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iPhone and iPad creator Apple has just enjoyed its most successful ever year. The company reported full-year revenues of $234bn for the 12 months ending September 26th. Q4 revenues reached $51.5bn, up on the previous year’s $42.1bn. Profit climbed from $.8.5bn to $11.1bn Apple thanked strong iPhone sales (up 22 …
Read More »Pixel Toys: 3D Touch is ‘game-changing’ for mobile devs
CEO Andy Wafer discusses the potential of Apple's new screen input technology
Read More »No iOS 9 compatibility planned for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Owners of Capcom’s Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on iOS are not able to play the game if they have updated to the latest version of Apple’s OS. The game, a port of the PSP title of the same name, is not compatible with iOS 9. And it looks as if …
Read More »Skylanders to debut on iPhone and iPod Touch
Activision will this year offer the full-console Skylanders experience to iPhone and iPod Touch owners. The company has revealed that the Skylanders SuperChargers Starter Pack for smartphones will this year support Apple’s smaller portables as well as iPad. Last year’s Trap Team was limited only to Apple’s larger device. The …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII arrives for iOS devices
Final Fantasy VII is now available for iPhones and iPads on the Apple App Store, Square Enix has announced. The $19.99 mobile release is a port of the current PC version on Steam, with a few notable tweaks including touch controls and easy button” options for turning off random encounters …
Read More »Revolution wouldn’t have survived without Apple
Charles Cecil reveals the impact of the iPhone on the Broken Sword studio
Read More »Apple makes $11bn profit in Q3, but stays quiet on Apple Watch sales
Consumers might be buying fewer iPads, but Apple’s unlikely to run out of money anytime soon. The tech titan has released its financials for its Q3 period, revealing that it generated nearly $11 billion in profit over the last three months. This is a good third higher than the same …
Read More »Six years and two billion downloads later, Angry Birds gets a proper sequel
Although it may not feel like it, mobile behemoth Angry Birds has never been granted a full follow-up. There have been 14 different spin-offs to Rovio’s feathered phenomenon since it launched back in 2009, including Star Wars, Transformers, Rio, Space, Seasons and Stella. But there’s never been an official sequel …
Read More »‘Twitter-powered game’ Tweechi turns retweets and selfies into virtual currency
A new iOS title is replacing microtransactions with social interations. Developed by Fuzzy Face Games, Tweechi is a so-called ‘next-generation virtual pet’, a la Tamagotchi, exclusive to iPhone. Like so many mobile titles, the upcoming app features in-game virtual currency, which players can use to buy treats, toy and minigames …
Read More »iOS 9 ‘App Thinning’ could breathe new life into 16GB iDevices
A barely publicised feature of Apple’s upcoming iOS 9 could spell great news for owners of 16GB iPhone or iPads. The increasing size of not only iOS itself but also apps has left owners of Apple’s entry-level devices with little room to play with, forcing many to pick and choose …
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