http://tech.peekbase.com Peek technology in one base Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://tech.peekbase.com/indiagames-to-launch-new-cricket-gaming-iphone-app http://tech.peekbase.com/indiagames-to-launch-new-cricket-gaming-iphone-app#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:00:07 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/indiagames-to-launch-new-cricket-gaming-iphone-app December 24th, 2009 One of India’s most popular gaming platforms Indiagames is launching a nifty new Cricket iPhone app, called Cricket T20 Fever. Cricket is hugely popular in India and the new app will be a feature rich gaming app that will aim to simulate the experience of playing the sport and competing against other ... 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But a lemon is a lemon, regardless of who it’s made by, and must be labeled as such. ]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/introducing%e2%80%a6-the-27-inch-ilemon/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/hbo-releases-iphone-app http://tech.peekbase.com/hbo-releases-iphone-app#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:20:02 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/hbo-releases-iphone-app December 23rd, 2009 HBO has released their very own app for the iPhone, and it’s surprisingly deep for an app released by a premium cable channel. There’s the obvious stuff — you can view schedules and watch clips and previews of HBO shows as well as behind-the-scenes and other content. But there’s even some cool ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/hbo-releases-iphone-app/feed 0