Fresh iPhone Apps for Feb. 7: Hotels by Orbitz, TripLingo Romance Edition, The Hacker, Dream Pethouse
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Appolicious - Get ready for your next trip with today?s leading fresh app, Hotels by Orbitz, which leverages the popular travel service to help you find hotel accommodations. If you happen to be planning a trip overseas, then our next app, TripLingo Romance Edition, which can teach you flirty phrases in 10 languages, might come in handy as well. In games, The Hacker will give you something of the experience of hacking into a 1980s-style computer, while Dream Pethouse brings you a casual game experience where you?ll raise pets and build them a giant tree house.
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New iPad rumors: LTE versions, March 7 announcement event
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Appolicious - Hot on the heels of a rumor that Apple was planning to announce the latest iPhone in the early part of next month come a few more possible tidbits of information, including something new about potential versions of Apple?s popular tablet.
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iPad factory conditions 'better than the norm'
Working conditions at Chinese manufacturing plants where Apple's iPads and iPhones are made are far better than those at garment factories or other facilities elsewhere in the country, according to the head of a non-profit agency investigating the plants. Ref. Source 6
Fresh iPhone Apps for Feb. 21: Inspire, Art of Coffee, WrestleFest Premium, VR Mission
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Appolicious - Turn your iOS device into a painter?s canvas with the help of Inspire, a newly added free version of developer KiwiPixel?s powerful paid app. You can use Inspire to create works of art on your smartphone, choosing which brushes to use and paints to apply, and even mix your own colors. It?s the leader of today?s Fresh Apps list, followed by an app for making a different kind of art. Art of Coffee teaches its users how to manipulate foam and cream to create latte art. ...
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Mayan Light Beam Photo: Message from Gods, or iPhone Glitch?
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LiveScience.com - When Hector Siliezar visited the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza with his wife and kids in 2009, he snapped three iPhone photos of El Castillo, a pyramid that once served as a sacred temple to the Mayan god Kukulkan. A thunderstorm was brewing near the temple, and Siliezar was trying to capture lightning crackling dramatically over the ruins.
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Apple assembly line gets pay raise, fewer hours
Chinese workers who often spend more than 60 hours per week assembling iPhones and iPads will have their overtime hours curbed and their pay increased after a labour auditor hired by Apple inspected their factories. Ref. Source 9