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Rocket Robo ($1) is a new 2.5D side-scrolling puzzler from Aaron McElligott. In the game, you guide a little jetpack-equipped robot through a number of bright, twisting levels, picking up stars before you reach the finish line. It’s rated 4+. From the get-go, Rocket Robo is a joy to look […] Read the original post…

Desktop Stand ships in three separate pieces, with some light assembly required to put them all together. First, there’s the heavy, round base, which has a hole running all the way through its center. Into that goes the pole attached to the adjustable arm. There’s some lubrication in the opening […] Read the original post…

Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Taoiseach Enda Kenny today during a visit to Ireland, and Kenny confirmed the meeting included a discussion of corporate tax rate. Kenny, the Irish head of government, said Ireland is “participating fully” in EU discussions about corporate tax rate, and denied that the Irish […] Read the original post…

Thousands of iBeacons will be placed in Major League Baseball ballparks next week, with MLB hoping to have 20 parks outfitted by Opening Day in late March. Boston, Milwaukee, San Diego, San Francisco, and the L.A. Dodgers will be among the teams with iBeacons installed in their stadiums, MacRumors reports. […] Read the original post…

Zynga announced that the company has acquired NaturalMotion, developer of the Clumsy Ninja app, for $527 million in cash and equity. Zynga also announced it would lay off 314 employees, or 15 percent of its workforce. Though Clumsy Ninja was first introduced during the Sept. 2012 media event for the […] Read the original post…

Flote’s Desktop Stand ($220) is a heavy — very heavy — metal stand solution for use with any iPad. Shipping in three pieces, an articulating arm fits into a solid base, with the tablet holder connecting via an extremely strong magnetic ball joint. The arm can move up and down, […] Read the original post…

First shown to us at the 2014 CES, STM has released its Dux case for iPad Air ($50) and iPad mini ($45). Identical in all but size, these cases are the most protective the company has ever made. A rubber frame surrounds a clear plastic window on the back of […] Read the original post…

Facebook has updated its free app to version 6.9.1. The update lets users choose whose posts to see in News Feed, and also puts all uploaded videos into one album. More notable, however, was Facebook’s introduction of Paper. The new iOS app lets users view their Facebook News Feed in […] Read the original post…

If you have photos on your Mac, there are almost certainly duplicates. Maybe you copied a folder when you meant to move it, or imported twice without realizing it, or even made some minor edits but kept the original around. Regardless, these extra shots take up valuable space on your […] Read the original post…

Mobile Battery is about twice the size of a Zippo lighter. Although it can rely solely on the wireless ecosystem for power, it can also use standard methods; there’s a micro-USB port for power input, a full-sized port for 1-Amp output, and a short charging cable is included. Along the […] Read the original post…

PayPal has been pitching Apple on helping out with the Cupertino company’s rumored mobile payments system, Re/code reports. Industry executives say PayPal is offering to “white-label parts of its own payment service,” from infrastructure to payment processing. While PayPal may be keen to partnering with Apple, the interest may not […] Read the original post…

Documents between Apple and U.S. Foreign Trade Zone officials show the company is planning an “aggressive” push to open its new Arizona sapphire manufacturing plant in February, possibly in time to include sapphire in products to launch later this year. In one of the documents obtained by 9to5Mac, Apple explains […] Read the original post…

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