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Games for the weekend: Fortress Under Siege
Fortress Under Siege is a medieval tower defense game that starts out a little like SimCity as you plan out and build your kingdom, progresses into a more typical Plants vs Zombies strategy game, with a dash of Battleheart troop customization thrown in for good measure.
RIM, Motorola propose truce in nano-SIM fight, plus 4 other Apple stories to read today
Here's our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web. Today's installment: Possible peace in the European SIM card standard battle, Steve Jobs' dream of the iCar, state of the App Store near its fourth birthday, and more details about Jobs' biopic.
A $5 app turns Android tablets into a second monitor for Mac or PC
Apple iPad owners have the $10 AirDisplay app to use their tablet as a second monitor for their Mac, but Android owners aren't left out in the cold. Mobile app developer Shape offers a similar program for $5 that works with both Macs and Windows PCs.
Verizon: You can keep unlimited ? if you buy your own phone
Verizon Wireless apparently isn?t done talking about its controversial plan to phase out "grandfathered" unlimited data plans, issuing a statement Thursday explaining the new policy. What it boils down to is this: You can keep unlimited, but don?t expect Verizon to subsidize your device.
New U.S. iPad activations move inland
Like last month, California and Hawaii lead in new iPad activations, accounting for nearly 18 and 16 percent, respectively. But Nebraska is a surprise No. 3. A big part of that isn't due to your regular gadget consumers, but one of the state's public education initiatives.
A breakdown of iOS and Android profits, plus 4 other Apple stories to read today
Here's our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn't miss. Today's installment: iPhone versus Android revenue from Google, the feasibility of Retina display MacBooks, the profitability of the Flashback botnet, and Apple gets approved for a greener data center.
Survey says: Apple customer service a secret weapon
I dropped my iPhone 4 from three stories up. Less than a day later, I walked out of the Apple Store in Philadelphia with a brand new iPhone 4. The journey to get there was very impressive and partially explains, anecdotally, how Apple keeps customers.
Google launches Schemer app for the iPhone
Google just launched an iOS app for its other social network: iPhone users can now access the social activity service Schemer with an app that allows them to find things to do and share those plans with their friends. The app closely mimics its Android cousin.
Steve Jobs to get the Sorkin treatment, plus 4 other Apple stories to read today
Here's our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn't miss. Today's installment: The other Steve Jobs movie (without Ashton Kutcher), China Mobile and Apple keep talking, Sprint looks longterm with the iPhone, and Tim Cook goes to Washington.
This Sesame Street app will potty-train your kid
Hope you've got a screen protector...Sesame Street has a new iOS app, "Potty Time wit?h Elmo," that is aimed at kids and parents going through the potty-training process.