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A surge of punters picking up a brand new iPhone 4S in October saw Apple sell more smartphones than all Android smartphone makers combined, according to new Kantar Worldpanel research. iPhone sales had been down in previous months with the Apple faithful holding off on picking up an iPhone 4 …
Read More »Rumour: Rovio shunned $2.25bn Zynga takeover
A new report from The New York Times claims that Angry Birds creators Rovio rebuffed an astonishing $2.25bn takeover offer from Zynga in the summer. The context placed on the revelation is that potentials targets are being scared off by a ruthless corporate culture that, while serving Zynga well on …
Read More »Apple removes Big Fish subscription app from store
No reason given to US publisher as to why service was taken down
Read More »Apple begins game subscriptions and streaming
Big Fish offering OnLive-like service for $6.99 per month; iPad only
Read More »New Dizzy title is iOS remake of Prince of Yolkfolk
As hinted at yesterday, ‘80s British games icon Dizzy is set to return. His modern arrival comes in the form of an iOS remake of 1991 title Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk for iPhone and iPad, as well as for Google’s Android platform. Furthermore, the release is nearly upon us …
Read More »Apple launches digital games chart
Weekly updates to the best selling iPhone and iPad games
Read More »Spectrum classic Dizzy re-mastered for mobile
Original project director Paul Ranson heading development on Prince of the YolkFolk remake
Read More »Apple becomes UK’s second biggest online retailer
The latest IMRG-Hitwise listings claim that Apple has grown to become the second most popular online retailer in the UK. In the process it knocks Argos down to number three for the first time ever. Online behemoth Amazon UK retains its usual No.1 position, of course. The tech world mourned …
Read More »iOS to get its first streaming games subscription service
Big Fish Games has secured an agreement with Apple for a first-of-its-kind subscription games servcie on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It will use the subscription functionality introduced to iOS as part of the Newsstand app. Bloomberg reports that access to dozens” of titles will be offered for $6.99 a …
Read More »Adobe: Flash will not be supported on Android 5.0
Company admits the role of Flash 'will change' as HTML5 progresses
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