Episode number twenty five of Angry Birds Toons is now playing at Angry Birds App nearest you. This episode is titled “The Bird That Cried Pig” and features The Birds, The Eggs and The Pigs.
Next week episode is titled “Hamshank Redemption”.
Angry Birds Toons: Hog Roast
Episode number twenty-four of Angry Birds Toons is now playing at your local Angry Birds Apps. “Hog Roast” features the Pigs and the Pigs.
As always, stay Tooned for next episode.
Plants vs. Zombies 2
The highly anticipated sequel to Plant vs. Zombies finally released worldwide. Plants vs. Zombies 2 retains the same gameplay mechanics from the original and adds a few more. Unlike its predecessor, Plants vs. Zombies 2 is free to download and offers In-App-Purchases from the get go; this has drawn a lot of criticism from gamers. At a glance, it seems that the game requires players to buy certain plants with real money. In reality, the game offers impatient players a chance to buy the plants instead of earning them.
The initial release of Plants vs. Zombies 2 includes four different themes in “Crazy Dave’s Time-Space Taco Map”.
- Ancient Egypt
- Pirate Seas
- Wild West
- ??? (Mystery theme that might as well be set in the future or space)
Plants vs. Zombies 2 is a worthy sequel to a really fun game.
WordPress 3.7 for iOS
The folks at Automattic has released an update to WordPress for iOS.
What’s New in Version 3.7
• New native WordPress.com Reader: A faster and more beautiful reading experience.
• New account system to ensure that your WordPress.com account remains as safe and as secure as ever, including when you change your password or use two-step authentication.
• Updated translations: The app is now available in Thai.
• Multiple crash and bug fixes.
Sixteen-by-Nine
There seems to be consensus that Apple would drop iPhone 4 and 4S comes September 10, 2013.
Back in May 2013 a person who might or might not be a high ranking Apple employee hinted that Apple would go all 16-by-nine screen ratio for all iPhone and iPod touch this Fall 2013. It is a response to some rumors that Apple would release a larger screen iPhone with 4-by-3 screen ratio in Fall 2013.
Apple will be phasing out 30-pin Dock Connector this Fall 2013. John Gruber believes that Apple would stop selling iPad 2 after new iPad is introduced and I concur.
If I’m right, this would leave the iPad 2 as the last device with a 30-pin port. I expect them to abandon that device in October, when new iPads are announced.
Another point is that Apple would have another event this October and maybe one more before the end of the year.
Apple will be having four busy month starting September 2013. There’s the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, MacBook Pro and Mac Pro. By the way, there’s one more new product that Apple might introduce this year.
Uncommon Sense, iOS 7 beta and App Reviews
Apple is expected to release iOS 7 sometimes in Fall 2013. So far, five beta builds of iOS 7 have been seeded to developers. A lot of progress have been made since the first iOS 7 beta was released. The first iOS 7 beta had a lot of known issues. Apple has been fixing the issues with consequent beta builds. With iOS 7 beta 5, there are still some relatively major issues and the are expected to be fixed I’m the upcoming betas.
Developers are expected to work on their existing Apps to ensure compatibilities with iOS 7. Since iOS 7 is still in beta, developers cannot submit Apps created using iOS 7 SDK beta at this time. Thus existing Apps are likely to be incompatible with iOS 7 beta.
There are a lot of people who should not install iOS 7 beta on their devices in the first place. That’s because they installed iOS 7 beta for all the wrong reasons. They left reviews for Apps at the App Store complaining that the Apps do not work with iOS 7 beta. It is obvious that these people are not developers and do not have common sense at all.
Apple should crack down on this type of review on the App Store and delete them. Furthermore, Apple should temporarily ban their account from posting any reviews until iOS 7 is released publicly.
Angry Birds Toons: Hypno Pigs
Episode number Twenty-One of Angry Birds Toons titled “Hypno Pigs” is now playing at Angry Birds App nearest you.
Stay Tooned for next week episode.