Gameloft’s ‘N.O.V.A. 3′ and ‘Gangstar Rio: City of Saints’ Are Free for the Weekend [iOS Blog]
Gameloft is offering up two of its most popular games for free this weekend. Both N.O.V.A. 3 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance and Gangstar Rio: City of Saints can be downloaded at no cost for the first More...
U.S. Department of Defense Approves iOS 6 Devices for Military Networks
Following a report from earlier this month indicating that the U.S. Department of Defense was preparing to approve Apple devices running iOS 6 for use on military networks, Bloomberg now reports that More...
Haunting Melissa App Brings Episodic Movie Exclusively to iPhone and iPad [iOS Blog]
Haunting Melissa , from Hooked Media Digital and “The Ring” producer Neil Edelstein, is an app that aims to deliver movies on mobile devices in an entirely new way. Much like a TV show on iTunes, the More...
FTC Begins Sending COPPA Letters to App Developers Ahead of July Rule Change [iOS Blog]
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun sending educational letters to app developers to make them aware of upcoming changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) that was updated More...
Tim Cook Shares Details About New ‘Made in USA’ Mac Model
In his interview with Politico earlier today, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared some additional details about the new Mac model that will be manufactured in the United States when it is announced later this year. More...
Apple to Relocate Flagship San Francisco Retail Store to Union Square
Apple’s San Francisco flagship retail store has been a particularly high-profile location for the company since it opened nine years ago, but the San Francisco Chronicle reports that Apple has submitted More...
OS X 10.8.4 Build 12E52 Seeded to Developers [Mac Blog]
As noted by 9to5Mac , Apple today seeded build 12E52 of OS X 10.8.4 to developers. The release comes seven days after the previous build 12E47 and marks the seventh beta iteration of OS X 10.8.4. As with More...
Apple’s App Store Reaches 50 Billion Downloads, Now on Pace for 20 Billion Apps Per Year
Apple’s App Store today reached 50 billion downloads since its inception in 2008, and along with the milestone comes the end of the company’s “50 Billion App Countdown” promotion launched More...
ABC Begins Live Streaming Philly and NYC Stations via iOS App [iOS Blog]
American television network ABC has updated its iOS app with new live streaming television from local stations in Philadelphia and New York City. The change is an attempt to encourage viewers to keep their More...
Flipboard Enhances User Curated Magazines with Profile Pages and ‘Friends’ Category [iOS Blog]
Flipboard for iOS has been updated to version 2.0.2, adding profile pages for its users along with a new “Friends” category and the ability to share articles via SMS. Profile pages are designed to work More...
New York Attorney General Presses Apple and Google on Smartphone Thefts
With New York City seeing significant increases in the theft of Apple products in recent years — up 40 percent in 2012 from the prior year — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has written to More...
T-Mobile Raises iPhone Price by $50, Down Payment on iPhone 5 Starts at $150
When 4th-place U.S. cell carrier T-Mobile launched the iPhone last month , customers could purchase it for a $100 down payment with 24 monthly payments of $20 to cover the full cost of the phone. Now, More...
Microsoft Admits an iTunes ‘Metro’ App for Windows 8 Not Coming ‘Any Time Soon’
In an interview with CNN Money , Microsoft chief financial officer Tami Reller said that Microsoft has talked to Apple about creating an iTunes app for Windows 8, but that users shouldn’t expect it to More...
iPad Mini Manufacturer Sees Weaker Demand for the Tablet This Quarter [Updated]
Pegatron, a contract manufacturer for Apple that makes the iPad mini and the iPhone 4S, among other products, said today that its second quarter consumer electronics revenue will drop 25 to 30 percent More...
Rovio Introduces ‘Accounts’ for Cross-Device Syncing [iOS Blog]
Following last week’s introduction of Angry Birds Friends for iOS, Rovio yesterday announced a new “Rovio Account” feature that will allow users to synchronize game progress across devices. Some More...
