HBO Go app now officially out in App Store, Android Market

The teased HBO Go app that will allow for streaming cable TV content to portable devices has now gone live, and ahead of its initially promised May 2 launch date. The respective apps are now available for iOS devices (free, App Store) and Android (Android Market). Users need to be subscribers to cable or satellite service with an HBO Go deal, however....

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Square preps payment reader with encryption

Square has quietly confirmed that a new version of its reader was coming with built-in encryption. The iOS and Android device will now have safeguards even during the swipe itself. COO Keith Rabois said the goal was to meet Visa's best practices for mobile apps, including encryption across the entire process....

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Google I/O: live keynote streams

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iPad 2 Is the ?Holy Grail? of Computing

Computerworld reviewer Michael deAgonia writes, ?Despite the arrival of other tablets, the iPad 2 remains the best available.? He praises its ?beautifully sleek unibody design,? speed (?everything feels faster?), long battery life, and ?silky smooth? iOS 4.3. Having used iPad for a year, deAgonia calls it ?the Holy Grail of computing? and argues that it ?may really be the closest thing to a perfect computer.? He concludes: ?If you need or want a tablet, get an iPad 2.?

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Apple approves JavaScript iOS games that don't use a browser

Look Ma, no WebKit! Your inner geek and nerd should give each other a little hug this morning as you read about the latest rather cool accomplishment of Dominic Szablewski, creator of the Impact JavaScript HTML 5 game engine.

He's just released two free games, Biolab Disaster and Drop, which are not, as Szablewski says, the first JavaScript games to be released in the App Store. "Tools like PhoneGap or Titanium make it easy to bundle some HTML pages and JavaScript together in an app and display them in a UIWebView, which is basically just a browser window," he says.

However, his games are different because they don't use a browser window to display them.

"They don't use PhoneGap or Titanium. They don't even use a UIWebView. Instead, they bypass the iPhone's browser altogether and use Apple's JavaScript interpreter (JavaScriptCore) directly. All graphics are rendered with OpenGL instead of in a browser window and all sound and music is played back with OpenAL," Szablewski says.

What Szablewski has done wasn't particularly easy, and as games, his offerings aren't up there with Angry Birds. But his work could open the way for other developers to write more apps with a minimum of fuss. Read his blog for full details of the process.

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More iOS 5 crash reports point to AT&T, loose requirements

FutureTap has received four more iOS 5 crash reports since its first, an update reveals. Notably, four out of the five originate from AT&T's headquarters, indicating that the carrier is already a partner in testing the new firmware. Apple may be hoping to have iOS 5 reasonably complete for a preview showing at early June's WWDC event....

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iPad 2 for Travel

National Geographic Adventure blogger Mary Anne Potts writes that iPad 2 is transforming travel with its smaller size, faster performance, robust battery life, front and back cameras, and a slew of innovative travel apps. After editing her own travel video with the new iMovie app (?optimized for iPad and so easy to use?), Potts predicts, ?this app will transform you into a virtual filmmaker.?

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