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Read More »Mike Hayes joins new entertainment and media business Caperfly
Digital entertainment and media app upstart Caperfly has revealed former Sega West president Mike Hayes as its new non-executive director. This is a good time to be in this new vibrant sector of the industry,” Hayes stated. I am positive we can take advantage of the next great wave of …
Read More »Rock Band iOS apps to be delisted next week
EA has announced it will be discontinuing downloads of all Rock Band iOS apps at the end of the month. The publisher released a Q&A earlier today explaining the decision was made based on an expiring licensing agreement with Harmonix. "EA’s licensing agreement with Harmonix is ending and as a …
Read More »Facebook App Centre launches in UK
The age of buying apps within an app is upon us. Facebook has launched its App Centre in the UK. It essentially allows Facebook users to acquire additional apps whilst browsing the social networking site on their PC, Mac or phone. From that point on it gets a little weirder. …
Read More »Devs promised $10k per app in BlackBerry rethink
VIDEO: BlackBerry 10 prototype; New OS to cut off old apps; Share price sinks
Read More »Xbox Live apps free for four days
Microsoft is letting Xbox 360 owners access entertainment apps such as Netflix for free from April 20th until April 23rd. No Xbox Live Gold membership will be required during this time either – anyone with a 360 will be able to access all of the online service’s features. As part …
Read More »Angry parents sue Apple over in-app purchases
Minors 'induced' by tech giant to buy game currency 'without parental authorisation', claims lawsuit
Read More »Maximum Android app size rises 8,000% to 4gb
File limit expanded to make room for 'high-quality 3D interactive games'
Read More »Apple App Store passes 25bn downloads
At some point in the early hours of Sunday morning the 25 billionth app was downloaded from the Apple App Store. The milestone is passed as the App Store reaches the ripe old age of three years and seven months, having launched alongside the iPhone 3G back in 2008. Since …
Read More »‘Universal Apps’
David Braben looks at how multiplatform games take advantage of differing user interfaces
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