The Angry Birds franchise has spawned many products, from plush toys to phone cases, but despite having been around for a good few years now, the games still continue to entertain us. Rovio Entertainment, the company behind Angry Birds, has kept the roster fresh with the likes of Angry Birds Space and Angry Birds Star Wars, and today, has teased a forthcoming, medieval-themed installment. Due at some point in the near future, Rovio is touting it as "the most epic soft release ever," and although we'll have to wait for the release before casting our definitive judgments, we've still something of an affinity for those cute, colorful little birds.
The beauty of Kickstarter is that it makes it possible for people to launch products that would normally never see the light of day. In the technology arena especially, we've seen all kinds of awesome and not-so-awesome things come out of the crowd-sourcing funding machine that is Kickstarter. We're not really sure which side of that fence we're going to put the SlatePro desk just yet, but it sure looks nice.
Yes, there are ways that you can still download and enjoy Flappy Bird on your mobile device such as the iPhone and Android, and we’ve got all the details for you right here.
Having already been well and truly wowed by music producer Savan Kotecha's house featuring $80,000 worth of iPad-controlled gizmos, we thought we'd seen it all as far as a plush, gadget-infused real estate was concerned. However, apparently not, for out in California, a newly-available beach-side mansion completely trumps Kotecha's efforts, with essentially all of the mod-cons within the $22 million house controlled using one of the 15 inter-connected iPads. Check out the snaps of the sprawling residence after the leap!
One of our favorite scanning apps for iOS has just gone completely free, down from its usual price of $1.99. With the latest update also bringing some interface tweaks in-keeping with the flatter look of iOS 7, it's arguably the complete package, and if you've been looking for a simple, convenient and functional way to scan your documents in using your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, then it's your lucky day!
A month ago, we featured the neat, versatile SurfacePad for iPhone from Twelve South which, as well as protecting your device and allowing it to be stood in all manner of positions, is also thin enough so as to preserve the handset's svelte form factor. Today, the start-up as thrown out the corresponding version for the iPad mini, which does the same job as the iPhone edition, while maintaining the same great aesthetics.
Logitech's peripherals serve a wide range of consumer electronics, although in recent years, the company has increasingly seemed to target products bearing Apple's unmistakable logo. Its Harmony series has sought to reinvent the way we interact with our digital devices at home, and the feature-packed new Harmony Smart Keyboard follows this same ethos by providing a novel way of controlling the likes of the Apple TV set-top, as well as pretty much anything else one could possibly own in the world of living room gadgetry.
With CarPlay having been demonstrated heavily by Apple and its auto partners over the past couple of days, we have more than a slight inkling that iOS 7.1 won't be too far away. After all, betas of the forthcoming release have served as virtually the sole source of information pertaining to the in-car flavor of iOS, and although the automobiles themselves won't be shipping just yet, it would make sense for Apple to begin distributing the necessary iOS updates as soon as feasibly possible. Previously, we'd heard that iOS 7.1 would hit the scene "mid-March," and now, as surmised by the folks of Daring Fireball, it could be set to make its début in the next few days.
No matter how good smartphone and tablet cameras continue to get, they're still quite a long way off challenging our much-loved DSLRs. Sure, the major players in the game - Nokia's Lumia 1020, for example - have drawn comparisons to the pro shooting experience thanks to some awesome hardware and software tech, but any true photography aficionado will certainly have a standalone device from the likes of Lumix, Nikon, Canon or others. If you happen to own a Canon EOS as well as an iPad, a newly-updated tweak from Chainfire will let you monitor your camera's current view right from your cherished Apple tablet. Full details, as well as info on where you can pick up this powerful little tweak, can be seen below.
The Oscars 2014 86th Academy Awards event is live streamed for the first time ever tonight. Here's how you can catch all the action live on your iPhone, iPad or any Android device.
