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Some iOS developers used 'well-known' download bots to manipulate App Store top 25

By Tom Warren on February 15, 2012 07:56 am + 15 comments

Download bots were a "well-known secret" of the iOS ecosystem that developers used to fake their way Continue reading…
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Clear for iOS: unique gesture-based task management (hands-on video)

By Sam Byford on February 15, 2012 04:06 am + 45 comments

Realmac Software released its Clear task management app into the iOS App Store today, for $0.99. The Continue reading…
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Readability app for iOS and Android 'coming soon'

By Aaron Souppouris on February 14, 2012 05:59 am + 12 comments

We've known that an iOS version has been in the pipeline for some time now, but Readability has Continue reading…
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Bill Gates' DONKEY.BAS for IBM PC remade for iPhone and iPad

By Ryan Heise on February 10, 2012 05:41 am + 25 comments

If you were shocked when Microsoft released Kinectimals for iOS last December, here's another App Continue reading…
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Cinemagram app for iOS makes art out of animated GIFs

By Aaron Souppouris on February 9, 2012 05:23 pm + 16 comments

Cinemagram is an iOS App from Canadian developer Factyle that creates Cinemagraph-style GIFs on your Continue reading…
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BlackBerry App World stats: six million daily downloads, higher profitability than Android

By Vlad Savov on February 7, 2012 06:28 am + 21 comments

Alec Saunders, RIM's VP for Developer Relations, used the BlackBerry DevCon Europe stage today to Continue reading…
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Former Xbox Live marketing manager joins Apple to focus on App Store

By Tom Warren on February 2, 2012 08:03 am + 16 comments

Apple has snatched another high-profile British game executive to help lead its marketing efforts Continue reading…
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Phoenix Wright iOS HD remasters coming soon, Ace Attorney 5 confirmed

By Sam Byford on January 30, 2012 04:58 am + 11 comments

Good news today for fans of manga-style courtroom drama, as Capcom has made two Ace Attorney-related Continue reading…
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CyanogenMod App Store to sell the apps Android Market won't

By Sam Byford on January 23, 2012 01:04 am + 89 comments

A new store for apps that have been banned from the Android Market has been proposed by Koushik Continue reading…
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'Soul Calibur' out now on iOS for $11.99, no multiplayer

By Sam Byford on January 19, 2012 08:40 pm + 37 comments

We heard it was coming, and Namco's classic sword-clattering Dreamcast fighter Soul Calibur has Continue reading…