Mobile

Microsoft has calculated a truly staggering figure for the monthly spend on unauthorised apps and in-app purchases in the UK. The Guardian has word of a Microsoft survey that pegs the number at an eye-watering 30.9m. It gathered this data by questioning 2,000 British parents who own a smartphone or …

Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Cut The Rope, Draw Something and Temple Run top UKâ??s most popular ever apps

Mojang teases Minecraft Realms with update due by the end off May

The tablet computer industry – and in turn the iPad – will be dead within five years, the boss of Blackberry has claimed. In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore,” chief executive Thorsten Heins said, as reported by The Telegraph. Maybe a …

QA and localisation firm named HTC Connect authorised testing facility

Apple’s original iPhone of 2007 is to become obsolete in June, according to internal info. The documentation, picked up by9to5mac.com, shows the headset manufacturer will classify the original iPhone as ‘obsolete’ everywhere, except the US, from June 11th – this applies to all Apple products that were discontinued more than …

Reimbursements offered, with Ninja Royal and Infinity Blade Cross among the casualties

Tech outfit to continue supporting dev platform despite

Few will comment on the record, but an investigation into in-app purchases could impact publishers of kids games. The Office of Fair Trading last week expressed concerns that children are being misled into spending significant sums on games promoted as free, and said it will review this part of the …

Zapak Mobile has crossed the 100 million game downloads milestone on the Nokia Store, the company has announced. Of the 350-plus games offered by Zapak on the Nokie Store, 22 racked up over a million downloads, including Chhota Bheem Racing, Ninja Strike, ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, WWE Raw, and …