Year: 2010

Greg’s bite: It’s an app world out there

By Greg Mills

My daughter loaded We Rule, the iOS game in which you manage a small kingdom including houses for the people, stores of all kinds, collect taxes, rents and grow crops to buy more infrastructure. The iPad was soon also loaded and I set up my own “kingdom” and have enjoyed planning my own community, as well.

The games are free but they try to sell you mojo to speed up the development and crops of your kingdom for those without patience. They sell mojo for real dollars on the iTune store. They also give you five mojo units if you download and open apps.

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Akvis releases NatureArt for Mac OS X, Windows

Akvis has released NatureArt 1.0 (http://akvis.com/en/natureart-tutorial/effects/index.php) for Mac OS X and Windows. It’s a tool for imitating the magnificence of natural phenomena on your digital photos. You can choose from six nature effects: Rain, Sun, Water, Lightning, Clouds, and Fire.

In the future the program will learn new natural phenomena. NatureArt also lets you create nature scenes from scratch, such as converting a blank background into a sea view or a night sky with scattered, glistening stars.

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