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Trion and Syfy’s TV and gaming crossover experiment Defiance will get a third season, the television network has announced. Episodes for the upcoming season will begin airing weekly later this year, according to Syfy. In the meantime, Trion is prepping a new major update for the accompanying free-to-play PC title. …
Read More »Gameloft’s Asphalt Overdrive takes a different approach to smartphone racing
Asphalt Overdrive is now available on iOS and Android, offering a different take on racing to previous entries in Gameloft’s racing series. Instead of using an on-screen steering wheel or tilt controls, Overdrive instead sees players swiping the screen to move their vehicle between lanes. It also has a new …
Read More »iOS 8.0.2 fixes mobile reception and Touch ID bug
Apple has released a new iPhone firmware update that addresses the bugs introduced in its first revision. The 8.0.1 update released earlier this week caused significant problems with mobile reception and Touch ID, forcing some users to fiddle with a workaround to revert their handsets back to 8.0. The now …
Read More »Apple says only nine iPhone 6 Plus owners have complained of bent handsets
Incidents of iPhone 6 Plus handsets being bent in normal use are extremely rare”, Apple has said. Addressing the #Bendgate controversy for the first time, Apple insists that it took several steps to prevent handset bending during the design of the device, including the use of steel and titanium inserts …
Read More »iOS 8.0.1 update breaks iPhone 6 reception and Touch ID
Apple has pulled its latest iOS 8.0.1 update after the software broke two key iPhone features. The iterative software update borked Touch ID across many handsets that support it – the iPhone 5S and both iPhone 6s. More worrying it also left some iPhone 6 users unable to connect to …
Read More »‘Smartphones are not designed to be put in your pocket’
The controversy surrounding Apple’s allegedly bendy iPhone 6 Plus is unfounded due to the design of modern smartphones. That’s according to analyst Chris Green who has made the shock claim to the BBC that modern phones don’t belong in pockets at all. "This is not an issue that Apple – …
Read More »Meet ME’s Top 50 innovators in mobile games and apps next week
Guerilla Tea, Kuato Studios, Chillingo and more to attend October 1st showcase
Read More »Mobile developers ‘shouldn’t expect customers to discover games on their own’
'For a few years we've lived in a fantasy world where you could just upload stuff and hope it catches wind,' says Creative Mobile CEO
Read More »Mobile gaming start-up Chobolabs raises $1.3m
‘I am convinced competitive gaming will emerge on mobile,’ says CEO
Read More »Tim Cook tells Apple customers that it isn’t a ‘treasure trove’ for NSA
Apple is not in the business of storing – or supplying – data about its customers, boss Tim Cook has said. The assurance comes just two weeks after Apple’s iCloud found itself at the centre of a celebrity nude picture controversy – although Apple itself has confirmed that only passwords …
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