Released earlier today, Cargo-Bot is a free iPad game that involves teaching a robot to sort crates. While the game itself is pretty enjoyable, what really sets it apart from all the others on the App Store, is that Cargo-Bot is the first game to be programmed entirely on an iPad.
Adobe has announced what it describes as a “landmark release” of its flagship editing products for design and web professionals today in the form of Creative Suite 6. In addition to Photoshop CS6, which has been available as a public beta since last month, the release features 13 applications that all deliver “a ton of innovation.”
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has today announced that the social network giant has agreed to aquire the popular photo-sharing app Instagram, and its creators for a staggering $1bn (£629m).
Just as Avatron promised last month, an updated version of their popular Air Display app has now been released which takes advantage of the new iPad’s Retina screen and OS X Lion’s HiDPI mode – effectively turning the third-generation iPad into a Retina quality Mac display.
Air Display for iOS is quite possibly one of the best things you can spend £6.99 ($9.99) on. It’s a simple app that turns your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch (though it works best on the iPad) into a wireless secondary display for your Mac, that connects to your machine over Wi-Fi.
After unveiling an all new iPad with a Retina display at today’s media event in San Francisco, Apple also announced the immediate availability of iPhoto for the iPad, and “major” updates to the company’s other iLife apps – iMovie and GarageBand.
Following the announcement that over 25 billion apps have been downloaded from the App Store, and that Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China picked up a $10,000 gift card for downloading the 25 billionth, Apple has published lists of the top all-time paid and free iOS apps.
UK-based developers True Knowledge have been warned that their Evi app faces removal from the App Store for being too similar to Siri. Speaking to TechCrunch, their CEO William Tunstall-Pedoe explained that an Apple representative had phoned and told the company they felt the app violated one of the App Store guidelines.
On the first day of the 2012 Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Adobe has announced the availability of Photoshop Touch – a new photo editing app for the iPad 2. Priced at £6.99 ($9.99), Photoshop Touch brings core features from the company’s industry-standard desktop software, including: selection tools, adjustments and filters, to Apple’s second-generation tablet.