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On 14 September we will turn 1 year! We would like to bring you pleasant surprises! Total sales on the App Store for 3 days after our birthday! From 14 to 17 September you can download almost all apps only for $ 0.99 and all bundles of the cartoons «Гора Самоцветов» only for $ 9.99! Enjoy the reading!

At the end of 2009 the system of in-app purchases was launched. It enables the developers to sell virtual goods by the transactions within free items. At first, the rules managing the funds transferring allowed making purchases only in paid apps, but then the apps based on the «freemium» model for iPhone and iPad were developed.

Soon a new interactive book “Princess Bouncerella” by Orange Books, a Dutch publisher, will be available in Russian.

At the annual Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC 2012, held on June 11, Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, has announced the imminent expansion of the App Store. And on June 22 he confirmed his words that went live: 32 countries, including Ukraine have come to the App Store.

When Microsoft announced its tablet strategy with the Windows RT, many thought that Microsoft will change its pricing model for OEMs too, signaling a shift in strategy. Reality is however, vastly different with Microsoft requesting as much money as OEM version of the Windows 7 Home Premium.

A tablet can be used for so much more than playing Angry Birds. Even if you only have a passing interest in technology and philanthropy, you'll probably have heard of Nicholas Negroponte and his One Laptop Per Child initiative. There were two main parts to the OLPC scheme - creating a usable laptop that cost $100, and getting said machines into the hands of children throughout the developing world.

Despite the iPhone and iPad’s much-lauded interactivity, Tisseron says they remain limited in terms of sensory experience: they can engage sight, hearing and touch — to an extent — but not taste or smell...

One thing’s for sure: kids love playing with phones. And who can blame them? Phones are a perfect size for kids’ tiny hands, have thousands of kid-friendly apps that facilitate learning and fun and parents pay a lot of attention them, a sure way to make kids interested.

Google and Apple are developing the devices wich belong to the class of portablecomputers. Users will be able to wear these gadgets. Despite the fact that quite many electronic devices can be attributed to a class of portablecomputers (eg, players) usually talking about such devices involve gadgets that are attached directly to the human body, equipped with a wide range of communication possibilities.