Virtual Programming has recently released expansion packs for its games Majesty 2 and Supreme Commander 2. Majesty 2: Monster Kingdoms and Supreme Commander 2: Infinite War Battle Pack are available for $14.95 and $9.95 respectively. (more…)
The developer of iOS role playing game League of Epic Heroes has pulled his game as a result of complaints by the developer of Desktop Dungeons, a PC game that’s coming to iOS. While initially defiant against claims of plagiarism, League creator Eric Fararro has apparently had a change of heart. Following the removal of the game from the App Store, Fararro noted that Desktop Dungeons developer QCF had involved a copyright lawyer and wrote them an e-mail that read in part,
“I apologize for all the issues this has caused, and wish you best of luck on your IGF nomination. Looking forward to the full version of Desktop Dungeons on iPhone.”
Capcom’s “MaXsplosion” game was involved in a similar controversy with with Twisted Pixel’s “‘Splosionman” game.
App Store hit by new game-cloning controversy [Gamesindustry.biz]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence, according to a media advisory posted to the company’s Web site on Monday. (more…)
Many music fans finally got what they were asking for in November, 2010 when Apple announced that the music of the Beatles was now available for purchase from the iTunes Store. It’s a tribute to the band’s enduring popularity that since then, the iTunes Store has sold 5 million Beatles songs and 1 million albums. (more…)
Verizon’s relationship with Apple was the subject of an interview with Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg on Businessweek.com. Seidenberg’s comments give pause to the claims that Verizon spurned Apple, but in retrospect, it’s really not that important. (more…)
Avid on Thursday showed off its updated Eleven Rack guitar amp and effects hardware at the NAMM music show. (more…)
Universal Audio at NAMM showed off its newest product, the UAD-2 Satellite Duo and Quad FireWire DSP Accelerators. (more…)
Apple has announced that its iOS App Store is closing in on 10 billion downloads. To celebrate, Apple will be giving away a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card to the lucky customer who downloads the 10 billionth app. (more…)
SAINT Corp. has announced the availability of SAINT Professional 7.6, now with native support for Mac OS X. (more…)
JHAudio may not be familiar to a lot of readers, but it will be soon. The company was formed by the founder of Ultimate Ears, Jerry Harvey. (more…)
Macworld Expo happens at the end of the month, and I’m being asked every day by PR people to meet with companies at the show. This year, with very few exceptions, I’m restricting my meetings to exhibitors only. I thought I’d explain why. (more…)
We’ve written about Virgin Mobile’s pay-as-you-go cell modem offerings before, so this development may be of interest to The Loop readers: Virgin Mobile has indicated that it will throttle its heretofore “unlimited” data plan for its Broadband2Go devices. (more…)
MacTech Boot Camp 2011 is gearing up to happen in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 – right as Macworld Expo rolls into town, and in a venue familiar to many MWSF attendees – the Parc 55 Hotel. (more…)
The iPhone 4 is coming to Verizon. It’s not a tectonic shift in the American cell phone landscape, but it’s still an important development for both Apple and Verizon, as evidenced by the presence of senior executives from both companies in New York on Tuesday. (more…)
After Verizon’s iPhone 4 press conference was done, Verizon and Apple invited the assembled press and analysts to actually get their hands on the CDMA iPhone that Verizon and Apple will soon be selling. (more…)
FileMaker on Tuesday announced that customers who purchase FileMaker Go can get the desktop version, FileMaker Pro 11, for half off – $149 instead of $299. (more…)
As reported in The Loop’s live coverage of Verizon Wireless’ press event in New York City earlier today, Verizon Wireless has announced that it will make the iPhone 4 available beginning in early February. It will cost $199 for the 16GB version, $299 for the 32GB version. Data plan prices were not announced. (more…)
Verizon announced on Tuesday that the iPhone 4 is coming to its CDMA network in early February, and here’s our live coverage from the event.
The updates are posted in reverse chronological order — newest updates on top. (more…)
A new report suggests that Apple CEO Steve Jobs and media mogul Rupert Murdoch will launch the much-rumored iPad newspaper The Daily, next week. (more…)
An iPhone app, called Coverage, on the App Store will show users in the U.S. the difference in coverage from a variety of carriers. (more…)
Caramel Cloud has released Notificant for Mac OS X. The software is available for $5 through the Mac App Store and works in conjunction with a free Web service. (more…)
Apple offers iWork.com as a way for users of its business productivity software suite to share their work online with other users, even users who don’t have iWork apps. The service is offered as a public beta, and on Monday Apple sent an e-mail announcing new features to iWork.com. (more…)
With the Verizon iPhone announcement coming on Tuesday, analysts are trying to figure out how many iPhones the company will sell. One analyst pegs that number at 9 million. (more…)
There are several reports out today that claim when Verizon introduces the iPhone on its network users will be able to get an unlimited data plan. (more…)
I mentioned earlier this week that Your Mac Life host Shawn King would be traveling to Las Vegas and covering the Consumer Electronics Show for The Loop. Shawn’s audio interviews have been posted online. (more…)
Many developers jumped into the Mac App Store with both feet and are loving it. However, it hasn’t been an easy ride for all developers. Sophia Teutschler of Sophiestication Software makes several apps, including the popular CoverSutra. I must say this has turned kind of ugly and I hope that it gets rectified soon. Federico Viticci did a great job of detailing the drama of the story.
Customers are angry at Sophia because she didn’t respect her promise to offer CoverSutra 3.0 as a free upgrade for everyone who purchased a 2.0 license. She says she simply forgot about the promise, she’s not aiming at making “quick money” out of Mac App Store purchases — she could have branded CoverSutra 2.5 as 3.0, offer it for free to previous customers and sell it in the Mac App Store. But in her words, she didn’t because that would have been a lie.
CoverSutra: A Fistful of Dollars [MacStories]
The Verizon iPhone is expected to be announced at a special event next Tuesday in New York, but the phone won’t be available right away. (more…)
Apple pulled the popular VLC media player from its App Store because of a dispute over licensing issues. (more…)
Earlier today Verizon Wireless sent invitations for an event being held next week in New York. Now, it appears Apple CEO Steve Jobs may attend as well. (more…)
Verizon Wireless on Friday sent an invitation to select press to attend a special event on January 11, 2011. (more…)