Google Shows Off Honeycomb Features, Android Web Market

Today’s event in Mountain View provided new details on the tablet-friendly version of Android and a new way to acquire apps. Mobilized was there liveblogging.

Video: Here Are the Dudes Disney Got With Tapulous

Last year, BoomTown visited the downtown Palo Alto, Calif., storefront office of Tapulous, the maker of the hugely popular iPhone music game app Tap Tap Revenge. Disney confirmed it bought the Silicon Valley start-up yesterday, which sources said had been for sale for a while now, part of an inevitable consolidation in the online games space. Here’s the interview I did then with co-founders Andrew Lacy and Bart Decrem–both of whom are staying with Disney to work on mobile games initiatives–about the iPhone ecosystem and where it is all going.
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Will iPhone App Makers Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Piracy?

Don’t know if this qualifies as a parable. But at the very least, it’s interesting: An iPhone app developer has figured out how to combat the burgeoning problem of iPhone app piracy–by embracing the pirates.

Live from Apple's "Let's Rock" Event: iPod Updates, Games, Nano Video Cameras

Apple has sold some 225 million iPods to date, making it one of the most popular electronic devices ever. And it’s sure to sell even more after the updates the company announced at this morning’s event in San Francisco. Among them: Larger, cheaper iPod touches and nanos with cameras and FM radios.
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Live from Apple’s “Let’s Rock” Event: iPod Updates, Games, Nano Video Cameras

Apple has sold some 225 million iPods to date, making it one of the most popular electronic devices ever. And it’s sure to sell even more after the updates the company announced at this morning’s event in San Francisco. Among them: Larger, cheaper iPod touches and nanos with cameras and FM radios.
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Kara Visits Tapulous to Try Out Tap Tap Revenge 2!

Last night, Tapulous launched the second version of its hugely popular iPhone game app, Tap Tap Revenge. With Tap Tap Revenge 2, the Silicon Valley start-up is hoping to keep up the momentum of its first success on the Apple service. I visited the Tapulous offices in a former storefront in downtown Palo Alto, Calif., to interview co-founders Andrew Lacy and Bart Decrem to talk about the iPhone ecosystem and where it is all going.
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