The new Missio app, launched last week, is being touted as the “first official app from the Vatican” is some quarters. That’s not quite right, since The Pope App from the Pontificium Consilium de Communicationibus Socialibus is pretty dang official. I’m not sure what the long-term plans are for Missio, but right now it’s a [...]
This story is making the rounds today: iPad2 Heart Patient Risk Found by 14-Year-Old Gianna Chien is somewhat different from all the other researchers reporting on their work today to more than 8,000 doctors at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting. Chien’s study found that Apple Inc.’s iPad2 can, in some cases, interfere with life-saving heart [...]
Verbum has released a free app with some nifty content for the conclave. The features of Conclave break down this way: Live Video: Right now, it’s the video of the last Press Office conference, but I imagine this will include live streams as they’re available. News: Relevant feeds from Zenit, Catholic Answers, National Catholic Register, [...]
10000000: EightyEight Games, iPhone/Touch/iPad, $2. Content issues: none, unless you’re one of those weird Christians who believe works of fiction containing magic are the devil’s truss or something, in which case … just go away. For iPhone Launch Day, and as a bit of a break from the current whirlwind of fake Jesus news, I [...]
This is a response to a request from Catholic man-about-town Victor Lams, who liked the recent Serious Posts well enough, but urged me to get back to the ding-dang game reviews already. So I give you this oldie-but-goodie: still one of my all-time favorite iOS games. (And Victor, you still owe me two bucks or [...]
The Pope’s books are coming to Apple devices, probably via iBook. One of the treasures of my Logos software is the healthy chunk of Ratzinger/Benedict content, all of it hyperlinked and searchable. I’d never give up print, but I do love my ebooks for research and convenience. PS: Am I imagining it, or does the reporter [...]
The bishops in New Zealand have banned the use of iPad versions of the Roman Missal on the altar, saying that their ability to perform multiple tasks such as gaming, checking email, and so on, “makes their use in the liturgy inappropriate.” I go back and forth on this issue. Right now, I find it [...]
This is the first of a series of reviews covering mobile apps of interest to Catholics. Smartphones are changing the way many of us access data, and they can be a huge aid in maintaining a strong prayer life. At the core of any collection, there should be a few indispensible apps, of which the [...]
And by close I mean, “As near as the next Apple press conference.” [UPDATE 3/7/12: Nope.] Check out Pocket-lint for the whole scoop. Here’s an excerpt: “The aim is to make a corrugated surface feel corrugated, a rough surface rough, a soft surface soft. The first products will ship by the end of this year [...]
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