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Daylight Saving Time causes rise in heart attacks
Mar 13th
As much as we might complain about Daylight Saving Time by posting on Facebook and Twitter on the difficulties of early mornings, our tickers complain in a completely different way: by going into cardiac arrest. That’s right: heart attacks rise following Daylight Saving Time.
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NASA takes some time off, goes virtual asteroid camping
Mar 12th
When boring people like you and I go on vacation, we might go camping in the woods or something. But not NASA. NASA goes camping on a virtual asteroid. And the worst part is that NASA didn’t actually have to take any time off: asteroid camping (among other things) is what it does for a living. Asteroid camping. Not fair.
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Hands-On Time And New Trailer Videos With New Angry Birds Space Game
Mar 10th
If you’re lucky enough to own one of those sexy Samsung Galaxy Note phablets, you’re about to experience yet more exclusives that the rest of us normal folk won’t. Of course you all remember how Sammy announced a special collaboration with Rovio— aka the makers of Angry Birds— to bring a special edition of the upcoming Angry Birds Space game to the Galaxy Note. If you recall, the special edition of the game was to bring an exclusive level designed specifically for the Galaxy Note and its awesome stylus pen. We’d heard about the special level, but were longing to see how the new level was designed and more importantly— how it played. Hit past the break to see some hands-on time with not only the actual gameplay on the Galaxy Note, but also a brand new cutesy, yet awesome character called Lazer Bird.
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The gameplay using the stylus pen looks to be fluid as heck. You’ll notice off the bat there’s a new menu which includes a mini-game in the menu screen where you have the ability to pop all the bubbles in your sight. When you grow tired of that and want to get some real action, you can jump in the level select screen and see there’s a huge allotment of new space levels. You’ll also notice how smooth and effortless it is using the S-pen to aim and control your Angry Bird.
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Here you can see the Galaxy Note-exclusive level. You’ll notice right off the bat how rich and detailed the design is as well as the cool use of gravity and physics in order to accurately and precisely hit your target.
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You’ll find here the new cool, yet tough character in Lazer Bird. The lavender-colored beast features both “supervision” and “superpower strike”. Sounds like an effective combination to me.
Look for the new game to be formally unveiled within the next few weeks.
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NCAA March Madness Live App Coming to ‘Selected’ Android Devices In Time for Tourney
Mar 10th
NCAA March Madness is about to begin and just like last year they are going to make PC, smartphone and tablet apps available so you can keep up on all the action, wherever you are. Formerly March Madness on Demand, the new app, March Madness Live, should be available in Google Play for “selected” Android devices before the tournement gets under way on Monday, March 13th. The app will run $3.99 but will give you access to a slew of cool features such as:
- High quality live streaming video of every game
- Video highlights of every game
- Live radio broadcasts of every game
- Schedules
- Live scoring and stats
- Live tournament brackets
- NCAA Bracket Challenge game
- My Channels
- Social Arena
Those are just a few of the features you get for $3.99 and any basketball fan will love this app. Keep your eyes peeled for its release because we should see it over the next few days. Jump past the break to see the full press release.
NCAA MARCH MADNESS LIVE is Available in the Apple App store and Android Market for the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship-
An expanded suite of products, available across online and mobile platforms, includes live video, game scoring and stats, personal channel lineup features and social media integration
Turner Sports, CBS Sports and the NCAA today announced the availability of NCAA March Madness Live in the Apple App store and Android market [now Google Play]. NCAA March Madness Live, formerly March Madness on Demand, is a suite of live products presented across multiple platforms, including online, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and select Android smartphones over Wi-fi and 3G/4G for $3.99. Fans can download NCAA March Madness Live from the Apple App store today, while the Android app will be available by tournament tip-off.
Fans will be able to enjoy live streaming video of every game of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship as they are televised by TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV, starting with the NCAA Basketball® Selection Show on Sunday, March 11, and continuing through the Men’s Final Four semifinals games and the national championship game from New Orleans on March 31 and April 2.
NCAA March Madness Live will offer higher quality live video streams across platforms; video highlights for every game of the tournament on Android smartphones, including the LG Nitro HD, and iPhones; live game alerts on Android smartphones, iPhones, and iPads; and live radio broadcasts courtesy of Westwood One/Dial Global Radio Network for all 67 games. In addition to the new offerings, NCAA March Madness Live will again provide the same fan-favorite features from last year, including: schedules and live game scoring, live tournament brackets, the official NCAA Bracket Challenge game, My Channels personal channel lineup, live stats, and live social companion views.
Presenting app sponsors of NCAA March Madness Live on iOS are Buick, Capital One and Coke Zero, while AT&T, Infiniti and LG Electronics are the presenting sponsors for the Android app.
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NCAA March Madness Live screenshots
NCAA March Madness Live features include:
• My Channels: Using this personalized channel finder, fans can easily find games by plugging in their zip code and selecting their TV provider in order to see their channel lineup for every game on TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV.
• Game Center View: The Game Center view provides fans with a control center at their fingertips for live in-game stats such as player stats, team leaders, scoring streaks, biggest lead and foul trouble, depending on which device they use – along with a graphic lead tracker – live social features, and access to live game radio and video.
• Coke Zero™ NCAA March Madness Social Arena: Extending the conversation beyond the broadcast, Coke Zero NCAA March Madness Social Arena will return as the “social water cooler” for March Madness conversation. New this year, features will be live across the entire NCAA March Madness suite of products and, for the first time, let fans grab key game moments and share them with friends and family from a computer. Additional social features include:
o Social commentary from other fans
o Live tournament trivia
o Chant and cheer features for their favorite teams
Coke Zero NCAA March Madness Social Arena will extend onto Facebook – offering a complete video gallery of all fan-grabbed moments, complete access to special-aggregated Twitter feeds of all 68 teams, a uniquely-visualized bracket view of the loudest fans, and more.
Fans will also have multiple ways- via social media- to be heard, stay informed and engage with rivals or other team enthusiasts:
• On Twitter, fans can follow:
o @marchmadnessTV which serves as the official home of March Madness TV providing game updates, tip-off times, breaking news alerts and channel details from all the game action on TBS, TNT, truTV and CBS.
o @marchmadness which serves as the official NCAA account offering behind-the-scenes access at tournament games and events.
• On Facebook, fans can like:
o NCAA Men’s Basketball March Madness – By liking this account, fans can unlock special video content, behind-the-scenes photos and much more.
NCAA March Madness Live is available to purchase from NCAA.com/marchmadness, the Apple App store at www.apple.com/itunes and the Android Market at www.android.com/market.
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Review: iPlan myTime – A Full-Featured Personal Time Management App
Mar 9th
There are an abundance of applications out there such as Apple’s Calendar and Reminders, and a lot more third party apps to manage your time and sort your tasks. However, there are very few that I have ran into which focus specifically on managing your work appointments and tasks.
iPlan myTime ($1.99, App Store Link) by developer Urban Design does just that. The app displays all your tasks on a timeline, which makes it really easy to sort through the day and not to have to click back and forth though screens to see a whole day’s worth of your hours to manage.
Overview
You start by choosing the number of workdays that you work per week. You can choose anywhere from 5-7 days per week. Some people work less than 5 days a week. I’m not entirely sure why they left out anything less than 5, if for instance, someone only happens to work 4 days a week. You then choose a color scheme, either black or white. They chose black or white depending on what color iPhone you have, which also makes the interface more graphically rich by choosing the same color scheme. I was using it with both color schemes and they both looked just fine to me.
You’re then taken to the main menu where you can cycle through your daily tasks, delete or add a project, or go back to the setting. The main menu itself is very clean and laid out. The font reminds me of something you would see in a Windows Phone 7 interface, like a Segoe font. Once you add a new project title, you select the work date that you want to manage. You can choose anywhere from the hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, though the management goes by a 24 hour clock, so 17.00 in that case.
Features
For each task you can select anywhere from 2 hours and up. The task can’t overlap each other of course. I did find it a little odd that you can’t make a task that’s less than 2 hours. A lot of people do have smaller tasks throughout their workday, but the format works well nonetheless. From the color wheel you can choose any color and apply it to a task, which will make it a lot easier to manage all of your tasks throughout the day or week. On the timeline you can zoom in and out on a task by pinching and zooming, adjust the number of hours by scrubbing the timeline or edit it by selecting that task, then the scissor icon. This will then bring up the options for that selected task.
Sharing
One thing about iPlan myTime, which you think you would be able to accomplish is to be able to export your tasks to icloud or convert them and import them to iCal or the Calendar app on your iPhone, or even import from Calendar to iPlan myTime. I think it’s just fine the way it’s set up because the whole point of this app is that everything is made exclusively to stay within the app. This makes managing, adding or deleting any task very simple both in an organizational and time wise. You can share your daily tasks by creating a desktop image, saving it to your camera roll, or sending it in an email, which works just fine for the simplicity of the app itself.
Conclusion
iPlan myTime is a great app that will help you immensely sort through your daily tasks and help you manage projects. The app is so simple to use no matter if your workday is a few hours long or all day. It is a minimal app. There aren’t a lot of options within iPlan myTime, so if you’re looking for something really in-depth to manage your day, you might need to look elsewhere. The app looks aesthetically pleasing. The interface is one of the best I’ve seen for creating tasks and managing them. If you tend to be somewhat unorganized or even if you think you need to organize your work day a little better, look no further than iPlan myTime.
Price: ($1.99, App Store Link)
Rating: 4/5
Pros:
- Clean interface
- Simple to manage tasks
- Ability to share timelines or export as a desktop image
Cons:
- No support for iCloud
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