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GDC: Ngmoco on building Eliminate for iPhone
The Game Developers Conference is this week in San Francisco and there is a lot going on. Of course, Peter Cohen is reporting from the show, but our friends at TUAW.com have some great coverage too. One article that got my attention today is about a panel lead by Ngmoco discussing how they built Eliminate.
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It’s a big part of the world we live in these days — jobs are scarce and when you do find something, the competition is fierce.
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) kicked off in San Francisco this morning with a two day summit focused specifically on the iPhone. The summit gathers experts from the technical and business end of iPhone game development.
iPhone, Android users fall for botnet scam
I suppose this is a good argument for why Apple wants to have control of the apps that people have access to on the App Store. Researchers got almost 8,000 people to install an app and while they have created a “malicious version of the app capable of harvesting data, posting fake updates on social [...]
If you’re a movie buff, this is going to be a big weekend for you. The 82nd Annual Academy Awards take place on Sunday with hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. Seeing those two together may be enough of a reason to watch the awards.
A federal judge put Apple’s legal battle with Nokia on hold until the International Trade Commission (ITC) has a chance to examine the patents.
Mobile handset-maker HTC on Wednesday shot back at Apple and the lawsuit it filed on Tuesday.
It surely doesn’t come as any great surprise that Google will support HTC in its legal battle with Apple, but the company made it official tonight.
Apple’s spat with Adobe over Flash is not a big secret, but now other companies are choosing sides too. The latest is Virgin America.
The iPhone patents Apple accuses HTC of infringing
Apple sued HTC earlier today for infringing 20 of its patents related to the iPhone. There was some confusion earlier as to the number of patents that Apple had in its lawsuit — turns out Apple filed two lawsuits. One suit was filed with the International Trade Commission, while the other was filed in the [...]
Apple on Tuesday said it was suing handset maker HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents.
Perhaps one of the most misunderstood things about Apple’s portable devices is the way some of the features affect battery life. Two new pages on Apple’s Web site may help users with that.
AT&T says attendees of this year’s SXSW will have a much better experience using its wireless network than they did last year.
Shawn King delivers a smackdown on Forbes columnist
No other company in the world can generate the type of hype that Apple can. What’s more, Apple does nothing to actively participate in that hype. Forbes.com writer Amy Bell says that Steve Jobs and Apple hype their products like no other company. That little mistake got the attention of technology pundit Shawn King and [...]
My iPhone is pretty tough, but I had no idea just how resilient these little things are.
iPhone ‘4G’: What’s in a name?
Those who follow Apple know the company’s nomenclature. An iPod 2G is a second generation iPod — pretty simple. But as Chris Rawson at TUAW points out, the iPhone presents a new problem for Apple. With its fourth generation iPhone due out this summer, what will Apple call the device? After all, 4G is a [...]
Global Delight lived up to its name for me when I saw them at Macworld Expo in San Francisco earlier this month. The company develops an all-in-one camera app for the iPhone that adds some impressive capabilities. Now they’ve announced the release of Camera Plus Pro 2.0, which enables iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS users [...]
Square Enix has released Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II for the iPhone and iPod touch – each is now available from the App Store for $8.99.
I get a lot of emails everyday, but the one I just got made me laugh so hard.
Yesterday we brought you news about Simply Beach, a UK-based swimsuit design company that had its app removed by Apple from the App Store. Today, there is good news.