EA is having a massive Valentine’s Day sale, with up to 85 per cent off popular games like Battleship, The Sims and more. Plus, Newspapers for half price on iPad, Delayed Lock for just 99c on Android, CleverToDo discounted on Windows Phone 7, plus lots more in today’s app deals roundup. More »
Ever since Microsoft decided Windows 8 will support ARM-based CPUs, many wondered if that meant the traditional desktop experience would be supported as well. And if so, what about all the legacy apps developed for x86 CPUs? Windows 8 boss Steven Sinofsky has spoken. Yes, desktop mode is coming, but the old apps aren’t. More »
Apple’s AirPlay lets people watch movies, looking at photos, and of course listening to music wirelessly, zapping the content from their iPhones, iPod touches or iPads to their televisions and home speaker systems with a variety of popular iOS music apps. More »
Path faced a privacy flap when it was revealed that the company was uploading users’ address book data to its servers without permission. While it stopped doing that and deleted all the data it had stored, a larger issue remains. More »
Facebook is a privacy disaster. Nobody with an iota of sense really trusts it to respect their privacy. Which is precisely one of Path’s big selling points: It’s got better privacy. Or so it seemed. But then it surprised everyone. Updated. More »
This one’s a bit of a workaround, but O’Reilly offers eBook versions of many of its titles considerably cheaper than their print counterparts. All you really need is the ISBN number of the title you want. More »
Gizmodo’s Developers Cubed series offers a behind the scenes look into Australia’s up and coming dev scene. This week: We chat with Sydney-based Peach Pellen about Corona SDK, helping others learn to code and why it’s necessary to eat lunch at your desk. More »
We’ve got promo codes for Ayars Animation iOS apps, BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 discounted heavily on iPad, Track your plan going cheap on Android, Pandas vs Ninjas for a dollar cheaper on Windows Phone 7, plus lots more in today’s app deals roundup. First in, first served! More »
