News Archive for 09/08/10

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SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 adds 16x9 support, DISH Remote

08/10, 11:00pm

SlingPlayer Mobile update

Sling Media is set to launch an update to its iPhone app, Sling Mobile, which is currently pending approval from Apple. Version 1.1 still lacks 3G streaming, although it adds several new features such as DISH Remote Access integration and improvements to the control interface. The DISH functions bring a content guide directly onto the iPhone, instead of importing a picture, while search and filter options have been expanded.

iPhone apps: Cooliris, Where To?, SimplyTweet

08/10, 6:00pm

Lion Pride, Tesserae

Cooliris (Free) displays news and media from various sources in a 3D wall layout. Information is collected from Yahoo, Flickr, Google and other various sites and then presented in a way that is supposed to make scanning through long lists of results simple. The application has recently been updated and is now said to run much faster and includes support for Bing, Picasa, and Twitter.

Civilization Revolution arrives on iPhone, iPod

08/10, 11:35am

CivRev on iPhone, iPod

Firaxis' Civilization Revolution has arrived at the App Store, marking the first time the well-known game series has been available for iPhones and iPods. CivRev is specifically based on the console title of the same name, and carries over all its features, though these in turn are simplified from the PC's Civilization IV. Some simplified rules include a limit of three units in army stacks.

Major educational e-book publisher targets iPhone

08/10, 9:30am

E-book co. comes to iPhone

Through a new application, a large publisher of educational e-books is making its library available on the iPhone and iPod touch. CourseSmart notes that over 7,000 titles should be now accessible, though only to anyone already paying desktop subscription costs. Book rentals typically last 180 days, and cost roughly 50 percent of a print edition's value.