1. App Store hits 50 billion downloads Apple’s been counting down to the 50 billion download mark for a few weeks now, and it finally reached it. We don’t yet know who the lucky downloader is, but we probably will soon – he or she has won a $10,000 App Store gift card! Could you imagine winning 10 grand for downloading an app!? So awesome. 2. New Google…
Google has just announced a new game service that will be available to anyone regardless of platform. It will essentially allow games developers to start adding in real-time multiplayer, social features, achievements and leaderboards in to their games. Not only will it be available on Android, it’s going cross-platform, and will be available to iOS…
Apple’s iPad is undoubtedly designed for humans, there’s no arguing that. But that doesn’t mean that animals can’t use the tablet, as we’ve seen monkeys, lizards and even a white tiger playing games on the device. There are even games on the App Store designed specifically for pets, such as ‘Game for Cats’, which is, predictably, designed for animals of the…
I’m sure all of you have heard of a company known as Western Digital. If not, it is a company that is very well known for its hard drives and other miscellaneous storage accessories. This product, however, isn’t aimed at the storage market, but rather the home entertainment market. The WD TV Play, which costs $69.99, comes with access to…
It’s been said over and over again – Apple users are more likely to buy software on their mobile devices. Well, Android users did a good job at out growing the App Store last year, but the Play Store didn’t claim the title of most revenue. That title, yet again, went to the App Store. This past year, Apple’s App Store brought in 3.5 times the…
Data from analytics firm App Annie Intelligence has shown that worldwide, Apple’s iOS App store is making 4 times the revenue of Android rival Google Play. The overall notion here should be pretty promising for Apple, however there is concern that the App store isn’t growing at the same rate as the Google Play store, in fact, the growth comparison is rather…
I don’t know about you, but I’m really looking forward to Angry Birds Star Wars. Rovio just keeps releasing this teaser videos and it’s making me anxious. Well, today it released the first video of what the gameplay is to be like. As you can see, it will even include light sabers. That will be my favorite part. Watch the video for your own sneak…
Rejoice comrades! Gone are the days of smug Android users lauding their Flash Players at us. Adobe has just announced that Flash Player will no longer be updated for new device configurations, and will no longer be supported on any Android devices beyond Android 4.0x. Adobe is looking to focus on using Flash for web-based gaming and premium copy-protected…
Classic Nintendo games never seem to go away. Whether it be iOS, Android, OS X or Windows, there is an emulator for nearly every platform. For most platforms, it is as simple as installing an application that will emulate or run the NES “ROMs.” For iOS however, apps like that are not allowed to exist in the walled garden that is the App Store, therefore…
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