A Japanese Bra That Only Opens If She's "In Love"
A bra that can test "true love"? There's an app for that. Oh, and of course, a bra.
Report: Japan To Tax Foreign Downloads Starting Next Year
Physical goods imported into Japan are taxed. And according to the Japanese media, starting in 2015, foreign downloads will be as well.
Snoop Dogg Explains Why His Virtual Weed Costs Nearly $100
Back when we first covered the "Snoopify" app—which lets you stamp Snoop Dogg-themed stickers on personal pictures—it was hard not get stuck on just how much a digital joint sticker cost. Last night, Snoop Dogg showed off the app on Conan, and he explained why it costs so much.
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In case you missed it over the long weekend, there's now a YouTube app for the 3DS. One step closer to a golden age where every game console has the ability to display adorable kitten videos. Waiting on you, PlayStation 4.
The Best Black Friday App Deals
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Black Friday's not just for real-world goods; it's also arguably the biggest day of the year for sales on great apps. We've listed a ton of the best deals below, and we'll add more as we see them. If you know of any we missed, let us know in the comments!
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People Are Paying Nearly $100 For Virtual Weed
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If you thought that paying nearly forty dollars for a weed emoticon on Steam was ridic, the "Snoopify" app makes paying that much money for digital representations of weed look like a pittance.
In the App Store Economy, Only Suckers Pay Retail
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On the off chance you missed it, you might be interested to know that there's an unprecedented sale going on right now in the App Store. Apps that yesterday were 10 or 20 dollars are free today. Your first reaction is great. Your second, if you're anything like me, is but I just bought these. And that's because we're…
Today's Super Addictive iPhone Game Might Be Tomorrow's Disaster IPO
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Zynga went public over the popularity of a few hit Facebook games, and is now in the process of collapsing into a mush pit. Now the makers of Candy Crush Saga, the jellybean puzzle game gripping the brains of America, are plotting an IPO, the Wall Street Journal reports. First as tragedy, then as farce.
DC Just Announced Plans For Choose Your Own Adventure Style Digital…
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When the big two introduced motion comics a few years back, everyone had a good laugh at how terrible they were. They were difficult to read, watch and, generally, sucked all-around. Tonight in New York, DC is fixing all that and taking it a step further with DC2 (aka Dynamic Content) and DC2 Multiverse technology with …
Popular Plastic Surgery Apps Cause Concern in South Korea
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Plastic surgery? That's an app for that! In South Korea, there are apparently many apps for that. And according to Korean newspaper Kyunghyang Shinmun, their popularity is making some individuals worry.
Stan Lee's The Week in Gaming Apps
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Legendary comic book creator Stan Lee only had his hand in one of the five Gaming Apps of the Day this week, but I'm pretty sure the rest of them were probably his idea at some point anyway.
Love Minimalist Pop Culture Iconography? Here is Your Free iPhone Game
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If you look at a red and black square with two white dots and immediately think "Mickey Mouse", then Icon Pop Quiz is for you.
A Wretched Hive of Scum and Gaming Apps
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Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Week in Gaming Apps. Its continuing mission — to explore strange new apps, seek out new games and game applications; to boldly make thematically incorrect quotes in an article with a Star Wars title.
Mobile Gaming Apps Are The Beanie Babies Of Our Age
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Remember Beanie Babies?
Four Splendid Gaming Apps... and NFL Pro 2013
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As Owen Good often reminds us, not every Gaming App of the Day is a good one. For every Bad Piggies, The Room or Bar Story 2 there are a dozen NFL Pro 2013s, and he seems to wind up playing them all.
Google Play Celebrates 25 Billion Android App Downloads with $.25 Apps
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With an impressive 15 billion apps and games downloaded in the past year alone, Google has every reason to celebrate reaching the 25 billion apps milestone. And so do Android gamers, as a celebratory sale delivers titles like Angry Birds Space Premium and NFL Kicker 2013 for a quarter of a dollar.
Airplanes and Monsters in the Week in Gaming Apps, I Could Really Use…
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Witch right now. Witch right now. I could use some spears or some monsters or a witch, or to get back to some gaming apps much simpler than this. Because after all the crashin' and matchin' and thrashin', the monster bombin' and the droppin' and hack-and-slashin'... Okay, that's enough of that. It's the Week in Gaming…
In The Future, Even Dating Is An App. And It Runs On Your Eyeballs.
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This futuristic world—represented in this video project created by graduates of Bezaleal Academy of Arts—is probably a fairly accurate reflection on our current relationship with technology, though less…