Inst10 out of beta and now available from BlackBerry World
After a short stint in BlackBerry Beta Zone and a few name changes, third party Instagram client Inst10 has made its way to BlackBerry World. It’s a fully featured client with a lot of extras too. The app will take a freemium style model. To give you a feel of all the pro features, there is a 7-day trial available.
If you have been trying out the app whilst in beta, you’ll agree with me that it’s a pretty good Instagram client. You’re going to hear people ask why do we need it when we already have iGrann. But isn’t life better with options? I welcome more variations, it keeps developers on their toes.
Dungeon Hunter 5 slashes its way onto iOS on March 12
Gameloft has announced today that its popular hack and slash series, Dungeon Hunter, is about to get a sequel. Dungeon Hunter 5 will be bringing its dungeon crawling goodness to iOS on March 12.
Dungeon Hunter 5 continues the legacy of the previous games by improving on its impressive graphics and introducing a new multiplayer mode and evolution system for gear. Here’s just some of what you can expect when the game launches on March 12:
- Embark on an epic single player campaign through 5 realms and countless dungeons
- A new asynchronous multiplayer mode called Strongholds.
- Customize your Stronghold, manage and defend it, and raid opponents’ Strongholds to ravage their loot
- Next generation AAA graphics with full support for Metal on iOS at launch
- All new evolution system: loot gear and evolve it to level up your power
- Hire your friends or other players as Allies to help you on your journey
- Daily and Weekly Events: tackle daily dungeons and weekly Wanted Challenges for more rewards
Overall, Dungeon Hunter 5 looks like a worthy follow-up to Dungeon Hunter 4, which many players enjoyed for its deep RPG and multi-player elements. If you want to check out more than the trailer above, Gameloft also recently showed off a couple of Gameplay videos on its YouTube channel, which you can check out at the source links below.
Source: Gameloft (YouTube)
Netflix updated for Windows Phone, likely address recent playback issues
Netflix has updated its Windows Phone app today, but the new version, unfortunately, doesn’t come with a change log (the one listed is actually an older one). This would suggest this download is a minor patch for bug fixes only.
New book explores personal evolution of Steve Jobs, features interviews with Jony Ive, Tim Cook
Becoming Steve Jobs is a new book coming later this month that explores how Steve Jobs became one of the leading figures in technology and business of our time.
Written by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, Becoming Steve Jobs draws on Schlender’s reporting on Jobs during his time at the Wall Street Journal and Fortune, as well as new reporting and interviews. From the book’s website:
A brilliantly reported, compellingly written book that overturns the conventional view of Steve Jobs—the Jobs that is frozen forever as half genius, half jerk—Becoming Steve Jobs answers the central question about the life and career of the Apple cofounder and CEO: How did a young man so reckless and arrogant that he was exiled from the company he founded become the most effective visionary business leader of our time?
Becoming Steve Jobs features new interviews with several people close to Jobs, including Pixar and Apple employees, Apple executives Eddy Cue and Jony Ive, along with CEO Tim Cook, and Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell Jobs.
The book can be pre-ordered as an iBook from iTunes for $14.99, as well as a hardcover or Kindle book on Amazon. Becoming Steve Jobs will be available on March 24, 2015.
Source: Becoming Steve Jobs, Daring Fireball
Withings Activité and Activité Pop now work with your Android device
Withings Activité and Activité Pop are gaining the ability to sync with Android devices with the launch of the Health Mate app, which was thus far exclusive to the iOS platform.
Apple-Google Anti-Poaching Lawsuit Nears $415 Million Settlement
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in a San Jose, California courtroom on Monday raised no objections about a $415 million settlement that would end an ongoing anti-poaching class-action lawsuit involving Apple, Google and other large tech companies. Koh rejected a previous $324.5 million settlement last August after one of the plaintiffs in the case objected the deal was too low, according to Reuters.
Tech workers filed the antitrust class-action lawsuit in 2011 against Apple, Google, Adobe and Intel, alleging that the four companies reached anti-poaching agreements that resulted in less job mobility and lower salaries. Apple and Google were accused of signing one of the earliest wage-fixing deals in 2005, although the anti-poaching agreements extended far beyond those companies. According to court documents, up to one million tech employees may have been affected by the agreements.
BlackBerry announces the BlackBerry Leap!
BlackBerry has finally taken the covers off their latest device better known as the BlackBerry Leap. Announced at Mobile World Congress, the BlackBerry Leap is an affordable all-touch smartphone in a modern and powerful design that is built for career builders and companies who value security and privacy when pushing their productivity to the next level.
This week’s Deals with Gold include The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Assassin’s Creed Unity and more
If you’re an Xbox Live Gold subscriber, look no further for great deals on recent titles. This week’s Deals with Gold include discounts on Assassin’s Creed Unity for Xbox One, which is now available at a discounted price of $40.99, down from its usual price of $59.99. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has also been discounted, and is now available for $29.99.
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