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Real-time particle effects tech comes to Apple portables
Read More »Apple refuses game based on Syria civil war
'News title' rejected from App Store for 'solely targeting a specific race, culture and government'
Read More »Supercell raking in $1 million a day
Tablet developer doubles revenues in three months and is generating more money on iOS than EA's 969 games combined
Read More »Angry Birds downloaded 30m times over Xmas
The global success that is Angry Birds enjoyed a blockbuster Christmas. Rovio’s game was downloaded an eye-watering 30m times between December 22nd and December 29th. On Christmas Day alone the game as purchased 8m times. With Flurry data suggesting that 17.4m new Android and iOS devices – that means there …
Read More »New record as 17.4m iOS and Android devices get activated on Xmas day
A new Flurry report reveals that a record-breaking 17.4m iOS and Android devices were activated worldwide on Christmas day. Also breaking records were app downloads, which reached an estimated 328m. The period between December 25th and December 31st was also record-breaking, with in excess of 50m iOS and Android devices …
Read More »Nearly two billion apps downloaded over Christmas
Festive season delivers record week for apps
Read More »Samsung on track to eclipse Apple in smartphone market in 2013
ComScore data suggests that Samsung will soon bypass Apple to become the top choice smartphone brand in the UK. For the three months ending October 2013 Apple claimed a 28 per cent share of total UK smartphone subscribers aged 13 and above. That’s a year-on-year gain of 1.5 per cent. …
Read More »Rayman Jungle Run wins Apple Game of 2012 Award on iPhone
Ubisoft’s expert handling of its Rayman IP on iPhone has been named as Apple’s iPhone Game of the Year for 2012 in the UK. Rayman Jungle Run was released in September and did a superb job of bringing the trademark colourful visuals and gameplay seen in the console versions to …
Read More »Minecraft Pocket Edition shifts five million
Total sales of hit world-building title surpass 17.5 million
Read More »Pokédex for iOS arrives… for £17.45
The Pokmon Company International has today confirmed the release of Pokdex for iOS. Described as an illustrated encyclopaedia of more than 640 Pokmon characters”, the app offers a ton of detail about the virtual critters including where they can be found and how best to evolve them. The initial download …
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