Apple’s annual development conference kicked off with a hell of a keynote. One of the worst kept secrets was that Apple would be unveiling a new iOS 7. The latest version is the first helmed by Apple Design Guru Sir Jon Ives, and it shows. If you were a fan of skeuomorphism (the act of borrowing […]
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The Chicago Sun-Times Says It Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Photographers
The Chicago Tribune reported on Thursday that its local competition, the Chicago Sun-Times, laid off its entire photography staff and plans to use a combination of reporters and freelance photographers to capture photos of the news instead. In a memo to staffers, managing editor Craig Newman informed Sun-Times reporters that they will receive “iPhone photography […]
Apple Swaps iPod Touch To Atypical Lack Of Fanfare
The coming month is a busy one for Apple. June traditionally brings new product announcements. The company has been making sure to stay in the public eye, opening the D11 conference with teasing about new products in the pipe, a redesign of iOS by Jon Ives, and a nice slam at Google Glass. What there […]
Interoperability Onslaught: BB Messenger Leaves BB OS, Outlook Chatting With Google Talk
In the words of Doctor Peter Venkman, “Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats, living together! Mass hysteria!” That was my initial reaction to the news that BlackBerry has created iOS and Android versions of what was once the linchpin of a mobile empire: BlackBerry Messenger. Known as BBM to users, it was also the one thing that kept people on […]
Google Now For iOS Now
Google has finally taken the cool but creepy Google Now application and put it on a non-Android platform. Starting today, iOS users can download an update to the Google Search app that adds some of the amazing functions of Google predictive personal assistant. What is Google Now anyway, you ask? It’s a system where Google’s various services […]
Kick Karaoke Butt With The Just Sing It! App
You may not have Blake Shelton, Usher, Shakira, or Adam Levine fighting over you on The Voice, but that doesn’t stop you from belting out tunes. Now, with the Just Sing It! iOS app, you can hold your own singing competitions with friends to find out which one of you is the best karaoke singer. […]
ComiXology Accepts Blame For Saga #12 Not Being Digitally Published
News spread like wildfire yesterday about Apple banning the sale of Saga #12 due to it containing graphic imagery of gay sex, even if the images were relatively small. Now, it turns out that ComiXology is lifting the blame form Apple and putting it on itself instead. Today, ComiXology CEO David Steinberger posted the following […]
Reverse The Polarity! Spaceteam Offers Face-To-Face Multiplayer Fun
If Incandescent Workshop’s starship bridge simulator Artemis is an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Sleeping Beast Games’s Spaceteam is Galaxy Quest. While both games have the same premise, that the players are the bridge crew of a sci-fi movie-esque starship, the similarities end there. Spaceteam feels like a combination of the 1980s flashing light game […]
Domino’s Pizza + Singing Anime Character = Hypnotically Awkward Video
Normally, we at Techcitement blanch at the thought of publicizing a company’s obvious attempt at viral-video marketing, but sometimes the stars align to make the perfect mix of humor, marketing, and startled disbelief. Such is the case with this beautifully odd video from the best terrible pizza franchise in your town, Domino’s Pizza. Now I […]
ABC Has An Award-Worthy Oscars App For Android, iOS, And Kindle
Less than a week away from the 2013 Academy Awards and ABC Digital has given film freaks, celebrity hangers-on, and even red carpet mavens an impressive mobile app that delivers an award-worthy experience. Here’s ABC’s video introduction to the app: I’ve been using the Android version of ABC’s Oscars app for several days now, and […]