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Thursday, 08 December 2011 23:47

MythBusters' 'Cannonball Run' Gets Taiwanese Animation Treatment

By Angela Watercutter
December 8, 2011 |
5:47 pm |
Categories: animation, television, video

Taiwanese studio Next Media Animation has blasted its re-creation of the MythBusters cannonball misfire onto the web, with a...

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Apple Reveals iTunes Top App and Media Content

Apple's iTunes Rewind shows us this year's top content on iTunes, as well as some top picks from iTunes staff.

Apple unveiled Thursday its top picks for the best apps and games of 2011, doling out prestigious honors to a handful of lucky developers.

The photo-sharing app Instagram took top marks for iPhone App of the Year, while the iPhone Game of the Year honor went to Tiny Tower, a luxury tower/real estate simulation. For iPad, the top app was Snapseed, a photo effects program, while Dead Space, a third-person sci-fi action adventure, took top game honors. These and other top picks are...

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Google Currents: Publishing Platform to Marry Magazines and Mobile

Sample image of Currents Producer. Courtesy Google Mobile blog

Thursday, Google finally launched its long-rumored magazine-style publishing platform for tablets and smartphones. It’s called Currents, and it’s available now in the U.S. for both Android and iOS.

In development, it was code-named Propeller. It’s been percolating for most of 2011. Rumors placed it anywhere from a brand-new tablet-first UI for Google Reader to a Flipboard-style social news filtering and recommendation service.

It turns out that while Currents contains pieces of all of those, it’s probably thought best primarily as a ...

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