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AppleInsider reports that Apple has announced that it will be returning to San Jose for this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), which will be running from June 5-9 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, with registration starting on March 27. The news came via The Loop’s Jim...

MacRumors reports that Apple’s Siri is featured in the LEGO Batman movie that was released last Friday, in the role of Batman’s personal assistant. Aside from seeing the movie, you can also actually have fun with Siri on your Apple device by simply saying “Hey ‘puter,” just like Batman does in...

Finally the big Pokémon Go news that everyone has been waiting for is here today, and fans are so excited about it that the game is trending worldwide on Twitter once again, just like those heady days last summer. Pokémon Go developer Niantic has caused all the fuss today by announcing that...

In a new interview with Vice, via AppleInsider, Niantic CEO John Hanke has been talking about the game’s massive success and what players can expect from future Pokémon Go updates. Referring to the eventual arrival to the game of Generation Two Pokémon, PvP battles, and an “abbreviated form”...

Sniper Ghost Warrior developer CI Games’ iOS version of Lords of the Fallen has finally arrived in the App Store. The original console version was first launched in 2014 to great critical acclaim, as well as receiving several nominations for German Computer Game Awards in 2015. This new mobile...

Following on from its Christmas and Halloween special events, Niantic has announced its brand new Valentine’s Day Pokémon Go event, which kicks off today and runs through until 11:00 a.m. PST on February 15, 2017. Candy is pretty much a given on a holiday such as Valentine’s Day, and that’s...

With Apple set to launch new three new iPad models very soon, AppleInsider points today to signs that would appear to indicate that the iPad Air 2 could be on the way out. In particular, the AppleInsider Price Guide shows that some of the more popular iPad Air 2 models are sold out at authorized...

Beats By Dre has officially announced via Twitter that BeatsX earphones will be available to buy from this Friday, February 10, according to MacRumors. This follows on from yesterday’s reports of BeatsX earphones appearing in stock lists in some Apple retail and Best Buy stores. Elsewhere, CNET...

According to 9to5 Mac, it looks as though stock of BeatsX earphones is slowly arriving in Apple retail stores in the United States. Apple’s online store tracker reveals that the earphones are shown as being in stock in certain US retail stores for a very short time, before disappearing from sale...

AppleInsider reports today that augmented reality (AR) expert Robert Scoble has once again been talking about the possibility of Apple partnering with Carl Zeiss to release an AR headset, possibly even as soon as the middle of 2017. Speaking on yesterday’s “This Week in Tech” show, Scoble says...

Super Bowl LI takes place this Sunday in Houston between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons. 9to5 Mac has a great article detailing all the ways that you can watch the game live on your Apple device. For starters, Fox Sports Go will be streaming it on iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. You...

Nintendo’s strategy RPG Fire Emblem: Heroes has finally made it to iOS, and it looks like Nintendo has managed to get it just right as far as their mobile games are concerned. Despite being part of a beloved Nintendo franchise that already has millions of fans around the world, Polygon writes...

According to new reports from research firms IDC and Strategy Analytics, via 9to5 Mac, Apple is still dominating tablet sales by a long way, even though the overall category has declined. Apple reported 13.1 million iPad units sold in its fiscal Q1 report this week, which, while down 19% from...

MacRumors reports that Apple has announced that Siri can be a big part of your Super Bowl Sunday experience if you want her to. First off there’s Live Tune-In support, where Apple TV users can ask Siri to play Super Bowl live by asking “Watch the Super Bowl.” This is the first time that Live...

Following a lengthy testing process that began last October, Twitter has today announced the official launch of its revamped “Explore” tab on the iOS version of its app. The new tab is designed to provide one-stop access to trends, search, Moments, and live video. MacRumors writes that Twitter...

MacRumors reports that Apple has today seeded the first iOS 10.3 beta to developers. We’ll learn more about the various features included in the update when developers start reporting them, but it looks like the biggest feature is the new “Find My AirPods” mode, which is pretty self-explanatory...

The Pokémon Company sprung a nice surprise on Pokémon fans today by releasing a new Pokémon game, Pokémon Duel, in the App Store. The free-to-play game is a mobile strategy game where Pokémon battle against each other in order to reach a goal in their opponent’s territory. Here are the key...

Nordeus, the creator of the world’s most-played mobile sports game, Top Eleven, has announced that it is bringing Spellsouls: Duel of Legends to iOS. The quick-play card-based mobile MOBA, which has been in development for almost two years, features 3-minute battles mixed with deep strategy...

9to5 Mac reports on what it is calling a “sketchy” rumour that group video FaceTime calling will be coming in iOS 11, which is due to launch later in the year. The rumour comes from a technology blog in Israel called The Verifier. According to “several people familiar with iOS development...

Konami’s Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links has finally arrived in the App Store today following its launch in Japan last November, where it has seen more than 13 million downloads and topped the Free App charts. Based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game, Dual Links gives players the chance to construct the...

AppleInsider reports that Nintendo has just announced a mobile Fire Emblem game, which will be coming soon to iOS. This is the second of Nintendo’s five promised mobile games, with the first being Super Mario Run, which fared well initially, but has also had its fair share of criticism, in...

MacRumors reports today that Apple’s highly anticipated new iPad range will not be launched until the second half of 2017, according to sources in Apple’s upstream supply chain, via DigiTimes. It’s thought that the 9.7-inch iPad will be starting mass production in Q1, while the 10.5-inch and...

According to a new rumour from Chinese microblogging website Weibo, via AppleInsider, Apple will be launching the “Apple Pencil 2” this spring, complete with a new magnetic means of attaching it to an iPad, in similar fashion to the iPad Smart Cover. This means that you won’t have to worry about...

iDownload Blog reports on great news for Apple today, with Apple shares hitting $119.95 in intraday trading, which is the highest Apple stock price since the end of 2015. This is a great turnaround from the 52-week low of $89.47 back in May 2016, and particularly good news following a period of...

AppleInsider reports that App Store prices have risen in several territories around the world, primarily due to currency fluctuations. First off we have the UK, where prices of apps and in-app purchases have increased by around 25%. This means that a Tier 1 app previously costing £0.79 will now...

9to5 Mac reports that a new Star Wars iOS game has arrived in the App Store, Star Wars: Force Arena. The free-to-play PvP game plays very similarly to other MOBA-type mobile games, writes 9to5 Mac. You get to control a “powerful team of iconic Star Wars characters” as well as new characters...

Feral Interactive has announced that Rome: Total War—Barbarian Invasion will be coming to iPad in March. The standalone expansion pack for the critically acclaimed iPad game Rome: Total War was originally developed by Creative Assembly, with Feral Interactive handling the iPad version...

So it seems that not everybody is on board with the idea of Apple launching a 10.5-inch iPad sometime this year, with even such a noted Apple expert as Daring Fireball’s John Gruber saying on The Talk Show “It doesn’t make any sense to me.” However, co-founder of Studio Neat, Dan Provost, has...

According to Asymco analyst Horace Dediu, via 9to5 Mac, Apple looks set to become the first trillion-dollar company by the end of this year, thanks to revenue generated by iOS. Dedu says that having sold at least 1.2 billion iPhone units since it was first launched 10 years ago, it is the “most...

The mobile version of Edmund McMillen’s dual-stick randomly generated action-RPG Rogue-like shooter The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has been a long time coming, and even attracted some controversy along the way, but now it has finally arrived in the App Store, writes Touch Arcade. The game...

Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced that it is bringing a new 3-D Action-RPG One Piece game to iOS this winter, entitled One Piece Thousand Storm. You can click here to pre-register for the game: 「ONE PIECE THOUSAND STORM」 Pre-registration campaign｜BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. There are...

According to a new report from AR/VR expert Robert Scoble, via AppleInsider, Apple has teamed up with optics maker Carl Zeiss to work on a pair of augmented reality/mixed reality glasses that could be launched as soon as next year. Scoble says that the fact that the Zeiss booth at CES this year...

AppleInsider reports that according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will be releasing three iPad models in the second quarter of this year, between April and June, none of which will be an iPad mini model. Writing in a security note to investors, Kuo said that he expects Apple to...

MacRumors reminds us that January 9, 2017, is the 10-year anniversary of the unveiling of the first iPhone by the late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs at Macworld in San Francisco. In what has since become a legendary speech, Jobs talked about three separate products–iPod, mobile phone...

According to new figures posted by Apple on its App Store support page, via MacRumors, four months on from the public release of iOS 10 it is already installed on 76% of active iOS devices. As you might expect, iOS installation rates have risen sharply over the holiday period, up 13% from 63%...

The new year just got a whole lot more creepy and scary with the long-awaited iOS release of Scott Cawthorn’s Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location. Set in Circus Baby’s Pizza World, the creepy toys have once more come to life and are trying to kill you, resulting in many, many jump scares...

Apple has today announce that, with nearly $240 million in customer purchases, January 1, 2017, was the App Store’s busiest day ever. This was the crowning achievement at the end of a year when app developers earned $20 billion, an increase in earnings of 40% from 2015. Apple said that the top...

With its Video Doorbell product range already a huge success, Ring is now branching out into other ways to increase the ring of security around your home, including its latest product, the Floodlight Cam, which it announced today. Ring says that its Floodlight Cam is “the world’s first and only...

MacRumors writes that in honour of the forthcoming Chinese New Year celebrations on January 28, the year of the Rooster, Apple will be giving away the latest red Beats Solo3 Wireless On-Ear headphones for one day only. The special sale event will start on January 6 at 8:00 a.m. local time, and...

CES starts this Thursday, so expect lots and lots of new tech gadget announcements this week, with companies already vying to launch their new products before everyone else. MacRumors reports on TrackR’s announcement today of a new home-mapping smart plug designed to use with its updated...