Command & Conquer coded in HTML5
January 24, 2012 – 9:57 pm | No Comment

Remember the classic RTS known as Command & Conquer? Well, an enterprising coder, Aditya Ravi Shankar, actually recreated the strategy game using nothing but HTML5, where it runs on 69k of Javascript. Why did he set out on such an adventure? For starters, Shankar’s attempt was a self-mandated undertaking in order to improve his coding skills, where he gave himself a one month window to rebuild the game in the browser, and had to comb through the original game’s files in order to obtain all the right sprites, sounds and specs. According to Shankar, “In hindsight, I might have wanted to take smaller steps and make a tower defense game instead of jumping directly into an RTS. Trying to do the whole thing in under a month all by myself wasn’t the smartest idea.” As part of Shankar’s recreation of Command & Conquer, it included buildings, terrain, combat, tiberium harvesting and regrowth, in addition to the ability to sell and repair buildings. You want fog of war? It has that, too, in addition to a pannable map, different cursors, …

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Google Commerce Starts The Year Off With A Reorganization
January 19, 2012 – 5:25 pm | No Comment
Google Commerce Starts The Year Off With A Reorganization Some of Google’s core product areas , like search and YouTube, have the enviable duty of retaining market dominance. Others, like its Android mobile operating system, get to be the free-wheeling disruptor. Google Commerce, meanwhile, has the perennial chore of trying to gain ground versus a vareity of well-established payments competitors ranging from PayPal on the web to Apple’s iTunes and Amazon on mobile. So, it’s not that surprising to hear about a reorganization within the commerce area as Google tries to figure this space out, as ...
iBooks 2 for iPad unveiled
January 19, 2012 – 1:31 pm | No Comment
iBooks 2 for iPad unveiled It looks like these week’s rumors about Apple’s education were right on the dot. Apple announced today the launch of iBooks 2 for iPad – which introduces the support for iPad textbooks. iBooks textbooks are said to offer iPad users “gorgeous, fullscreen textbooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, unrivaled navigation and much more. iBooks textbooks can be kept up to date, don’t weigh down a backpack and never have to be returned.” With companies like Houghton ...
iBooks Author and iTunes U released
January 19, 2012 – 1:31 pm | No Comment
iBooks Author and iTunes U released In addition to the release of iBooks 2, Apple also announced the launch of iBooks Author – a free app downloadable from the Mac App Store that lets anybody easily create textbooks suitable for the iBooks App. GarageBand for iBooks? Sure sounds like it. While I haven’t given iBooks Author a spin, it is supposed to be easy to use and powerful. Best of all, it doesn’t cost a thing – so you can expect a ...
Sea Change: Apple Guts Textbook Publishing
January 19, 2012 – 9:57 am | No Comment
Sea Change: Apple Guts Textbook Publishing The days of the $500 college textbook bills are, it seems, over. With Apple’s announcement of iBooks 2, the world of textbooks is changed forever. Education is a hard nut to crack. There are bright spots and clever new ideas, but technology hasn’t quite figured out how to do a better job than the “old ways.” That’s why Apple’s decision to launch iBooks 2 and the attendant editing tools is so important: it tears down a number of entrenched technologies while maintaining the scaffolding of familiarity. It ...
Houghton Mifflin, McGraw Hill, Pearson First Textbook Publishing Partners For Apple’s iBooks 2
January 19, 2012 – 9:57 am | No Comment
Houghton Mifflin, McGraw Hill, Pearson First Textbook Publishing Partners For Apple’s iBooks 2 Today at Apple’s education event, the company introduced iBooks 2, a textbook platform that effectively transforms $200 textbooks into iPad apps at a much more reasonable price. But of course, a textbook platform isn’t worth a thing without the educational powerhouse publishers behind it. Luckily, the first up to the bat on the iBooks 2 platform are names we know well: Pearson, McGraw Hill and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. They’re responsible for 90 percent of the textbooks sold. Pearson will be offering Algebra 1, Biology, Environmental Science and ...
Bloomberg: Apple plans to bolster iPad use in schools
January 19, 2012 – 12:45 am | No Comment
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January 18, 2012 – 2:39 am | No Comment
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Gucci covers for your iPhone and iPad
January 17, 2012 – 2:11 am | No Comment
Gucci covers for your iPhone and iPad If you’re looking for a functional and stylish case for your iOS devices and you’ve got some money to throw around, how about picking up a designer case for your iPhone/iPad? The folks over at Gucci have decided to put their experience and expertise behind making fashionable suits, bags and accessories into creating stylish designer cases for iOS devices. They’ve recently come up with silicone covers that are decked ...
Realistic Steve Jobs action figure now out of production
January 16, 2012 – 9:04 pm | No Comment
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