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Apr
30/09
Land of the Lost: Crystal Adventure – Free iPhone Game
Last Updated on Thursday, 30 April 2009 07:02
Written by editor
Thursday, April 30th, 2009

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www.landofthelost.net

In “Land of the Lost: Crystal Adventure,” you must help Rick Marshall (Ferrell) overcome  challenging obstacles — ie. pushing blocks, building bridges, and navigating around hurdles — to make your way through the 25 Sleestak temple levels and reach the large crystal. Part of the fun though is collecting the more difficult to get small crystals, which adds to your points and can get your name featured on the leaderboard.

Visit the following link to download the game (which is free): http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=312352650&mt=8&uo=6

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Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell) has been dropped in the Land of the Lost and is trapped in the Sleestak temple.  Help him make his way through the levels of the temple by overcoming the pits and traps he’ll encounter.  Each level presents its own challenging mix of obstacles to overcome in an effort to reach the large crystal.  Push blocks, build bridges, and navigate around obstacles in order to reach the end of the level – all while avoiding the Sleestaks.

Be sure to collect the small crystals along the way.  It will require a bit more brain power than just heading to the large crystal, but it will drive your name further up the scoreboard!

After completing a few levels, give your brain a break and look through photos and watch trailer clips for a taste of what to expect from the movie.

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Exclusive features:
•       25 levels of puzzle-driven fun ranging in difficulty from simple to dastardly.
•       Photos, trailers, and sound bytes from the Universal Pictures movie starring Will Ferrell.
•       Made a mistake?  Hit the undo button to take your move back.
•       Collect Crystals to achieve the highest score possible
•       Avoid the Sleestaks
•       Replay any completed level to try and get a higher score.
•       Local scoreboard
To see the game in action, take a look at this video:

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Apr
30/09
iPhone app acquisitions continue as IAC nabs Urbanspoon
Last Updated on Thursday, 30 April 2009 02:22
Written by editor
Thursday, April 30th, 2009

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fiercemobilecontent.com

Jason Ankeny

Two days after Amazon.com purchased mobile startup Lexcycle, the developer behind the free iPhone e-reader application Stanza, the checkbook is out for another free iPhone app: This time, Internet content provider IAC announced its acquisition of digital restaurant guide provider Urbanspoon. Financial terms of the deal, which closed back on Feb. 13, were not disclosed. Urbanspoon–which aggregates restaurant reviews from across the web, drawing on sources including newspapers, professional food critics, bloggers and diners–joins an IAC portfolio of local brands including Cityguide, Evite and InsiderPages. Urbanspoon is already a member of the Citysearch Partner Network, and began integrating IAC local content across its service last year.

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Named one of the top five free iPhone applications last year by sister publication FierceDeveloper, Urbanspoon transforms the Apple device into a kind of digital-age Zagat guide. The application relies on GPS to locate restaurants in the user’s vicinity, offering comprehensive business listings, ratings and reviews while filtering results according to neighborhood, cuisine or price. But what’s really cool about Urbanspoon–available in most major metropolitan North American cities and London–is that it capitalizes on the iPhone 3G’s built-in accelerometer: Shake up the device, and the app’s ’slot machine’ feature will identify a recommended restaurant. In late 2008, Apple named Urbanspoon one of the year’s most downloaded App Store entries.

Video: Urbanspoon Demo

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