When Windows Phone 8 launched, Microsoft promised that some of the top apps for other platforms would make the transition to WP8. It took a bit, but as March is winding down, this promise has started coming true. First to arrive was Pandora, the popular online radio app. Interestingly, Pandora for Windows Phone 8 isn’t […]
Set five years after the original, Borderlands 2 enriches the world of Pandora with lush new environments, deepened characters, and a villain worth fighting. Betrayed vault hunters on Pandora must track down the egotistical, charismatic, and ludicrously wealthy Handsome Jack, antagonist and likable bastard both. The writing is spectacular (and filled with easter eggs); simple side quests aren’t boring […]
I’m a diehard webOS user. My TouchPad is my daily workhorse, and I love the thing. Until a few weeks ago, I was still using my Palm Pre+ (hacked to run on Sprint). However, a recent contract change added Sprint’s $10 data access fee. As much as I love my Pre, I am not not […]
Feeling upset? Music can solve all your problems. Or at least that’s what Grooveshark’s latest publicity stunt, emotionalbagcheck.com would have you think. Grooveshark, a kind of Pandora/Spotify-esque all-in-one streaming site, started up in 2009 and is now up to over 35 million users. Grooveshark, trying desperately to stay relevant as Spotify enters the U.S. and […]
Are you an iPhone user who subscribes to a streaming music service and aren’t happy with your current provider? Then you might be in for some good news, with an old name — Kazaa has just released an app to the Apple App Store for the iPhone and iPad. Kazaa, we had such good times […]
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a WebOS user. For those who weren’t following the news this weekend, that means I don’t have an upgrade option. I may some day, but for right now my options are finding a used phone and one of three variations on a theme: the Palm Pixi/Pixi Plus, the Pre/Pre Plus/Pre2, […]
The iPod has fundamentally changed music in a lot of ways, mostly for the better. It drove the music industry to accept digital distribution models, rather than selling us whole albums when we only want two or three tracks. It created the option to carry your whole music collection with you, instead of a handful […]
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Last week, Sony released an Android app for its streaming music service, Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity (not the shortest name in the industry, that’s for sure). Until now the service has been available only on computers and Sony internet-connected devices, like the PS3, but the new app puts it in direct competition with a […]
