Mobile

Apple to reveal iCloud, iOS 5 on Monday

A coincidence or a big middle finger? Either way, Apple confirmation of what promises to be an exciting keynote address to kick off this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference has given journalists a logistical nightmare. The presentation will kick off at 18:00 UK time on Monday June 6th. However, Microsoft’s E3 …

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Age of Conan gets free-to-play relaunch

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures will be remodelled as a free-to-play game this summer. The MMO will be be relaunched digitally as Age of Conan: Unrated, and will allow players to either play for free or subscribe for access to extra content. Funcom will introduce an in-game store that enables …

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Facebook and Google to debate app payments

In-app payments, near field communication, virtual items and Facebook Credits will be some of the topics at the Monetising Mobile conference in just under two weeks’ time. Monetising Mobile: Exploring Opportunities in Mobile Payments is hosted by MCV’s stablemate Mobile Entertainment. It will take a close look at this topical …

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Zynga makes smartphone push

Zynga’s has made a significant extension into the smartphone games space by hiring key contributors of open-source mobile tools. In a delicately arranged acquisition, Zynga has essentially taken some control of the open-source iPhone tool Cocos2d. It has achieved the feat, however, whilst keeping Cocos2d open and free to all …

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