Universal Music Group has debuted a new Guitar Hero -like music simulation game for the iPhone . Priced at $4.99 and available in the App Store right now, it’s called Six String [iTunes link]. The emphasis is on a more realistic and deeper guitar-playing experience than you get in …

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A study by mobile application analytics company Flurry reveals that Apple’s App Store now has more than twice the number of applications as the Facebook Platform , despite Facebook ’s much larger market of users. Flurry estimates that as of its eighteenth month this January, the App Store for iPhone , iPod touch and (shortly)…

Ever since Owen Van Natta stepped down as CEO of MySpace last month, there has been a lot of speculation surrounding the future of the social networking site. Can it function with two co-presidents? Can it turn things around and restart its growth? Can it remake and re-imagine itself for today&#…

Here’s an interesting tidbit from Apple’s iPad FAQ: if your iPad’s battery goes dead, Apple will simply send you a completely new iPad and charge you 99 bucks (plus $6.95 for shipping) for the service. You alone are responsible for backing up your data on the old iPad, however…

A t-shirt isn’t just a cotton garment, it’s a form of communication, a personal billboard that lets you get a message out to the world in a medium that offers the minimum of effort. Whether your geek tendencies lean towards gaming, Apple, space, film or social media…

When you use a site like Gmail, you have to decide: Do I want to use the service’s website, or do I want to use it through an app, like Outlook? Here’s how to get the best of both worlds. What I’m talking about is something called site-specific browsers , which are…

While it’s hard to say if Apple’s Magic Mouse really needs “fixing” — it depends somewhat on your grip — it’s not a huge stretch to say that the slender multitouch device doesn’t quite fit in the palm of one’s hand. Sensing a market opportunity, Will of MMFixed.com recently decided to …

In this week’s bipolar app roundup: Foursquare, squared! Slow ISPs, tattled on! Videos, easily streamed! Street Fighter fans’ high standards, met! Twitter apps, set free! Your entire life, documented! Your every plan, shared! And more… This Week’s Apps To view the gallery as a single page, click here . This Week’s iPhone News …

You know how you pay a fixed monthly fee for your phone, and can check email and Twitter, surf the web and the Yelp app anytime you like without counting minutes or megabytes? Yeah, well that’s all gonna end. Yesterday, Verizon CTO Tony Melone said that the days of all-you-can-eat …