Posted by Alexander Bader on Jul 17, 2011 Rule the Sky, JCE’s revamp of the original Rule the Sky, is a social city building game, heavy on the social, where the player takes charge of a floating island.  As with any city building game, the point is to improve the island by farming, building and questing. The game play is a mix of farming, city-building and RPG.  Crops are grown to raise currency, and grow at...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Jul 17, 2011 Tapbots, the developer studio behind ‘Tweetbot’, has updated their popular twitter application to include push notification support. Although a highly anticipated feature, push notification capability will only be available to the first 1,000 users who update their Tweetbot settings. The push notifications service can be enabled from the settings menu, where users can...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Jul 17, 2011 Apple has released an iOS security update built to fix the PDF vulnerability that was first discovered nine days ago. JailbreakMe.com used the error in coding to easily jailbreak iOS devices via Apple’s Safari web browser. This update looks to prevent hackers from maliciously accessing iOS devices and confidential user data. If you’re looking to be shielded from the...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Jul 17, 2011 AOL, the company behind popular tech sites Engadget and Joystiq, has launched a new iOS music application. AOL described their latest app, dubbed PLAY, as “an application that lets you share musical moments with friends.” While some services, like Spotify, offer subscription based music streaming, PLAY offers a free catalog of popular tunes for playback at any time. AOL...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Jul 17, 2011 Although Apple just recently announced more than 15 billion application downloads from the iOS App Store, Asymco has reason to believe that app downloads have overtaken iTunes music purchases. “It was only a few weeks ago (at WWDC) that we had an update on the app store growth rates. The data was presented here. One of the data points from the event was that iTunes hit...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Jul 17, 2011 Apple.pro, a Taiwanese website notorious for leaking Apple devices prior to their formal announcement, has reportedly leaked images of iPad 3 parts. In this particular instance, theTaiwanbased site posted images of an unseen connector cable with a white tip. The label found on the connector is different from both the original iPad and the iPad 2. While the iPad 2 is labeled...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Jul 17, 2011 Popular TD game Tower Defense: Lost Earth climbs up the chart to #2 this week, while Angry Birds continues its run in the top spot. $0.99 favorites Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds Seasons and Tiny Wings make up this weeks best-selling iPhone games. #1 Angry Birds The top selling iPhone game of all time now sports a mind-blowing 225 levels packed full of angry action, as well as...

Posted by Alexander Bader on Jul 17, 2011 Apple has officially amended iTunes terms and conditions after being told do to so by the Taipei city government. The changes grant users a seven day return window in order to comply with recent Taiwanese law changes. The changes now in effect only apply to customers who live in Taiwan. The revised terms and conditions are as follows: You may cancel your purchase within seven (7)...