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The ratio of iPhone 6 Plus to iPhone 6 manufacturing has been shifted in favour of the former, a report claims. Digitimes says that Apple has enjoyed greater than expected demand for its super-sized iPhone and has a result shifted some of the resource previously dedicated to the iPhone 6 …
Read More »Apple Watch: The game developer reaction
With Apple entering the smartwatch space, many devs are looking to the opportunities ahead
Read More »VIDEO: Fully-fledged Assassin’s Creed game sneaks onto iOS
Ubisoft has, without much in the way of warning, sneaked Assassin’s Creed: Identity onto the Apple App Store. The free game isn’t a spin-off but instead a fully-realised 3D Creed title set in Italy that relies on touchscreen controls. HD textures and dynamic lighting are also offered, as is a …
Read More »The Pokémon Trading Card Game arrives on iPad
It may not strictly be the big Nintendo smartphone foray that some depicted, but The Pokmon Trading Card Game has at last arrived on iOS. The free-to-play game is iPad and iPad Mini only for now, and is limited to devices with a Retina display (G3 onwards). It mirrors the …
Read More »iPhone 6 to go on sale in China following security concerns
Apple’s latest handset has been approved for sale in China, after government concerns that the iPhone would allow US agencies to track user data were quashed. The iPhone 6 will hit Chinese shelves on October 17th, almost an entire month after the rest of the world. Apple managed to convince …
Read More »EU report rules Apple’s tax breaks in Ireland are illegal
A new EU report has stated that tax deals struck between Apple and Ireland are illegal. The deals, inked in 1991 and 2007 between the tech firm and the country’s government, were examined as part of an investigation by the European Comission’s anti-trust authority into the wider question of unlawful …
Read More »US startup Skillz raises $6m for mobile eSports
Mobile eSports platform Skillz has raised $6m in its latest round of fundraising, money the company will use to help drive a user acquisition initiative for its partners. Skillz currently runs around 50,000 daily competitions and pays out around $10,000 a day in tournament prizes to participating mobile users. The …
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 …
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