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Another games vet heads to Apple

Xbox Live marketing boss Robin Burrowes is the latest games exec to join Apple. Burrowes worked at Xbox for seven years, and was in charge of Xbox Live. He was one of the execs promoting the latest Xbox dashboard update, even attending London Games Conference and Gamescom last year. Prior …

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iTunes Match finally arrives in the US

Apple’s long promised cloud music service iTunes Match has finally been rolled out in the US, albeit two weeks late. iTunes Match is a key strand in Apple’s cloud strategy, letting music lovers scan their libraries and then replicate them on the cloud. The idea is that they can all …

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Spy Mouse goes free in US Starbucks promo

US iOS gamers will be able to pick up EA’s new title Spy Mouse for free thanks to a partnership with Starbucks. The deal coincides with the coffee shop chain’s existing Pick of the Week promotion, which gives customers a free code that can be redeemed in the iTunes Store …

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App Store nears 10bn downloads

Almost 10 billion apps have been downloaded through the App Store worldwide. To celebrate this milestone, Apple is holding a competition to reward whoever downloads the 10 billionth app. The contest is only open to the firm’s US customers, with the winner receiving an iTunes Gift Card worth a whopping …

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EA launches NFS Autolog app

Electronic Arts has released an app based around the Need For Speed Autolog. The Autolog feature debuted in the recently released Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit and enables gamers to directly compare their best times and scores – essentially creating a dedicated social network for the game. The new app …

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