TouchBoard: March 2014

Monday, March 31, 2014

The new update for Plants vs. Zombies 2 catapults us into the future

PopCap has introduced new levels in the new update for Plants vs. Zombies 2, now available on the App Store.

iMotion Pro: The iPhone app that brings about both the time-lapse and stop-motion

iMotion Pro is a powerful and intuitive app for time-lapse and stop-motion animation to iOS. With it, therefore, it will be possible to acquire images, edit and export movies 720p & 1080p HD video directly on Youtube.

Shown in a video backgrounds of the Start screen of Windows Phone 8.1

The video below show you the functioning of the wallpapers in the background for the first time in a video, just leaked from China, on a Lumia 630.

Android twice more stable than iOS, according to a study

The latest report on the state of the market for devices published by the company management applications Crittercism indicates that the operating system from Google that it is actually more stable than that of Apple. The analysis covered the latest versions of the two most popular mobile operating systems, Android and iOS.

Apple iPhone 6: rumors about dual 8-megapixel camera

According to the latest rumors leaked on the web, the new generation iPhone may be equipped with a pair of cameras, in order to offer advanced features when taking photos.

Facebook Messenger: introduced groups of contacts and other news

Facebook Messenger is a chat application dedicated to the eponymous social network that allows you to send messages to their friends and relatives in a quick, easy and free. It has been recently upgraded by introducing new and improved functioning.

Leef presents Access, external microSD reader with limited dimensions

Leef, a U.S. company already known for some creations as Bridge, presented its latest creation: the case of Access, a small external card reader for microSD cards that will make happy owners of non-expandable devices.

Samsung introduces the new bulbs controllable via Bluetooth

During a trade show dedicated to architecture combined with technology, Samsung has unveiled three new models of light bulbs.

iPhone 6: launch scheduled for September with 4.7 and 5.5 inch screen

There is nothing new behind the rumors about iPhone 6 from the time that run for months, but this time it's Nikkei deal: the next iPhone will be released in September already and will be available in two different versions.

Office for iPad: now available for free Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Microsoft finally releases the Office suite for iPad. The three applications, Word, Excel and Power Point, are now available free in the App Store.

Nokia Lumia 630 new images and details of the new WP8.1 device also available in Dual SIM

They come from China new images and details of what will be the first Windows Phone 8.1 device low-end, the Nokia Lumia 630.

Apple: emoji will be more multi-ethnic

The fact that Apple is committed to respecting the diversity of the person is definitely not a novelty and that the Cupertino company is planning to do it again with an operation as simple as significant as that at the same time to expand the set of emoji available on iOS is a further demonstration.

Subway Surfers for Windows Phone 8 is updated and leads the tour in Mexico City

Subway Surfers is a popular mobile game first arrived on iOS (totaling more than 25 million downloads), later on Android and, in December, also on Windows Phone 8.

Charging the battery: a new mixture increases its speed by 300%

A new mixture for batteries seems to be able to speed up the charging of 300%, also increasing the resistance to degradation over time. Here is what has emerged from the study.

Concept of an herbal printer

This printer is a herbal automatic lawn mower able to create any design and any written on all types of lawn.

MacBook 12-inch thinner than the Air coming up, the news is confirmed

It's not even been a week since the last time that rumor about the arrival on the market of a new model of MacBook Air has appeared on the web. The same rumors fails again in the day today, emerging as the previous news was true.

Koubachi, the sensor that monitors the health of a plant

Comes Koubachi, the "Plant Sensor" that positioned in the vessel of the plants is able to monitor the state of health according to the hygrometric parameters. Data is accessible via WiFi from the app for your smartphone or via the website.

Rumor: HTC may build a Windows Phone version 8.1 of the new HTC One M8

Who is mobile lover is sure that the other day, March 25, HTC has unveiled its new top of the range Android OS: HTC One M8.

Cloak: The social app to "isolate" a bit '

The app that we present today is a very interesting app that allows users to leverage social to escape the "social". Leaving aside the play on words, the app allows you to avoid people who prefers not to meet exploiting the location of various posts of friends or relatives side.

Zuckerberg: Facebook over a billion monthly users from mobile devices

Mark Zuckerberg, the famous founder and CEO of Facebook, Has revealed many numbers of social networks and the companies that are part of the company within a call to investors.

Rail Racing, the new racing game free-to-play by Polarbit available on Play Store

If by children or by teenagers (or, why not, even as adults) have spent the afternoon playing with the tracks Polistil find the link to download the game directly at the end of article! Jokes aside, the new game from Polarbit, a software house known for the series of racing games Reckless Racing, and indeed, Rail Racing offers players a gaming experience based on their races on tracks inspired by the electric models made even by the former firm Polistil toys.

How to hide system apps on iOS 7.1

In this guide we'll show you how to hide applications (including system ones) on iOS 7.1 using a small bug in the "home".

Snippit, the Instagram of music

How to define, precisely, if not like Instagram songs? Snippit is one of those applications that could easily take two paths: either the absolute triumph, or the perpetual anonymity. Let's see what it is.

HTC One (M8) water test: able to resist?

On the web was rumored that the new HTC One was very resistant to external agents, even water. Is it true? Let's see the video.

Twitter for iOS updated with improvements to the upload and sharing of photos

Twitter has released an update to its official app introducing enhancements to upload and share photos.

FIFA 14 by EA for Windows Phone 8 is available for free download from the Store!

Announced at Nokia World 2013 last October, the game FIFA 14 has finally arrived on the Store of Windows Phone. Available for free download for Windows Phone 8 devices, will allow you to challenge the teams from all the leagues in the world and even on your smartphone to relive the emotions of the most beautiful sport in the world.

Nokia sets the date for a new event presentation: expected new Lumia smartphones

With the word "More" in large letters Nokia prepares us for the presentation of new mobile devices with Windows Phone operating system. The event will take place on April 2 in that of San Francisco, the very first day of the Build conference for developers at Microsoft.

Facebook buys Oculus VR and enters into the world of virtual reality

$ 2 billion to point to the future: after desktop and mobile point to a virtual platform!

A concept of iPhone 6 inspired by iPod nano

The designer Martin Hajek has developed a new concept iPhone 6, with larger screen and comes in three different colors.

An Apple engineer talks about how the iPhone was born

Greg Christie, senior engineer who worked on the iPhone, offering a rare interview he explained how everything was born and how Apple planned to propose the original iPhone as a revolutionary.

The game Pastry Push for Windows Phone 8 is available for free for 24 hours!

Thanks to a collaboration with the software house myAppFree Refocus Labs has decided to make available to free download the game Pastry Push. It will be downloadable saving $ 0.99 for the next 24 hours so if interested, run out to get it.

Apple has sold 500 million of iPhone

According to calculations made by Forbes in 7 years Apple has sold 500 million iPhones.

HTC presents the new HTC One (M8)

HTC has just unveiled the new HTC One (M8), heir to one of the most successful smartphones of 2013.

Apple is testing the related searches on App Store

Apple is testing a new feature on the iOS version of the App Store, presenting users with related terms in the top of the page on the search results.

Microsoft offers 100$ to Windows XP users to switch to Windows 8

With the impending end of support for Windows XP scheduled for April 8, Microsoft has launched a new offer within their Microsoft Store online. The company offers a discount of 100$ on some Windows 8 to all users of Windows XP.

How to quickly import photos from iPhone to Mac with Image Capture

An alternative way to iPhoto, to import images on the Mac, is the application "Image Capture". With this simple but useful software, you can import more quickly the photos stored on the iDevice direclty on Mac.

Discovered the shape of the iPhone 6?

All the web users eagerly awaiting any news relating the rumored iPhone 6. With the purpose to produce the various sets of accessories, the prototype images used for the construction of covers would reveal the size of the iPhone 6.

Video unboxing of Samsung Galaxy S5 of T-Mobile version

While waiting for the official launch, scheduled for April 11 at a great distance from the presentation took place during the past MWC 2014 in Barcelona, here's a video unboxing that shows the packaging and the package contents of the new Samsung Galaxy S5.