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The sad news of Steve Jobs’ departure has been quickly forgotten at Apple as the leading lifestyle technology company reported record results for the three months ending December 2008. Apple sold 7.3bn worth of products in the period, making 1.1bn of profit in the process – both results were all-time …
Read More »Apple boss admits to serious illness
Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of hugely popular technology firm Apple, has today answered questions surrounding his health, announcing that a recently diagnosed hormone imbalance caused him to lose weight throughout 2008. The latest wave of speculation regarding Job’s physical condition was sparked by the announcement that he would not …
Read More »Unity iPhone upgraded to version 1.0.1
Update adds compressed audio playback, optimisations
Read More »iPhone 2.2 SDK adds TV out
Undocumented feature allows video output for any content
Read More »Paradox Interactive moves into mobile development
PC strategy specialist announces two titles for mobile platforms
Read More »ASA bans iPhone ad
Fashionable global technology firm Apple has been forced by UK advertising watchdog the ASA to pull a TV advert for its iPhone that has been found to paint a misleading picture about the speed of the machine’s web browser. CasualGaming.biz has the full story – click here to take a …
Read More »Google Lively cut short
Google has announced that it will be closing Google Lively at the end of the year, four and a half months after the service launched. The social networking space, set up in July this year, gave users the chance to interact while expressing themselves online in new ways”. Google confessed …
Read More »Thousands turn out for UK WoW launch
Over 2,500 gamers turned out last night to HMV on London’s Oxford Street last night to celebrate the launch of what is hotly anticipated to be one of the biggest games of the year: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. The game, which is published by Activision Blizzard, …
Read More »Katamari Damacy hits mobiles
Namco Networks has announced the release of a brand new mobile outing for its cherished cult console series Katamari Damacy. Rolling with Katamari will be familiar to anyone who has played any of the console outings, though it incorporates a number of original levels designed exclusively for the mobile title. …
Read More »Nokia mobile award goes to A Different Game
Ghostwire wins mobile phone firmâ??s Mobile Games Innovation Challenge
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