iPhone manufacturer Apple has to date remained conspicuous from the VR race, but that might be about to change. The Financial Times reports that former Virginia Tech computer science professor Doug Bowman has joined the company. His previous research focused on three-dimensional user interface design and the benefits of immersion …
Read More »Apple announces first European iOS Development Centre
Institution in Naples, Italy, will offer a specialised curriculum to teachers
Read More »iOS shipments overtook Windows last year as PC shipments suffer record decline
There were more Apple iOS devices than Windows devices shipped in 2015. It’s the first time ever that iOS has outsold Windows in a calendar year, according to Asymco, with 290m iOS devices (as well as 10m Macs) shipped versus 275m Windows machines. That latter number was down from 300m …
Read More »$1.1bn spent on App Store over Christmas
Apple has revealed that it had its biggest ever Christmas this year. The tech giant announce that over $1.1bn was spent on apps and in-app purchases during the Christmas break. The period also set ‘back-to-back weekly records’ for traffic and purchases. In addition, January 1st was the biggest single day …
Read More »Games flood but fail to dominate Apple TV
Around 1,000 games already released for tvOS but only eight make it into Top 50 most popular apps
Read More »Apple names Lara Croft Go as iPhone Game of the Year
Square Enix’s isometric puzzle platformer Lara Croft Go has been named by Apple as the best iPhone game of 2015. Note that the award has nothing to do with commercial performance – it’s the game Apple’s games editorial team has chosen as their favourite. Bethesda’s Fallout Shelter and 1Button’s Mr …
Read More »Square Enix Montreal wins Apple’s Game of The Year
Lara Croft GO named best iOS game, but Ellen Degeneres and Mojang lead sales in 2015
Read More »Apple TV game development revenue is struggling
It seems that Apple TV isn’t proving as fruitful for developers as some may have hoped. Launched at the end of October, the latest iteration of Apple’s TV media box put a greater focus on its gaming capabilities. However, assorted platform-restrictions and concerns about consumer uptake led to some reservations …
Read More »Apple TV games reportedly making less than £70 a day
Big hitters seeing revenue dive weeks after launch
Read More »Apple’s Swift programming language turns open-source
Upcoming 3.0 version of code also detailed
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