What it is:We Rule is an addictive world-building iPhone game that blends Sim City with Facebook’s Farmville. Set in medieval times, you must build a prosperous kingdom by micromanaging the peasants and expanding trade with other online players.
Why it’s good: The game blends the best empire-building aspects of Sim City with the social aspects of Farmville.
As a teenager, I was totally addicted to games like Sid Meier’s Civilization, and Sim City. Even though they had terrible graphics and long load times on my old Pentium 1 PC, the sense of being a ‘god’ and having power over all those little guys made it a deep and immersive experience. Now Ngmoco has brought this gaming experience to the iPhone.
We start out with another deal on Core 2 Duo iMacs, including a 22-inch desktop machine with a 3.06GHz processor for $999. Also on tap: a 2.53GHz Core 2 Dup MacBook Pro with AppleCare for $1,699. Our final top deal is the Mac Box Set, including Mac OS X 10.6, iLife ’09 and iWork ’09 for $119.
As always, details on these and many other items (such as a Metallic Stripe hard case for the iPhone) are available at CoM’s “Daily Deals” page after the jump.
I didn’t think anything could make me happier than Netflix coming to the iPad and soon iPhone, but I was wrong.
It’s just a mere mention, and there’s no promises or commitments, but Boxee has hinted at eventual expansion into Apple’s mobile universe. In Boxee’s post about payment system provider Vindicia, they mentioned their plans to move to the mobile platform:
Vindicia’s flexibility also makes it possible for us to enable payments on our website and across mobile platforms like the iPhone, Android and iPad. Boxee’s eventual expansion to these platforms will pave the way for universally accessible content no matter where a user is (we love this idea!).
We start off with another deal on iMacs, including a 21.5-inch 3.06GHz desktop machine with LED-backlit screen for $999. Also on tap is the latest batch price cuts from the App Store, including “Dogs Play Poker,” a poker game. Finally, we check out DMG Canvas 2 for the Mac, which helps create and customize disk images.
Along the way we’ll look at many more items, details of which can always be found on CoM’s “Daily Deals” page right after the jump.
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We start off another week with a deal on refubished 16GB iPhone 3Gs for $449. Also on tap is the latest batch of App Store freebies, including “Meatball Madness!” memory game and myTracks 2 for Mac, a GPS track management utility and geotagged photo linker.
We’ll also check out other bargains, including external batteries for your iPod or iPhone, along with many other items. As always, details on these and many more products are available on CoM’s “Daily Deals” page after the jump.
We close out the week with another Mac hardware showcase. This time, the Apple store has a number of refurbished iMacs on sale, including a 21.5-inch LED-backlit model running a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo processor for $999. Also on the price-chopping block: a 13.3-inch 2.4GHz MacBook Pro for $1,049 and a 15″ 2.53GHz MacBook Pro for $1,629.
Along the way, we check out software bargains and other gadgets. As always, details on these and many other items are available at CoM’s “Daily Deals” page, which starts right after the jump.
These days many people do some or most of their music listening on the computer, and much of that is managed with iTunes. It’s very nice to have such quick and easy access to your music library, podcasts and internet radio in one place, but by default these only play in the room where the computer is located.
Wouldn’t it be nice to listen throughout your whole house or office, and without breaking the bank?
In part 9 of “My Close Encounters With Steve Jobs,” Macworld founder David Bunnell tells how he shouted “Steve Jobs is a fucking genius!” in front of a bunch of kids at a Super Bowl party.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs isn’t exactly known to mince words with his customers or employees, and his characteristic bluntness even extends as far as his conversations with other CEOs.
Take this conversation he had with eerie William Macy lookalike and Nike CEO Mark Parker upon the introduction of the Nike+ product line. Asking Parker for advice on how to run his company, Jobs bluntly replied: “Get rid of the crappy stuff.”
“I expected a little laugh,” Parker said. “But there was a pause and no laugh at the end.”
No, Mark, Jobs is dead serious about excising the crap. Well, except for the Apple TV.
