New and updated iPhone and iPad apps for Wednesday, July 20

Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you! Locational: Easily keep track of places that you cannot forget. Track and [...]

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Lion?s Internet Recovery Feature: The Past Meets The Future

Although you won't find any Apple users who will admit it, Macs do occasionally crash and fail, sometimes in spectacular ways. In my experience, while they have far fewer visible errors, the ones that users end up seeing are more serious than the scattered Windows annoyances and driver issues. But by and large, recovery and error management haven't needed to be among Apple's marquee features. Graceful failure is a merit, but not something you want listed next to Mission Control and AirDrop. So it's no surprise that an interesting little feature built into Lion is receiving next to no promotion — though Apple is far from hiding it. The improved recovery console is a nice feature, but it's the Internet Recovery thing I'm more interested in.

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Klipsch's Gallery G-17 Air Makes AirPlay Fashionable [Gadget]

The new Airplay-enabled Gallery G-17 Air is a stereo soundbar that could fit in fairly seamlessly into your room's setup. Equipped with two Tractrix-horned 10 watt tweeters and dual 20 watt woofers, it offers a decent streaming experience for your aural needs. More »


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Words With Friends for Android updated, promises "smoother game experience"

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As several of you noted in the comments to our post asking for cross-platform iOS/Android games, Words With Friends for Android does not provide the smoothest gaming experience... and that's being rather charitable.

You might be happy to hear that a couple of days ago Zynga released an update which promises to solve many of the Android-specific issues, such as notifications not popping up.

Sadly, installing the update is not a smooth experience; you have to manually uninstall the previous version, and then go to the Android Market and install it. What's nice is that it doesn't lose your saved games - this screenshot shows a game I've started before the update and continued after updating.

How's the new update working out for you? Let us know in the comments!

Words With Friends for Android updated, promises "smoother game experience" originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The BlueDrone R/C Racer Is Probably the Closest You'll Ever Get to Driving a GT-R [Toys]

The 2012 Nissan GT-R is a $90,000, 530Hp street rocket. The BlueDrone R/C car... not so much. But at least it'll hurt less when you wrap it around a tree. More »


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Samsung camera patent application adds simulated depth-of-field to point-and-clicks

High-end DSLRs are pricey and a tad complicated for the everyday user, but that doesn't stop most folks from wanting to take professional-looking shots of their own. Enter Samsung with a patent application that could add simulated depth-of-field discernment to your average point-and-click and smartphone camera. According to the filing, a dual-lens setup -- similar to the 3D cameras we've seen hit the market -- delegates full-resolution image capture to a primary lens, while its secondary partner calculates object distances. The data is then merged with the initial image "to create a depth map" with simulated blur, saving you from tedious Photoshop drudgery. No word on whether this neat trick will make its way to consumers' hands -- but with 3D still the reigning buzz, we'd upgrade that possibility to a very likely.

Samsung camera patent application adds simulated depth-of-field to point-and-clicks originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MayBe The ipad 2 Plus

Don’t Overlook that the unique iPad tablet continues to be  little more than a 12  months old and also the Apple iPad tablet 2 is merely a few months old, a brand  new iPad is without a doubt in route. Having a minor redesign of the iPad tablet  2, as well as brand new components, the ?iPad [...]

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Hipster Band Wants to Create a Music Video Out of Your Instagram Pics [Apps]

Either London band The Vaccines think they're being really clever here, or they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas. Whatever the reason, this could prove very comical, with fans asked to hashtag Instagram pics using #vaccinesvideo or upload to a site. More »


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Droid 3 disassembled by iFixit Jawas

It's time for the squeamish to avert their eyes. The latest entry in Motorola's popular Droid line has taken a trip to internet Tatooine, getting the classic teardown treatment from the folks at iFixit. As always, there were some interesting findings beneath its shiny, gadgety exterior, including a SIM card and so, so many hidden screws. More gory shots in the source link below.

Droid 3 disassembled by iFixit Jawas originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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