At this time every year, Apple releases ‘Rewind’, its annual year-end lists for music, movies, TV shows, podcasts and apps. Last year, Rovio’s phenomenon of a game was best paid app – and it’s repeated the trick in 2011. It didn’t figure in the iPad stakes as it wasn’t out …
Read More »Apple approves Microsoft Xbox app for iOS
'My Xbox Live' gives customers mobile access to their gaming account
Read More »Microsoft launches official Xbox Live app
iPad and iPhone users can now access their Xbox Live account via an official Microsoft app. The iOS software allows 360 owners to sign in and interact with their friends without the need for a console, according to Major Nelson. They can read and send messages, manage their friends list …
Read More »OnLive app streams games to iPhone and iPad
But Apple has not yet approved the service
Read More »OnLive iOS app still awaiting approval
In what could prove to be a dangerous game, it has emerged that OnLive went live with the press announcing the release of its iOS app before it actually went live on the Apple App Store. And considering that Apple will be the one to decide on the fate of …
Read More »APPLE APP CHARTS: Angry Chickens beats Angry Birds
Digital Minds’ Angry Chickens has become the best-selling iPhone game this week, according to the latest charts from Apple. The title beat rival Angry Birds Seasons which had to settle for No.3. Angry Chickens made it to No.2 behind WhatsApp Messenger. Chess was the best-selling iPad app this week ahead …
Read More »App Store Charts: Week 49
Angry... Chickens makes inevitable appearance; Infinity Blade II lands at seventh
Read More »Apple fails in bid to block Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in US
A judge in the US has denied Apple’s move to block the sale of a range of Samsung Android devices in the ongoing patent infringement dispute. The ruling is particularly important because is means that the latest Samsung devices including the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be available for sale in …
Read More »Nvidia mobile chip ‘faster than iPad 2’
But battery life lower than Apple's A5 chip
Read More »Black Ops Zombies hits App Store
Activision has released a second Zombies title for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies follows in the footsteps of last year’s Call of Duty: World At War Zombies and recreates the popular multiplayer mode on iOS. The game has been developed specifically for tablets …
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