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Hit iPhone game Angry Birds has now sold more than 6.5m downloads on the App Store, according to developer Rovio. The game, which was published by Chillingo, has only been available since December 2009. What’s more, the more expensive iPad version of the game, which sells for $4.99, has been …
Read More »iPhone hardware boss departs
The man in charge of iPhone hardware design at US tech company Apple has left the company, it has been confirmed. What’s less certain, however, is whether or not Mark Papermaster left of his own accord or was forced out by Apple in the fallout of ‘antennagate’. Apple itself has …
Read More »Apple man ‘pushed out’ after tech errors
Has antennagate cost Mark Papermaster his job in charge of iPhone design?
Read More »Apple to buy Chinese games firm?
Apple is poised to buy a Chinese web game developer for almost $150m, according to a new report. A spokesperson for Handseeing in China claims that Apple is wants to acquire the firm. It would be Apple’s first acquisition in the country. Handseeing develops a number of PC web games …
Read More »Apple spending $147m on Chinese games dev?
Report from the Far East says iPhone firm wants web game firm Handseeing Information Technology
Read More »Game Centre scratched for older platforms
Apple's new player community platform leaves out iPhone 3G and second gen iPod Touch owners
Read More »Apple drops Game Center on older tech
It looks as if owners of older Apple devices such as the iPhone, iPhone 3G and all but the most recent iPod Touches are being muscled out of Apple’s new gaming plans. As part of its reveal of the new iPhone 4 OS in April, Apple unveiled what it calls …
Read More »iPhone 4 jailbreak arrives, is effortless
Just days after the US Government deemed the ‘jailbreaking’ of mobile handsets to be legal, the first hack for the iPhone 4 has gone live. What will be more worrying for Apple, however, is the ease with which the new hack can be applied. Users don’t even need access to …
Read More »Ballmer: iPad sold more than I’d like
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts that tablet computers were a "job one urgency" for the company. Despite the company recently becoming a licensee of CPU-designer outfit ARM, Ballmer said that the company is focusing on tablet computers based on Intel CPUs running the Windows 7 operating system. The …
Read More »Daily Mail slams unkind iPad owners
In a report that has very much caught the attention of UK Twitter users this morning, a remarkable story on The Daily Mail’s website has stated that the typical person who has bought Apple’s latest gadget is unkind and has little empathy for others”. Citing a survey conducted by personality …
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