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Well, we’re not sure whether it was anticipation of a turkey and stuffing induced coma or being overwhelmed with pre-holiday jitters, but darned if we didn’t forget to post the winners of the last App Hack. Sorry about that! You may recall that the theme of the week was “Three”, and we challenged developers to do something creative with the number three. This week’s winner (and the winner of a 16GB TouchPad) is… Two Outta Three by Chris Van Hooser A nice little coin flip game you can play against a friend (or arch-nemesis) or against the TouchPad

Representatives from Petaia Media are launching a local office this week to better serve the American Samoan community. The team is meeting with local business owners and officials to provide media… (PRWeb November 29, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/11/prweb8980919.htm

In each previous week we’ve used a particular API or technique as the central theme of the hack.  This week I thought it would be fun to do something more open ended.

Once again, a big thanks to everybody who submitted apps for the Weekly App Hack. This week’s theme was “Accelerometer”, and we received some very interesting entries. It’s amazing how many different ways you can use such a seemingly simple feature

Circus brings three-ring controversy to South Florida Sun-Sentinel Protesters are picketing the West Palm Beach show this week and plan to ask the Margate City Commission on Wednesday for a pre -emptive ban on circuses with live animals. “These animals are shackled and forced to perform,” said Ghazal Tajalli, … and more

Cliku is a mobile innovation from the African continent that has this week launched its first ever international Beta test program. Owned by Quattro Internet Solutions, Cliku allows end users and… (PRWeb October 19, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/10/prweb8883475.htm

Ice Cream Sandwich CNET (blog) Also this week, we unravel some Ice Cream Sandwich details; Emily gets all riled up about Amazon buying poor Palm ; we remind ourselves that Sony Ericsson isn't actually Sony; we discuss the likelihood of an iPad mini and an iPad 3 next year; … and more

Inman News™, the leader in real estate news and education has released an exclusive special report this week, “Real Estate Tech Spending.” Inman News asked four real estate companies of various sizes… (PRWeb October 14, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/10/prweb8874503.htm

As explained in yesterday’s post , we are starting a weekly App Hack Challenge. Each week we will post a code sample or explain how to use a particular API.  You will have just seven days to use that code or API to build a cool app.  The app doesn’t have to be huge or complex, just something fun and interesting.  You have to submit it to the app catalog by October 11th at 11:59pm Pacific Daylight Time to enter.

Video: The mythical white HP TouchPad, black HP TouchPad for AT&T, and black … IntoMobile After seeing Palm come back from the dead and announce the original Pre back in January 2009, then watching them get swallowed up by HP in April 2010, and finally seeing them get killed earlier this week after it was confirmed that over 500 former Palm … and more

SlashGear HP TouchPad Back In Stock At PC World With Charger & Case At £189.05 ITProPortal HP existing the mobile market, stopping development and marketing of the WebOS platform, meant that hundreds of thousands of TouchPads and Palm Pre 3 were put on life-support and have had their prices slashed by as much as 80 per cent.

Prestigious list on news stands this week.

Pre -Opening Soy Complex Market Report for 2/3/2011 NASDAQ Palm oil futures in Malaysia are closed for the rest of the week, and China futures are also closed for holiday. Outside market forces look slightly … and more

IntoMobile Giveaway: Palm Pre 2 – Do you love webOS? Enter to win! IntoMobile This week we're giving away a Palm Pre 2 and it'll be open to all North American residents.