Beginning December 9, 2012 and for a limited period of time, players will have the exclusive opportunity to download ‘Gnome Homes’ on iOS as a Free game. In a special collaboration with popular games- and app-portal ‘Daily App Dream’, games developer ‘Inert Soap’ decided Santa would be extra nice this year, and grant you the wish of receiving this awesome simulation game for free.

‘Gnome Homes’ challenges you to build, maintain, expand, and be the caretaker of a thriving gnome burrow. In this highly unique and hilariously entertaining simulation game, your tasks will be many and varied (some would say weird and crazy.) Tame and adopt wild animals like fuzzy voles, sleepy lizards, or bouncy mice; grow your own vegetables and fruits, and explore the depths of the meadow for precious diamonds.

Get Ready For Some Serious Fun As You Explore The Following Features:

• Dig deep through the ground, unearthing treasures, or just worms
• Customize the dozens of unique gnomes who join your burrow, with unique names, clothing, hair styles, and more.
• Build anything from simple chairs to cozy fireplaces and modern electric lights.
• Lots of unique animals like bees, skinks, voles, fireflies, lizards, kangaroo mice, and more.
• Let your gnomes do the work. Set up a thriving community, then sit back and watch your gnomes go about their daily chores
• Visit friends. Connect via Facebook to journey to your friends’ burrows
• Play your map online from any device. Connect online and access your burrow from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
• Watch the weather change from bright and sunny, to a cloudy day, to a moonlit night
• Compete for special rare objects to make your burrow unique.

‘Gnome Homes’ is available for download on the App Store from here.

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San Francisco, U.S.A.– Wondershare Software announced on October 8, an important update to its popular Dr. Fone iOS device data recovery solution. Dr. Fone now supports iOS 6 enabled devices with a newly enhanced selective iTunes recovery feature which allows mistakenly deleted photos, videos, text messages, contacts and more to be recovered from the iTunes backup file.  ITunes will only restore an entire iOS device from a backup, however, Dr. Fone allows individual pieces of content within the iOS 6 iTunes backup file to be recovered, with a full preview beforehand.

Dr. Fone is as easy to use as it is effective; simply connect the iOS device to the computer, launch Dr. Fone, and with a few clicks even the most casual user can scan the most recent iTunes backup, preview recoverable items and select items for recovery and re-synced to the device. Dr. Fone can also directly scan certain iOS devices at the hardware level and recover content from them in the case the iTunes backup file does not contain the desired content.  When disaster strikes, Dr. Fone is often the best chance to get deleted items back.

Dr. Fone’s Key Features:

• Recover Pictures & videos in Camera Roll, Photo Stream, and as message attachments; Recovery audio from Voice Memos, Text Messages, Call History, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, even Safari Bookmarks;
• Scan and preview recoverable information from the iTunes backup file or directly from iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch (certain models);
• Can recover lost information after factory re-set, failed iOS update, even from a password protected phone if you forgot the password;
• Simple to use and very effective if the information was very recently deleted;
• Works with iPhone 1/3G/3GS/4/4S/5, iPad 1, 2, New iPad, and 4th Gen iPod Touch
• Dr. Fone compatible with Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP

Price & Availability

Wondershare Dr. Phone is currently available for $99.95 from the Wondershare online store.  There is a free trial version available which can scan an iOS device and preview recoverable content but not restore the recoverable files.

Learn more about Wondershare’s entire lineup of award winning multi-media, business productivity, PDF, and system utility software products at Wondershare.com.

About Wondershare

Wondershare Software, an IDG invested company, is an innovative software developer dedicated to delivering the very best in software products and services to the worldwide consumer and business market segments. Wondershare has branch offices in the United States, Germany and Japan. Wondershare has been honored as Deloitte Tech Fast 500 Asia Pacific and China 50 for three consecutive years, and Forbes Business Potential of China for two consecutive years. For more information about Wondershare and its products, please visit http://www.wondershare.com.

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Toronto, Canada — Digital Emmy Award-winning game developer, Secret Location, in conjunction with Fresh TV and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), the commercial and brand extension arm of FremantleMedia, are taking a bite out of vampire-genre apps with the release of Humans VS Vampires, the official app for the hit show, My Babysitter’s a Vampire.

The series, developed and produced by Fresh TV in association with TELETOON Canada is a fun, family-friendly tween program that reminds kids everywhere that, no matter what kind of supernatural villains the world has in store, the scariest thing of all is still: High School. My Babysitter’s a Vampire is currently in its second season on the Disney Channel in the US and premiered this past summer to record high ratings.

The Humans VS Vampires app builds on the success of the award-winning 3D online game of the same name, which at more than 6.5 million views and counting, is the number one most-played web game on TELETOON’s TV network website.

As a result of this high demand, the game was quickly rebuilt for mobile using the same in-depth game design and mechanics. As a result, the app is a rich experience, featuring addictive level progressions, challenging game play modes and high-poly 3D characters modeled and animated to look and move the way the show’s stars do.

“Humans VS Vampires goes far beyond the typical properties,” says Secret Location Executive Producer James Milward. “It provides a rich gaming experience scaled down to a mobile format that works.”

Nicholas Dale, Senior Manager of Mobile & Interactive for brand licensor FME, added, “We are very excited to partner with The Secret Location to bring the Humans VS Vampires game to devoted My Babysitter’s a Vampire fans. Viewers are craving additional interactive content on mobile devices so we are continuously dedicated to offering more immersive experiences to keep them engaged.”

The new Humans VS Vampires app is jam-packed with photorealistic, high-end graphics, fear-inducing opponents and five levels to beat. Humans VS Vampires is a sophisticated gaming experience, breaking from the usual “vamp yourself” apps in this genre.

Inspired by retro arcade games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, Humans VS Vampires delivers a classic hand-to-hand combat experience, without deferring to the 8-bit look. With slick graphics, and added features such as cryptic clues and badges, the game feels modern and challenges the user to keep playing. Missions take on increasing difficulty as players fight the easiest opponent to the strongest – human or vampire – depending on which side is chosen.

Humans VS Vampires is available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod Touch. A one-time 99-cent in-app upgrade allows players to unlock 10 characters – five good guys and five undead characters.

The game was developed for TELETOON and Fresh TV by Secret Location with support from the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund. Fans can download the app today and unlock the first of two special characters – Boltz: a Frankenstein jock made-up of star hockey player body parts.

In this badge system game, the user can play as either a human or a vampire, using over 30 battle moves to defy their opponent, including three special moves unique to each character. Players battle their way through five levels and five different opponents, with rivals getting increasingly more difficult to beat as the game progresses. The user’s main goals are to beat Arcade Mode in Easy, Medium and finally Difficult, and win for their side, while racking up badges that get pasted up onto their virtual school locker.

Game Features:

• Over 30 battle moves, including three flashy special moves, like the Principal’s Zombie Breath – very nasty – Erica’s Bats and Benny’s baffling Teleport.
• Five different backgrounds; day and night in the ‘burbs, at school, outside the cinema, and a creepy graveyard.
• Five levels; they get increasingly difficult as players fight the easiest opponent, right down to the strongest Human (Ethan) or Vampire (Jesse), depending on which side you choose.
• Unlock all five good guys and five undead characters with a one-time ULTRA in-app purchase.
• Unlock all badges with Ultra, too; like the Fang-Tastic Badge, scored by playing a perfect round without getting hit once.
• Decode cryptic clues to get tipped off on how to earn badges, Fang-Tastic’s clue = Scars might look cool in the movies, but let’s face it, it’s better not to get scratched at all.

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Once again, the India-based online comparison website is delivering on its promise to bring you the best possible money-saving solutions, now on your mobile.

CompareRaja is a popular comparison website in India. The domain lets users browse the best deals on mobiles, laptops, tablets, cameras, camcorders, watches, perfumes and books. They also show a range of the most popular brands, including FastTrack, Panasonic, Sony, Titan, Samsung and Nikon, as well as many more.

Now customers also have the opportunity to shop online on their mobile device. All that they have to do to get the price comparisons of these great branded products displayed, with any available discount codes for reduced prices too, is to download the newly released CompareRaja mobile app for free.

This is available now on Android through Google Play, and will be accessible on iPhones shortly.

The Android app was launched in August 2012 and its sole purpose is to make money-saving opportunities more accessible to customers through their mobile phone or other portable device, such as a tablet.

The premise is the same as the website. After downloading the app simply search for your desired product, compare the prices and availability as displayed by numerous stores, and then apply the discount code provided at the checkout to save even more money on your purchase.

So, what are the benefits of installing an app like this? First of all, the app is free to download so you have nothing to lose. It has been designed to be very user-friendly; it is easy to use and quick to navigate on your mobile handset. Just like the website, there are tens of thousands of products to compare and view.

There are lots of categories to browse, like mobiles, laptops, watches, perfumes and more! The app gives access to over 30 top brands, with more being added all the time. The app saves you time and money.

There is no obligation once you download the app. It only seeks to save you money.

About CompareRaja

CompareRaja is a comparison site. It is designed to offer its users the chance to search for popular products, particularly technologies, and to provide them with lower prices than traditional retailers. They also provide discount codes for users to save money on particular items. CompareRaja is owned by Logicserve Digital.

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London, U.K. — GREE have announced the release of its latest game for iPhone, Monpla Smash, now available on the App Store. Monpla Smash is a free-to-play role-playing monster battle game that takes players on an adventure to Monpla, a once peaceful planet disrupted by corrupt monsters.

In Monpla Smash, players are invited to defend themselves and their planet against evil as they restore peace by collecting and growing their own ultimate monster team. With over 100 different monsters to collect and merge together, the game offers each player a personalized experience by allowing them to customize their own collection. Players are encouraged to think strategically as they decide how to apply each monster’s unique abilities during attacks, as well as which monsters to team up with. Monpla Smash also features an engaging storyline and action-packed battle gameplay, along with amazing graphics.

Plus, with Gree Platform, Monpla Smash players can enjoy a variety of social features, including teaming up with friends, calibrating where they stand on worldwide leaderboards, checking achievements against their friends, and finding other players to connect with.

The Monpla Slmash App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone or at http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/monpla-smash/id523031323?mt=8.

For more information on the game, please visit http://greegam.es/monpla-smash or follow them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/GREE_Europe.

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London, U.K. –– AppyNation and Gray Cooper Media today announced the launch of Fluid Football, the next evolution in tactical soccer games, now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Developed by Chromativity in close collaboration with professional soccer commentators Andy Gray and Richard Keys, Fluid Football’s arrival ushers in a new type of soccer game that gives players unparalleled freedom to work their way through a series of challenging set piece scenarios using whatever combination of real world tactics they deem suitable in order to score and win.

Designed to appeal to any soccer fan’s inner strategist, Fluid Football puts real-time tactical decision making right at the player’s fingertips. Faced with a variety of real-world scenarios, players plan their strategy in real time via an overhead view of the pitch, stringing together passes, out-pacing defenders, setting up pinpoint crosses and any one of hundreds of possible strategies. Players can devise complex sequences and strategies via simple finger swipes to direct their team’s actions to line up a shot on goal. The camera then switches to a 3D ‘player’s eye’ view in which the player must successfully direct their shot on target against the goalkeeper and defenders.

“We’re thrilled to be bringing such a unique tactical football title to the App Store,” said Andy Gray, Director, Gray Cooper Media. “We’ve been very closely involved with the game’s development from day one and we’ve invested a lot of our personal experience into the game to ensure it has as much authenticity as possible. If you can do it on the field you can do it in Fluid Football.”

Fluid Football is now available for FREE from the App Store on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch at http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id524972269

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Redwood Falls, U.S.A. – When Minnesota Farmfest launched in 1981, cell phones were two years away from even being sold commercially. Technology has not only changed the way farmers grow and do business, it has enhanced the flow of information and many are taking full advantage of it. For this year’s Minnesota Farmfest, an iPad app was created to showcase new products, provide information on exhibitors and their booth location as well as provide a schedule of special events.

“Our digital team did a great job creating this iPad app,” says Raymond Bianchi, vice president and group show director of IDEAg. “Minnesota Farmfest’s GOLD and SILVER sponsors now have a unique and extremely attractive way to market their products to our audience.”

The iPad app was developed by the Cygnus Business Media Digital Group specifically for the event. To download the app, users can log onto itunes.com and search for Minnesota Farmfest.

Within the app is a new product showcase featuring these GOLD Sponsors and their product: Jamesway Farm Equipment’s PUMPELLER Hybrid Lagoon Pump, which is much more efficient to agitate tough lagoons; Novozymes Bioag Ratchet, a foliar applied LCO Promoter Technology that enhances plant growth and photosynthesis; and Ziegler Ag Equipment, showcasing the new Caterpillar MT700D Series tractor, a machine that lowers soil compaction and moves easily through mud.

Minnesota Farmfest SILVER Sponsors are also included in the iPad app: Mathews Company, manufacturers of high quality, innovative agricultural equipment, SFP’s More Than Manure, the first and only fertilizer manager proven to reduce nitrogen loss and phosphorus fixation in manure, and Ag Alternatives’ Y-Drop, a new system of fertilization that compliments any conventional management system.

Minnesota Farmfest kicks off Tuesday, August 7th at the Gilfillan Estate, seven miles southeast ofRedwood Falls, Minnesota.  In addition to political forums, issues affecting farmers will also be debated.

For more information, log onto http://www.ideaggroup.com/farmfest. Registration is sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts. Qualified attendees can register for free admission at www.IDEAgGroup.com/Farmfest.

Image Courtesy of   USDAgov

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Chengdu, China – Chengdu, a city with a population of 14 million located in southwest China and dubbed one of the “World’s Fastest Growing Cities in the Next Decade” by Forbes Magazine, has come into the spotlight thanks to the emergence of world-class mobile application entrepreneurs.

On May 17, 2012, the App Store issued the list of the top 100 App distributors in terms of revenue for the month of April, where two iPhone App developers in Chengdu lead the domestic Apps market outshining the traditional Chinese software development hubs like Beijing and Shanghai. Tap4Fun, the producer of Galaxy Empire, leads the ranking among China’s App development companies with a total income of US$1,130,000. LV1, another Chengdu based startup, is ranked third in China with an income of US$480,000 for the same period.

In October 2011, Chengdu based Tap4Fun launched Galaxy Empire, an iOS online game, which rapidly became a best seller, ranking first in revenue on the App store in seven different countries including the US, Germany, Italy and Denmark. Galaxy Empire follows the success of Camera 360, a camera application, which was developed by Chengdu based PinGuo and is the number one mobile camera application in China and North America since June 2011. As of today, Camera 360 counts over 40 million users and was selected as one of the 100 Best Products in 2011 by PC World Magazine. PinGuo received three rounds of investment by institutional investors, which is rarely seen among China’s technology startups.

Chengdu Ikamobile is another company that grabbed the attention of renowned VCs after it successfully launched the iPhone version of Hotel Finder. This application was ranked first among travel apps only a week after it went live, achieving dozens of thousands of downloads in a month’s time. Lee Kai-Fu’s Innovation Works invested in Ikamobile in October 2011.

Last but not least, Seven Stars 3D, an online game developed by a company in Chengdu, was ranked first in the free apps on the App Store in November 2011. Its WP7 version was recommended on the homepage banner by Microsoft Marketplace on May 10.

These mobile applications “created in Chengdu” have the same birthplace – Chengdu Tianfu Software Park, the largest tech park in Asia. “We have more than 100 teams working in the mobile internet field in our park, either big names such as Ubisoft, Myriad, Sina, Lenovo or startups such asTap4Fun and Good Team Studio. They are creating a large number of amazing products of many kinds, especially in the mobile gaming field,” said Victor Jansson, the vice president of Chengdu Tianfu Software Park. “And this is due to the large talent pool in the gaming industry. Currently Chengdu has become the preferred destination for Top 25 Gaming companies like Ubisoft, Take-Two Interactive, Gameloft, Shanda Interactive, Perfect World, as well as Tencent, Kingsoft for establishing R&D centers in China just behind Shanghai. In July 2011, the social game The Smurfs & Co developed by Ubisoft Chengdu, set a new record by adding 4 million new active users in the first month; it is one of the fastest growing games on Facebook.”

Chengdu’s mobile App developers are growing with astonishing momentum, thanks to a mature local IT and software industry and large talent pool. Currently, 13 of the world’s 20 best software enterprises including Microsoft, IBM, SAP, Symantec, Ericsson, Cisco, EMC, Nokia Siemens Networks and Oracle have already settled in Chengdu. In recent years, the total revenue of software and information technology services industry in Chengdu has kept an annual growth rate in excess of 35%. Until December 2011, Chengdu has more than 1,000 software companies employing over 150,000 people.

Image Courtesy of   NewChengdu

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RoadsideAmerica.com, the guide to offbeat tourist attractions, announced the launch of its Roadside Presidents mobile software app for iPhone. Roadside Presidents reveals over a thousand U.S. President tourist attractions  around the country – from traditional historic places, such as presidential birthplaces and memorials, to the offbeat and unexpected, such as the ice cream store where President Obama worked during high school.

“We’ve discovered so many bizarre presidential sights out there,” said Ken Smith, senior editor of RoadsideAmerica.com.  “By visiting conventional landmarks, but also the hidden treasures, you get the broader, nuttier picture of America’s history. You’ll never think of George Washington quite the same way after you’ve seen his whiskey-making still — or of Ronald Reagan after seeing a statue of him eating a potato pancake.”

Roadside Presidents is available on the Apple (U.S.) App Store for $2.99. The list of attractions is always growing, and the app retrieves real-time updates and attraction status reports from RoadsideAmerica.com.

Users can browse by president or by location, and read fun facts, attraction visit reports and stories, and see visitor-contributed tips and photos, maps, driving directions, hours, and phone numbers. They can snap photos from within the app to submit directly to RoadsideAmerica.com. The app’s “Been There!” feature lets users keep track of roadside attractions they have visited.

The editorial team at RoadsideAmerica.com has spent years seeking out dusty wax dioramas and creaky animatronics of the nation’s Chief Executives. They’ve written irreverent and illuminating entries for Roadside Presidents – on first ladies and VPs, quirky siblings, White House pets, and presidential also-rans.

Assassination, conspiracy, and scandal sights are other road trip possibilities found in the app. The attractions are everywhere and the app makes them easy to find — whether it’s a robot Lyndon Johnson cracking jokes in Texas, a Highway of Vice Presidents in Indiana, or a George Bush giant sequoia in California.

Roadside Presidents was designed by the software development team that created the popular Roadside America iPhone app, consistently listed among the top-selling App Store Travel apps since it was introduced in 2010. It was named an App Store Staff Favorite in 2011.

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Health-care professionals who use iPads and iPhones now have a new way to access interactive “e-book” versions of the Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine’s popular Clinical Practice Guidelines.

The new free App, available at iTunes or the App Store under “Paralyzed Veterans of America,” enables users to download the e-books, which contain vital information for health-care professionals when treating individuals with spinal cord injury. The Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine is anchored by 23 professional organizations, including Paralyzed Veterans of America.

“Information is power, and this new app to download our interactive e-books is designed as an essential tool to help empower health-care professionals in the field of spinal cord injury medicine with the detailed clinical practice information they need at just the touch of a button,” said Fred Cowell, acting director of Research and Education for Paralyzed Veterans of America, the organization that administers and provides financial support for the Consortium.

Interactive e-books titles currently available for download through the new app are the following Clinical Practice Guideline titles: Early Acute Management in Adults with Spinal Cord Injury; Preservation of Upper Limb Function Following Spinal Cord Injury; Respiratory Management Following Spinal Cord Injury; and Bladder Management for Adults with Spinal Cord Injury.

Also available for download is Paralyzed Veterans’ popular consumer self-help guide Yes, You Can! A Guide to Self-Care for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury. All of the publications contain guidance directed by the protocols developed by the Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine.

“Through e-CPGs and e-books, vital information for clinicians is more accessible, portable and provides instant links to other related reference materials that are important to the care and treatment of patients,” said Lawrence C. Vogel, MD, chair of the Consortium.

Over the past 16 years, the Consortium and Paralyzed Veterans have produced clinical practice guidelines and companion consumer guides on the many health-care issues common to individuals with spinal cord injury, such as upper limb preservation, treatment of pressure ulcers and bladder management.

The publications are independently reviewed, science-based compendia of the latest knowledge on the care of people with spinal cord injury/dysfunction. Consumer guides are written in an accessible style with limited technical and medical language.

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AT&T announced on February 07, 2012 that its AT&T U-verse for iPad App, which makes it easy for users to connect their iPad to their TV for an even better viewing experience, is available on the App Store.

Recent studies indicate that the majority of tablet owners use their device simultaneously while watching TV, and with this app users can link their iPad to their choice of any U-verse TV receiver and access several great new features like:

• Extra content and information about the TV show you’re watching, including series overview, episode synopsis, photos, cast and crew information, related TV shows and more.
• A full-featured, intuitive U-verse remote control with channel, guide, DVR, interactive app and on-demand controls, eliminating the need for extra (or lost) remotes throughout the home.
• Advanced search functionality to help you find the content you want.
• Recommendations on what to watch with ratings and reviews.
• Ability to share information about what you are watching with friends on Facebook.

And while you’re on the go, you can:

• Watch hit TV shows and movies over any Wi-Fi connection. Choose from a library of popular content based on your U-verse TV package, including shows and movies from STARZ, ENCORE, TBS, TNT, truTV, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, with more choices added on an ongoing basis.
• Access the U-verse programming guide and DVR scheduling, similar to the functionality available on the U-verse app for iPhone and iPod touch.

You can view a video demo of the app here.

“Today, we are taking our best in class TV experience and taking it to a whole new level by joining two very powerful platforms: your TV and iPad,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T Mobility.

“With our new app, AT&T U-verse customers have access to incredible functionality to make the TV experience much richer, from superior search and control functionality, to fresh content that tells you more about what you’re watching, to the ability to share what you’re watching with your friends through social networks. And, when they leave the home, our customers can take the U-verse experience with them.”

Using the U-verse IP platform and in-home U-verse Wi-Fi network, customers can link the app to any U-verse TV receiver in their home. Using a simple one-time set up process for each U-verse receiver, customers just tune to channel 9301 and go through intuitive steps to name their U-verse receivers using a default name like “living room” or “bedroom,” or create a personalized name, to enable the functionality and features.

AT&T U-verse TV was the fastest growing TV service in the country in 2011 and is the only 100 percent Internet Protocol-based television (IPTV) service offered by a national service provider. AT&T U-verse TV ranked “Highest in Residential Television Service Satisfaction in the North Central, South and West Regions,” according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Residential Television Service Provider Satisfaction Studies(SM).

The AT&T U-verse for iPad App is available for free from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore.

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Fake Apple stores have begun popping up in China, fooling not only the customers, but the workers as well. The quickly developing country is renowned for creating and selling remake products, however this is more than a step up from product recreation.

A blogger who goes by BirdAbroad found the store, located in China’s Yunnan province in the city of Kunming. The blogger says that the first giveaway was the glowing apple outside the storefront. Instead of standing alone as it should, the words Apple Store accompanied it, giving away its mirage of reality.

Inside all things would appear fine, exactly identical to any authorized Apple store found across the world. However, the blogger admits that upon closer inspection little things including paints jobs and intricate staircases appear to be unprofessionally done.

In a recent update from BirdAbroad, she explains that many different media outlets have been able to contact workers or managers from the fake store. The Toronto Star said they spoke with a manager who claims that while they now know they are unauthorized, the products they are selling are real.

BirdAbroad has also begun taking heat from the population of Kunming, as well as other cities across China. She has recieved many different complaints about her blog and posts commenting on the fake apple store.

Some are looking for a public apology for mudding their good name, while others are irritated at the ongoing attention to knockoff production in China. They are saying, “shanzai is unstoppable in China;” shanzai, meaning knockoff.

Regardless, while the store is unauthorized, and there remains to be confusion on whether the products are real or not, many citizens in Kunming are saying that they don’t mind the knockoff store.

BirdAbroad quoted someone saying, “Apple deserves to have shanzhai stores, since their products are absurdly expensive, despite being made right here in China.”

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The general image of the Apple Store is to “do what you want so long as you don’t break or steal anything.” To see just how far he could go, comedian Mark Malkoff pulled some interesting pranks on one Apple Store.

“It’s amazing what the Apple Store will allow,” Malkoff said. “There are hundreds of videos online of customers singing and dancing in the middle of the store. Not only do they allow house pets, but I have heard of customers successfully bringing in snakes. I can’t imagine that being tolerated at any other store.”

His first plan was to see if he could get a pizza delivered to him while he was shopping on the second floor of a Manhattan Apple Store. He gained positive reactions from the staff, one of whom remarked that the stunt was awesome when the pie was delivered and was also shocked that the pizza place was willing to deliver to someone inside a large retail store.

Malkoff was later joined by his wife for a romantic in-store dinner, complete with waiter service and dancing under a mirror ball while a solo trumpeter played a song.

The stunts do not stop there. On another day, Malkoff was able to receive help for his broken iPhone dressed as Darth Vader. One employee even urged him to use the force.

Though, the latest stunt may be the best yet. To see just how far he could push his luck, Malkoff brought in a goat. While there were more strange looks than before, he still was not rejected from the store.

“The staff at the Apple stores could not have been any nicer.” Mark said. “The fact they let me bring in a goat still makes me laugh.”

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