• Block Family & Friends Accidental in-app Purchases

    Block Family & Friends Accidental in-app Purchases

    A lot of parents are gearing up to gift their kids an iOS device for Christmas. You’ll want to keep an eye on what they’ll be buying with that device. You don’t want their new iPod to be the gift that keeps giving in this case. Kelly Rummelhart and her 4-year-old son. Unbeknownst to either of…

  • Word Lens: Google Goggle For Words

    Word Lens: Google Goggle For Words

    What happens when you put augmented reality and optical character recognition together? Well now “There’s an app for that.”   Word Lens will let you point at a sign and then it will replace every word with one in your own language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2OfQdYrHRsVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Introducing Word Lens (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2OfQdYrHRs) Pro: It…

  • New Games On App Store

    New Games On App Store

    The App Store is in constant danger of new release bombardments, sure, but many companies adhere to a regular, weekly bombing run beginning each Wednesday, through the wee hours of the night (UTC), dropping their new iPhone and iPad games on Apple’s marketplace while many of us are snoozing. Last night was no exception —…