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Read More »Report: iPhone 5 set for August release
Rumours claim latest Apple smartphone to feature 4-inch retina display with a 16:9 aspect ratio
Read More »iPhone 5 – just 22 days away?
Rumours suggest the iPhone 5 could be with us within weeks. knowyourmobile.comhas reported that a ‘reliable industry source’ has revealed to the site that Apple will launch the iPhone 5 via a keynote speech on August 7th. This comes after numerous reports from Asia that the new phone is already …
Read More »Hacker blows open Apple’s IAP system; Free content with no jailbreak
It’s the thing of nightmares for Apple. A Russian hacker named Alexey Borodin has over the weekend revealed details of a method that allows iPhone and iPad owners to obtain in-app goods for free. It works by using a specifically crafted server hosted by the Russian. A change to an …
Read More »Microsoft’s Ballmer declares war on Apple
Steve Ballmer, the bullish CEO of Microsoft, has outlined his determination to stop Apple having things its own way in its key markets. Admitting that Microsoft has in the past ceded some of the boundary between hardware and software innovation to Apple” the exec would have the world believe that …
Read More »Android grabs smartphone majority in key markets
For the first time ever, Android has accounted for over half of the overall smartphone sales in key global markets over a 12 week period. Kantar Worldpanel ComTech says that Android’s OS accounted for over 50 per cent of the sector in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, US and Australia. …
Read More »iOS giants go head-to-head this Thursday
It might not generate the same headlines as Call of Duty vs Battlefield, but tomorrow will see a very high profile sales war fought between two of the App Store’s big hitters. In one corner we have Rovio, masterminds of the Angry Birds franchise that has in two and a …
Read More »Call of Duty Mobile in development at Activision Leeds
UK industry stalwart and UKIE chairman Andy Payne has revealed that Activision is working on an iOS and mobile version of Call of Duty. Furthermore, it’s being developed by Activision’s new Leeds studio, which was founded in November 2011. "Activision are like a machine," Payne told Videogamer.com. "I have to …
Read More »Malware infiltrates iOS App Store for the first time
For the first time in its history, malware has successfully made its way into an available app on the iOS App Store. Wired reports that a Russian-language app called Find and Call was discovered to contain a Trojan virus that uploaded users’ address books to a remote server. It also …
Read More »‘Full’ Moshi Monsters iPad app coming soon
Mind Candy believes that tablets are the future of gaming – and it wants to make the most of it by brining a ‘full’ Moshi Monsters app to iPad. With over 60m registered users, the desktop version has already been joined by some spin-off iOS apps, as well as DS …
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