Time Subway Train Arrival
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has released the beta version of an app that will allow users to get an estimated arrival time of trains on six of their lines. The app is currently available for iOS devices but the app for other OSs should be coming.
Apple Fined In Chinese Courts For Selling Pirated Material On The AppStore
It looks like Apple got themselves into a little hot water by selling pirated books on the AppStore. The Chinese courts ruled that Apple has to compensate eight Chinese writers and two companies a total of $165,908 US dollar to make amends for their little oversight.
UK Drivers 3x More Likely To Get Lost Using Apple Maps
In a recent study put up by CrowdFlower, the data shows that drivers in the UK are three times more likely to get lost using Apple Maps than if they use Google Maps or Bing. It's no real wonder that when Google released the map app for iOS people jumped on it.
Gooru Goes Mobile Just In Time For The Holidays
Gooru, an educational search engine that brings together science, technology, engineering and mathematics educational materials for teachers and students, goes mobile with the release of an iPad app. The app brings 1000s of multimedia resources together from the web.
SkyDrive and 41 Other Apps Come to Xbox Live
Microsoft finally launched SkyDrive support for Xbox Live, which lets you access your precious (n) from over the cloud, on your green-eyed set-top box. Major Nelson listed 41 other region-specific apps for the service that will launch between now and Spring 2013.