BY Brent Dirks on Sat May 19th, 2012 Drop Tech Series Military Edition Gumdrop Cases new iPad cases Product Review

Rugged cases for the iPad seem to be a dime a dozen these days. But while many people, including myself, like the idea of bringing strong protection to the expensive device, the real-world benefits have been less than ideal.

Before I purchased a new iPad, my original version of the tablet was clad with the Otterbox Defender. While I liked the protection it provided, the case weight made it feel like I was trying to carry around a heavy object with one hand.

Energy Storm (Free) by Matt Jogela-Hall puts you in the cockpit of a ship capable of switching back and forth between light and dark colors as you gather energy.

This is your classic shoot em up game, with your ship zooming through the sky as it approaches an onslaught of other trigger happy ships.

Your ship shoots automatically and will gather up balls of energy to release against the enemy ships. Just as your ship is either light or dark, so are the enemies.

BY Aldrin Calimlim on Sat May 19th, 2012 angry birds angry birds jewelry kristian saarikorpi primesmith Rovio

It’s no secret that Angry Birds creator Rovio intends to be the next Disney. “There is no reason why we should not be able to build a company of that size,” Rovio CMO Peter Vesterbacka has said. “They’re doing a lot of things we want to do.” One of those things, included in an impressive range of Disney merchandise, is jewelry. And now, what do you know? According to a report by Forbes, Rovio is actually doing that as well.

BY Aldrin Calimlim on Sat May 19th, 2012 acquisition facebook karma

Hot on the heels of its debut on Wall Street, Facebook has announced that it has acquired the popular gift-giving app Karma. According to TechCrunch, the move is a “real product acquisition” and 16 employees of the startup are set to begin working at the social networking giant.

BY Joe White on Sat May 19th, 2012 ashton kutcher Jobs: Get Inspired steve jobs

Already, we’ve seen pictures of Ashton Kutcher in his black-tutleneck-blue-jeans costume for the upcoming “jOBS: Get Inspired” TV movie adaptation of the Apple co-founder’s life. Now, we’ve heard that the movie is to begin filming in the actual house where Jobs was born – and better still, will include scenes in the garage were Jobs and Wozniak put together the first Apple computer, according to Apple Insider.

The news was announced in a press release, which hit the Web recently:

BY Joe White on Sat May 19th, 2012 FullScreen for Safari jailbreak SwipeSafari

A new jailbreak tweak called SwipeSafari promises to add a bunch of great features to Safari for iOS, according to iDownloadBlog.

Once downloaded and installed, users can take advantage of a number of multi-touch gestures in the small-screen Safari. Additionally, it’s also possible to pull the app’s screen in one direction to perform an action. Such gestures can be configured in the Settings app: SwipeSafari adds a new pane, via which the tweak can be adjusted.