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Amazon Appstore shatters $20 ceiling for in-app purchases Apr 17th 2012, 12:02 In a move that's likely to grab the attention of more than a few Android developers, Amazon has announced that its arbitrary $20 limit for in-app purchases via the Appstore is no more. The company announced this change in an email to developers, which follows a tweak to the Appstore's parental controls. In-app purchasing is rather new territory for the Amazon crew, which first unveiled the necessary APIs just last week. There's no word on what new monetary limit is now in place, but make sure to watch your spending, kids -- some of these apps are incredibly habit-forming. Amazon Appstore shatters $20 ceiling for in-app purchases originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  TechCrunch  | Email this | Comments Philips' L Prize-winning light bulb goes on sale Sunday, priced between $20 and $60 Apr 17th 2012, 11:23 It's a little strange crowning a "winner" when only a single company enters the contest, but that's exactly what happened during the L Prize celebration in August of last year. Philips was the only outfit to take the US Department of Energy up on its offer, earning some $10 million to develop what might go down as the most radically designed, wildly expensive bulb your table lamp has ever seen. That said, the victorious bulb is a big fan of Ma Earth (and her of him), using just 10 watts of energy while outputting light similar to that of a 60 watt incandescent. It'll hit retailers like Home Depot this Sunday (Earth Day) for around $50 a pop, while some utility companies may subsidize 'em in an effort to hit the magical $20 price point. Hey, no one said saving energy would be remotely affordable, right? Philips' L Prize-winning light bulb goes on sale Sunday, priced between $20 and $60 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  AP / USA Today  | Email this | Comments HP ships 27-inch Z1 all-in-one workstation, touts 'power without the tower' Apr 17th 2012, 10:40 We'll hand it to HP -- "power without the tower" is pretty fab. And so is that drop-dead gorgeous 27-inch IPS panel dominating the front of its Z1 workstation. Designed to handle stresses normally thrown exclusively at floor-sitting wind tunnels, the Z1 offers up Intel Xeon server-class CPUs, NVIDIA Quadro graphics, USB 3.0 sockets, a slot-loading Blu-ray writer, SSD / RAID options, support for over a billion colors and a seductive starting tag of just $1,899. Intrigued? Hit the source link to get your order in. Continue reading HP ships 27-inch Z1 all-in-one workstation, touts 'power without the tower' HP ships 27-inch Z1 all-in-one workstation, touts 'power without the tower' originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

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