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Claiming to add a higher quality of blur to photos, Peng Sun’s Lens Blur looks like a pretty cool app. It’s all based around the bokeh effect, which the developer defines as “the pleasing or aesthetic quality of out-of-focus blur in a photograph.” Used right, blurry photos can be pretty […] Read the original post…

Star Horizon ($4) is a new space shooter from Tabasco Interactive. A graphically impressive game, Star Horizon puts players into the ship of space fighter pilot. The on-rails shooter supports iOS controllers. Star Horizon certainly looks like a premium title. With nice, clear graphics and an impressive frame rate, it […] Read the original post…

The latest entry in iHome’s ever-growing lineup of speakers is iBN26 ($100), a stationary Bluetooth system. Unlike so many speakers, this one’s not rectangular, but rather a squat cylinder; ours came topped with a wood panel. It supports the standard features one might expect from a $100 unit, including speakerphone […] Read the original post…

Jabra’s Bluetooth speaker lineup has just expanded by one with the release of Solemate Max ($400). Following Solemate Mini and an in-between model, this is the big one of the bunch. Although it’s not huge, it’s heavy, weighing in at over six pounds. The exterior is mostly plastic and metal, […] Read the original post…

The Golden State Warriors are the first NBA team to roll out iBeacons in their home arena, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports. Oracle Arena in Oakland uses iBeacons to push seat upgrades, as fans with the team’s smartphone app — and cheaper seats — are prompted to upgrade when in the arena. […] Read the original post…

Setting aside the stand, the case itself is rather plain. The material is similar to that of Incipio’s NGP cases, with a smooth finish and enough give to make installation easy. Previous cases in the family have lacked button coverage, but this time, ZeroChroma has attended to that detail. The […] Read the original post…

Say what you will about its computers and software, Microsoft makes some genuinely nice peripherals. The most recent is Wireless Mobile Mouse 1850 ($15), which may just make a travel mouse for your Mac. No, it’s not quite as fancy as a Magic Mouse, but at such a low price, […] Read the original post…

FOX Broadcasting Company’s Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (free) is a companion app to the new 13-part FOX series, Cosmos. The app offers a full view of an interactive cosmic calendar which visualizes the history of the universe throughout the year. Episode sneak peeks and synopses are included along with additional […] Read the original post…

At the heart of it, Soft-Tec Pro is a rubber frame with a ring of plastic inside. The iPad slips in, although the fit isn’t perfect. Towards the top, our review unit was a bit loose; some of the chamfered edge was visible, and it was very evident when the […] Read the original post…

China Mobile sold about one million new iPhones in February according to Chief Executive Li Yue. “We added 1.34 million new 4G users in February and most of them are iPhone users. We are happy with the progress as we are still building our 4G network and the coverage is […] Read the original post…

An EA Games server is hosting a phishing site that’s asking for Apple IDs, passwords, and credit card information, according to anti-fraud Internet services company Netcraft. Two websites in the ea.com domain use the compromised server, which redirects users to the actual Apple ID website after entering their confidential information. […] Read the original post…

Bump Case is the first of the company’s products to feature a multi-layer design. While it looks like the semirigid protectors that’ve come before, this one is actually a hard outer shell with a soft, shock-absorbing interior, making it more like the dual-molded cases we often favor. Inside, it looks […] Read the original post…

When we first covered Satechi’s Premium 4 Port Aluminum USB Hub in the middle of 2013, we commented on its great looks, but concluded that we were “hoping Satechi quickly catches up with Apple and releases a USB 3 version of the Hub to match the new Mac lineup.” Well, […] Read the original post…

Apple CEO Tim Cook has issued a strongly-worded statement slamming “Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs,” a new book by former Wall Street Journal technology reporter Yukari Iwatani Kane. Cook said in a statement to CNBC, “This nonsense belongs with some of the other books I’ve read about Apple. It […] Read the original post…

Clear cases have always been somewhat popular, and we saw a small bump in the number of them with the release of the iPhone 5s and its gold variant. iSkin’s is two layers deep. The main body is soft rubber material, which is then covered with an anti-scratch, anti-stain, oleophobic […] Read the original post…