Donald Mustard, creative director at Chair Entertainment, gave developers at this week’s Game Developer Conference some insight on how his company made a hit game unlike any other for iOS in about five months. Chair’s game, Infinity Blade, is the first iOS game built using Epic Games Unreal Development Kit (UDK), the same toolset used to create hardcore console titles like Gears of War. (more…)
Nintendo is one of the most recognizable gaming companies in the world, but as the smartphone industry matures, pressure on the traditional companies has increased dramatically. (more…)
If you couldn’t be at the iPad 2 unveiling in San Francisco, now you can watch it for yourself thanks to Apple. The company has posted an iPad 2 keynote video link on its Web site. (more…)
Lighter, thinner, and way faster – that’s the iPad 2 in a nutshell. Following Apple’s iPad 2 announcement, the company invited the assembled throng to actually get their hands on one ahead of the March 11th release to the general public. (more…)
Apple introduced the second generation iPad during an event today in San Francisco, Calif. (more…)
Apple on Wednesday introduced the iPad 2 at an event in San Francisco, but there were a couple of surprise app announcements for the platform too. (more…)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been on medical leave since mid-January, but speculation began on Tuesday that he might make an appearance at Wednesday iPad 2 event. (more…)
We are only a few hours away from the unveiling of the iPad 2 and purported images of the device are making their way online. (more…)
Apple will unveil the iPad 2 on Wednesday at 10:00 am PT at a special event in San Francisco, Calif. The Loop is at the event and will bring you live coverage as it happens. (more…)
Karelia Software has posted a Web page to give users just a taste of what’s coming with Sandvox 2, a new version of its visual Web site creation software for regular people. (more…)
When did Non Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) cease to have any meaning? And what does this mean for the future of Apple reporting and blogging going forward? (more…)
Reports started circulating earlier today that Apple CEO Steve Jobs would make an appearance at the company’s iPad 2 event on Wednesday. (more…)
Microsoft is challenging Apple’s trademark filing of “App Store” claiming it’s a generic term that should be available for all competitors to use. (more…)
Google’s Gmail service on Monday was affected by a software bug that deleted copies of some users email data. The good news is that they are getting the information back. (more…)
A former Apple manager on Monday plead guilt to accepting kickbacks in a scheme that netted the man over $2 million. (more…)
Of the thousands of games available for download from the App Store, none has had the sustained popularity of Rovio’s Angry Birds, a 99 cent physics-based puzzler in which you use a slingshot to launch birds of various shapes and sizes at fortresses containing green pigs. Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka spoke to a large crowd at this week’s Game Developer Conference (GDC) to explain his company’s success. (more…)
It looks like Apple is pretty much ready for the crowd of reporters that will descend on San Francisco this Wednesday for the iPad 2 event. (more…)
A man accused of stealing more than 100,000 email addresses of iPad users from AT&T’s servers has been released on bail. (more…)
Gameloft announced Monday plans to develop four new games using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3. The games will be released in 2011 and 2012, coming to multiple platforms including iOS. (more…)
Apple’s iPhone has increased in popularity since it was first released a few years, but some see it as a expensive phone that’s not affordable for everyone. Apple may be working to fix that. (more…)
Okay, so maybe I’m being a little bit optimistic in hoping that Spring is around a (hopefully) short corner. But my optimism is due to all the great shooting opportunities Spring brings. (more…)
I’ve been traveling with a backpack full of electronics for more years than I care to remember, but with Apple’s recent offerings, things are getting a whole lot easier. (more…)
Apple will hold its iPad 2 event this week in San Francisco, Calif. and according to a new report the company may have almost immediate availability of the device. (more…)
Apple’s product design guru Jonny Ive may be looking to return to the UK with his family. (more…)
Apple’s new MacBook Pros are already out in the world, and Macworld Labs director James Galbraith has posted some benchmarks showing how they actually do.
“In testing conducted by Macworld Lab, the laptops released Thursday turned in Speedmark scores between 13 and 53 percent faster than the systems they replace.”
The benchmarks not only tell you how well the 13-, 15- and 17-inch models do, but how they fare against Apple’s latest iMac models.
Verizon Wireless CEO Daniel S. Mead told The Wall Street Journal that sales of the iPhone 4 were very strong, contrary to reports that the phone wasn’t selling as well as expected. The article, penned by Shayndi Raice, included some other tasty tidbits too (it’s behind a paywall). (more…)
Consumer Reports on Friday said it can’t recommend the Verizon iPhone, citing the same reasons it wouldn’t recommend the AT&T iPhone 4. (more…)
Epic Games made headlines in 2010 when it announced its Unreal Development Kit (UDK) for iOS – a major advance to bring spectacular-looking games to the iPhone and iPad. Now Epic is making things a bit easier for developers that license the UDK, by raising the royalty threshold from $5,000 to $50,000. (more…)
Adobe Systems Inc. on Friday announced that its Digital Publishing Suite will support both Apple’s in-app subscriptions model and Google’s One Pass. Adobe DPS is currently available as “pre-release technology,” though Adobe says commercially shipping tools will be available shortly. (more…)
Apple on Thursday notified resellers that boxed copies of its MobileMe service were being discontinued, but that doesn’t mean anything is happening to service. (more…)