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John Browett, former CEO of Dixons Retail, has left the firm for a new role at Apple. He will leave in April to take up his new position as senior vice president of retail for the iPhone and iPad manufacturer. His role at Dixons will be filled by current group …
Read More »Breaking Free
Develop talks to NaturalMotion about the opportunities of high-end free-to-play
Read More »Fear and loathing in Facebook
Has Facebook been taken over by industry giants? Will Luton examines if mobile is the new creative frontier
Read More »Steam Mobile app hits iOS and Android
Valve has launched its Steam service onto mobile devices in the form of a closed beta iPhone and Android app. The free download allows smartphone owners to chat with their Steam friends, browse community groups and user profiles, read video game news and keep track of the latest Steam sales. …
Read More »In numbers: Apple’s staggering sales
Develop lists the headline facts and figures
Read More »Recession? What recession? Apple posts record earnings
The High Street might be in tatters as the world’s governments wallow in spiralling pits of debt and despair, but it’s all parties and barbeques and women and jager bombs at Apple HQ in California. The tech giant has just posted record profits for the quarter ending December 31st, driven …
Read More »Jimmy Wales: London trumps soulless Silicon Valley
'No one really wants to live in Palo Alto', says Wikipedia founder
Read More »Whizz kid, 11, building iOS games for charity
Schoolboy Conner Haines inviting cancer patients to request ideas for future titles
Read More »Zynga must attract 9-10m daily users to stop stock slide
One US analyst has warned that Zynga will have to start attracting a high number of new users to offset the declines suffered by its titles and justify its newfound share price. The publisher’s most recent releases Scramble With Friends and Hidden Chronicles have failed to replicate the successes of …
Read More »App Store Charts: Week 2
Imangi's platformer Temple Run tops the free iPhone chart whilst Disney's popular Where's My Water? moves up to 2nd on iPad
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