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Lessons at home and homework at school in US
AFP Relax News, Published on 01/07/2013
» When April Burton explains the intricacies of French grammar to her American classroom, the students are at home, in front of their computer or smartphone.
Top iPad apps: UNO & Friends, Candy Crush Saga
AFP Relax News, Published on 06/06/2013
» Around the world iPad users have been challenging their friends to digital versions of the classic card game UNO and playing the sweet-toothed puzzle game Candy Crush Saga. Details of this and other top free iPad applications by country for the week, by number of downloads, recorded on June 5, can be found below.
Top iPhone apps: Dumb Ways To Die, Tetris Blitz
AFP Relax News, Published on 30/05/2013
» Over the past week the darkly entertaining application Dumb Ways To Die, in which users have to help a cartoon character escape from a number of bizarre but deadly situations, has been popular with iPhone users around the world. In the US a speeded up and modernized version of the classic game Tetris called Tetris Blitz has been causing a buzz. Details of this and other top free iPhone applications by country for the week, by number of downloads, recorded on May 29, can be found below.
Amazon expands Kindle tablet sale to 170 countries
AFP Relax News, Published on 24/05/2013
» Online retail titan Amazon announced Thursday it is expanding sales of its Kindle tablet computers to "over 170 countries and territories around the world," and its Appstore in nearly 200 countries.
Microsoft adds Klingon to its Bing translator
AFP Relax News, Published on 16/05/2013
» From this week, alongside more common languages such as French, English, Arabic and Chinese, Bing Translator users will also be able to convert text to and from Klingon.
Microsoft eyes full control of Nook: report
AFP Relax News, Published on 10/05/2013
» Shares in Barnes & Noble surged Thursday after a report that Microsoft was preparing a $1 billion bid for the bookseller's Nook Media digital assets.
iTunes by the numbers
AFP Relax News, Published on 26/04/2013
» Over the past 10 years, the site has gone from a tiny virtual shop front for Mac users in the US to a multinational multimedia marketplace selling everything from TV shows and books to HD feature films and apps across both the Apple and Windows platforms and in 119 countries around the globe.
Report: Amazon acquires Evi voice command app
AFP Relax News, Published on 19/04/2013
» News that online retailer Amazon is in the process of buying a voice operation and virtual concierge application on a par with Apple's Siri further fuels speculation that Amazon is set to launch its own smartphone.
Nook tablets now come with Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter preinstalled
AFP Relax News, Published on 17/04/2013
» Nook devices now come with a host of social media apps out of the box in an attempt to stand out against competition from Amazon.
Are phablets are a fad?
AFP Relax News, Published on 03/04/2013
» A new report shows that phablets are having little if any impact on the smartphone market in terms of use or data consumption when compared to handsets with average screen sizes.