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A request by the US Federal Trade Commission designed to ease the problem of children making in-app purchases is reportedly being resisted by Amazon. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon has said it would rather defend its approach in court” than adhere to a structured program of increased disclosure, …
Read More »Sky will post you a DVD copy of digital film purchases
We’re accustomed to free digital copies coming bundled with DVDs and Blu-ray, but now Sky is to approach things from the other direction. TechRadar reports that the TV network will in the coming weeks begin offering customers who buy a digital film for their Sky box a physical copy of …
Read More »HMV refuses to remove new app from Apple App Store
Apple has asked HMV to remove its new music downloading app from the iOS App Store – and the retailer has said no. HMV’s new app arrived earlier this week to much acclaim. It includes a lot of cool features such as the ability to identify digital music by listening …
Read More »The UK has 6m daily smartphone gamers – report
Six million Britons play smartphone games every day according to new research from ComScore. In addition a total of 20m play games every month. That places gaming ahead of instant messaging in the most popular mobile activities race and approximately on par with photo messaging, reading the news or weather …
Read More »Report: Google Play sees in-app purchase explosion
In-app purchases for Google Play offerings reportedlyhave seen a massive increase over the past year. Reporting from the Google I/O conference, Inside Mobile Apps states that internal purchases in marketplace downloads are up 700 per cent year-over-year. Google Play games business development head Bob Meese expounded on the figure, focusing …
Read More »Indian PSN purchases climb 30% following web launch
PSN purchases from India have gone up by 30 per cent since Sony launched the web version of the PlayStation Store, the company has revealed. The Sony Entertainment Network store was initially launched for limited countries,” Sony Computer Entertainment India country manager Atindriya Bose told MCV India. "We’ve launched it …
Read More »Are Microsoft Points being phased out?
A recent change to Windows 8 suggests that Microsoft may be preparing to phase out its Points payment system. The Verge reports that Microsoft Points are no longer the default payment system in Windows 8, with real money payments replacing them. Up until this point the Windows 8 beta has …
Read More »Apple offers iOS hack fix to devs
Developers are now able to update their apps to prevent users exploiting the iOS loophole that granted users free access to in-app-purchases. The Guardian reports that Apple has approached developers with news of the fix that has to be implemented via an app update. Furthermore, once updated an app will …
Read More »Cave dabbles with IAP in iOS shooter DoDonPachi Blissful Death
In a move that temporarily outraged the purist shmup community, Cave has revealed a range of In-App Payment options for its recent iOS hit DoDonPachi Blissful Death. Once the update lands on April 12th, the game will offer a range of free and paid-for purchases offering to tweak aspects such …
Read More »Sony resolves PSN download problems
An issue that was preventing some PlayStation Network users from downloading content they have previously paid for has now been resolved. The issues first emerged after last week’s maintenance work. In some cases users saw their complete purchase history vanish from the service. The problems that some users were experiencing …
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