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One thing that I forgot to mention yesterday, Angry Birds (the original) is App of the Week at iTunes App Store. That means you can get this game for free, if you haven’t done so.
By the way, Rovio has bought back the distribution right of the original Angry Birds from Chillingo.
UPDATED 2013-03-09
One little pet peeve of mine about smart phone is the glare on the glass screen. All of the iPhones and Nexus-series phone I own have matte/anti-glare screen protector installed. With the iPhones, I recommend getting Power Support brand. When I got a Nexus 4, I looked into several different brands of screen protectors. I decided to try one out, GreatShield Matte Screen Protector.
It comes in a 3-pack for under $10 at Amazon.com.
It took me about 5 minutes to apply the screen protector with no noticeable dust bubbles, and it took me only one try. I have been applying screen protectors on numerous iPhones, iPad and other smart phones for the past 5 years. I can’t do it with my eyes closed though.
The current revision of GreatShield Matte Screen Protector has the necessary cutout for the front-facing camera and the proximity sensor. During the course of my research, different brands of screen protector for Nexus 4 do not have the said cutout.
One thing that you should know that GreatShield Matte Screen Protector size. While it fully covers the screen area, it is smaller than the glass-face of Nexus 4. It leaves 2 mm on the sides and bottom and 1 mm on the top. The gaps prevent the film from bubbling due to friction from certain Nexus 4 cases. The case I have on this Nexus 4 certainly does not fall in that category.
A few days in, I am pretty satisfied with GreatShield Matte Screen Protector. In case anyone wants to know, it is a Rearth Ringke SLIM Case one the Nexus 4. I’ll post more details about it on a different post.
Rovio has just updated the original Angry Birds game with 15 new levels of Bad Piggies episode.
What’s New in Version 3.1.0
Check out 15 fantastic new levels for the Bad Piggies episode! OINK!
In addition to that, Rovio also updates Angry Birds Space.
What’s New in Version 1.5.0
Rock icon Slash has created an incredible ALL NEW VERSION of the Angry Birds Space theme song! Get the update to hear this exclusive new tune and check out how Slash looks as an honorary Angry Bird!
Angry Birds and Angry Birds Space are available for multiple Operating Systems such as Android, iOS, Mac and Windows. Head to Angry Birds Official Site for download links.
After a few years of slacking, it finally hit the ground running. Tastes Like Slacking, it is just another slacking site running WordPress. The site is run by a colleague, vondiggity.
Twitter 5.4 for iOS is now available. This version of Twitter App removes support for uploading videos to Posterous. That makes a lot of sense since Posterous is shutting down.
What’s New in Version 5.4
This update includes enhancements to search and other improvements.
- As you search you’ll see more topic and user suggestions for your query, based on what’s happening in real time. You’ll also see these suggestions when adding a hashtag or username as you compose a new Tweet.
- Top Tweets from big moments in the past pop out when you search for a given term. For example, searching for “election” might highlight Tweets from several months ago.
- When you open a web page you can now see the related Tweet for more context. Just pull the tray icon up or down to see or hide the Tweet.
- It’s easier to see long conversations in the Tweet details view, which now shows all of the replies to any Tweet
- When you block a user in the app, their Tweets will instantly disappear from the Connect tab in the app
- Pull-to-refresh in Discover shows a new, smoother animation
- Support for traditional Chinese
- Logout support (iOS 6 only)
- Uploading videos vie Mobypicture, Vodpod and Posterous is no longer supported
- Additional bug fixes and improvements
March 6, 2013 marks one year anniversary of Google Play. Free Apps, Free TV Episodes and $0.99 Movie Rentals are among the weeklong specials at Google Play Birthday Party.
Google updates its Maps App for iOS.
It is unclear why Google Maps 1.1 is not a native iPad App yet.
