A couple of hours ago we reported on the Angry Birds catapult we’d unearthed at Toy Fair 2011 here in London. Now, here’s a video of the Angry Birds catapult in action, complete with pigs!
January, 2011
It’s the middle of the working day, so let’s take stock of what’s happened so far in our lunchtime lowdown roundup, with exclusives aplenty!
We’ve just heard from the folks at Lego that the next bit of downloadable content for Lego Universe will bring Ninjago to the game. Ninjago is the newest Lego world, and you’ve guessed it, it’s full of ninjas, and a malevolent skull army that’s out to get you.
Amazon outed the Amazon grocery store last year, now it’s prepping a home delivery service. Right now, AmazonTote is restricted to a trial by Amazon employees in Seattle. In its current form it features a weekly delivery of groceries in reusable tote bags.
The FT says the service will be rolling out soon in the US and there are whispers that it’ll be arriving in the UK too. But with items in its food store on the pricey side, will Amazon be able to take on Ocado and Tesco in the shopping delivery war? Click the headline to hit the comments and let us know what you make of these plans?
Out TBC | £varies | Amazon (via The Financial Times)
UPDATE: Now with added Angry Birds catapult video!
We’ve just spotted this at the Toy Fair 2011: a real, functioning Angry Birds catapult. It’s hitting the shelves between June and July and will set you back a tenner.
Are you craving our regular best Android apps of the week feature? We’re as dependable as clockwork, and far more reliable than an Android 2.3 update schedule. Yes, we’re back once again with a run-down of the apps all you Android fans should be checking out.
We have one for the gamers, one for the gamblers, an app for you readers and even one for those of you that like a spot of booty shaking of an evening. Get your fingers primed, your SD card de-cluttered and your battery charged, because here they come…
Facebook has rolled out a new and occasionally quite unsettling featured – ad featuring your friends faces. Facebook Sponsored Stories are adds that feature user actions like check-ins with Facebook Places or information from Facebook apps at the heart of the commercial message. Facebook told Mashable that “the advertiser is not controlling the message; it’s about actions.” It’s an interesting move for Facebook but we’re not sure how often we want to see our mates fizzogs peering out at us from adverts.
The PlayStation Phone, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, PSPhone, whatever you want to call it, it’s coming. We’ve seen a glut of leaks and they all point to the PSPgo shaped Android phone being unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month.
Curiously though, despite the numerous walkthrough videos, no-one’s seen any sign of those fabled next gen Android games designed specifically for its buttons. In fact, all we’ve seen the PlayStation Phone playing is old original PlayStation games. And if that’s all it’s going to do, there’s no need to be envious. We can make your Android phone play PlayStation games right now! Check out our tutorial and we’ll explain how it’s done.