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Apple has peeled the curtain back on two new iPhones: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. "[The iPhone 6 devices represent] the biggest advancement in the history of iPhone,” Apple CEO Tim Cook stated during Apple’s event earlier today in California. As rumoured, the devices will be sized at 4.7 …
Read More »Square Enix’s new cloud gaming service to stream Final Fantasy on mobile
Service launching in Japan next month
Read More »iWatch and iPhone 6L look odds on for reveal tomorrow night
Apple’s media event tomorrow night looks set to be the launch platform for TWO new iPhones and Apple’s debut in the wearable tech category. Several members of the fashion press have been tweeting about their surprise at receiving an invite to the briefing – all of which is merely adding …
Read More »Now FTC targets Google, demands $19m in IAP refunds
Google has become the latest company to be targeted by the Federal Trade Commission regarding accidental microtransactions. With Apple and Amazon having already faced action, Google is now being asked to hand over $19m to refund app buyers whose children have unwittingly paid for in-app purchases. The amount covers IAPs …
Read More »The fight against app clones
Experts explain difficulties in policing mobile marketplaces
Read More »Bigpoint ‘happy to fail’ in mobile return
CEO says firm will keep iterating until it has mobile games it can be proud of
Read More »Apple ‘actively investigating’ allegedly nude celebrity photo iClould hack
Apple has for the first time commented on the apparent iCloud hack that led to this week’s nude celebrity photo leak. On Sunday night hundreds of pictures of celebrities such as The Hunger Games’ Jennifer Lawrence appeared online, with claims on 4chan saying that they were obtained via a hack …
Read More »ME reveals Top 50 Mobile Innovators 2014
Another Place Productions, Marmalade, Chillingo, DeltaDNA and Guerilla Tea among this year's list of the best UK talent
Read More »Three quarters of UK developers making games for mobile
Less than 20 per cent of studios working on PS3 and Xbox 360; Unity used by 62 per cent of devs
Read More »Tablet gaming revenue to hit $13.3bn by 2019 – report
The tablet gaming market still has plenty of room to grow, according to a new report from market research firm Juniper. Games Industry highlights the company’s new findings, which claim that tablet gaming revenue will reach $13.3bn by 2019. Revenue is expected to hit $3.6bn this year, so Juniper is …
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