TNT Releases Official Falling Skies App For Windows Phones

Always nice to see some new names in the Windows Phone Marketplace. TNT has released an official app for the show Falling Skies: Want to keep up with Falling Skies, the all-new TNT series from Executive Producer Steven Spielberg? Download the Falling Skies App, only available on Windows Phone 7, and instantly access behind-the-scenes video … Read more

Apple Does Not Own The Term “Appstore”

Apple had filed suit against Amazon for use of the word Appstore in their…uhm app store. It’s still in litigation but the judge has let their opinion be known. From Bloomberg: U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton said today after a hearing in Oakland, California, that she is “probably” going to deny the motion because Apple … Read more

FTC Subpoenaing Google For Antitrust Practices In Search Arena

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is going to be subpoenaed by the FTC over anticompetitive practices. They note that this is part of an anti-trust investigation to see if they are using their dominance illegally. The new FTC investigation…will examine fundamental issues relating to Google’s core search advertising business, which still accounts for … Read more

Super Meat Boy Devs Set To Release Sniper Boy For WP7

Super Meat Boy is the real deal. Just ask Wiki: The game received acclaim from critics. In 2010 it received an award for Most Challenging Game from IGN, and for Best Downloadable Game from GameSpot and GameTrailers. Critics lauded the game’s precise control, unique retro art style, and the soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky. Reviewers generally … Read more

The TV Wars Heat Up: Microsoft Brings NUAds, Google Buys SageTV and Apple TV Rumors Circulate

We’ve seen browser wars and search engine wars and mobile operating wars and it’s pretty clear where the next battle will be fought – your TV. And expect the same players to be there – it’s Microsoft, Google and Apple coming right at you. Microsoft is continuing to show off Kinect and Xbox and how … Read more

Integrate All The Apps In Your OS and Eat Everyone Else

Just thinking about the integration taking place across devices these days and it’s amazing how much more software goes into the OS these days and what this means for devs. I mean, we used to get a phone with a calendar, email, SMS, phone, calculator and a browser and add a few games and we … Read more

ExEn Preview Available – XNA Porting to Silverlight and iOS Now Possible

This will make a lot of devs happy. ExEn is a project by Andrew Russell that was community funded (so those that contribute get the benefits) that let you port XNA games to iOS and Silverlight and an Android port is going to follow shortly. And this will eventually become open-source. So a developer that … Read more