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CEO Brendan Iribe says next stop for company is future smartphones
Read More »Mind Pirate set to expand wearable computing
Start-up is betting against touch interfaces
Read More »Apple and Amazon settle lawsuit over rights to ‘App Store’
Apple and Amazon have settled a lawsuit over the rights to the term ‘app store’ for use in the companies’ respective distribution platforms. Reuters reports a US district judge dismissed the case earlier this week at both firms’ request. A trial previously was scheduled to start on August 19th. Apple …
Read More »iOS App Store turns five, hit games go free to celebrate
Infinity Blade II and Tiny Wings are just some of the games you can download for free today as part of the iOS App Store’s 5th birthday celebrations. The App Store launched on July 10th, 2008 and its impact on the video games market cannot be understated. Now mobile publishers …
Read More »Xbox SmartGlass downloaded over 17m times
Entertainment app has been tweaked for multi-tasking with Xbox One
Read More »Kongregate reveals first $10m mobile fund devs
Five games backed by investment initiative to be released during the summer
Read More »Kabam lays off ‘small number’ of staff
Mobile transition means cuts, but company expect to add 200 jobs by year's end
Read More »Report: Google working on console
Android powered hardware being developed at search engine giant, claim sources
Read More »Google passes Apple to become world’s most valuable tech company… sort of
Enterprise Value may not be a familiar measure on the markets, but a lot of people are paying attention to it today. That’s because in terms of enterprise value – that is, company value assessed without taking into account cash reserves – Google last week passed Apple to become the …
Read More »Ouya sold out on Gamestop, Amazon
Android microconsole now available at retail, but some backers kept waiting
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