techcrunch — If you thought the “ambient location” craze has passed, prepare to be surprised. A company called SocialRadar is announcing today that it has raised $12.75 million in Series A funding from NEA, Grotech Ventures, and others including Steve Case, Ted Leonsis, Dave Morin and Kevin Colleran for a mobile, location-based people discovery app...
imore — Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Mark Gurman, and I talk all about WWDC 2013, iOS 7, Mavericks, the new MacBook Air, AirPort Extreme, and more. Download or subscribe: TWiT.TV
toucharcade — XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a game about story. And not just the scripted, overarching pulp-y sci-fi one that it tells. But the one you weave on battlefield tapestries, as you gather enough resources to engage the alien threat. Your choices, your losses, your wins inform the experience, shaping a bigger...
toucharcade — I'm not sure it's possible for us to be much more excited about an iOS game release as we are for 2K's XCOM: Enemy Unknown which just hit the New Zealand App Store for the equivalent of $19.99. It won't be available in the proper US App Store until 11:00...
imore — The Vauxhall Adam -- or OPEL, if you're in mainland Europe -- hasn't been on the market for long, but from today each Adam that drives out of the showroom will have Siri connectivity. But, current owners aren't left out, as they can take their car back to Vauxhall for...
imore — I caved. Throughout WWDC 2013 I swore I wouldn't buy one of Apple's new, Haswell-based MacBook Airs. I was firmly committed to waiting for a Haswell-based 13-inch MacBook Pro instead -- which is pretty much the only realistic Retina MacBook Air for the near-future -- and I wasn't going to...
imore — Researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg have discovered weaknesses in the Personal Hotspot feature in iOS. The weak, and somewhat predictable password generation -- used in all current versions of iOS up through iOS 6 -- means people are susceptible to brute force attacks when using the personal hotspot feature...
macrumors — Apple appears to be building LinkedIn integration into iOS 7, though the feature is not active in the beta of iOS 7 that was released to developers last week. It is said to look similar to the social network integration that iOS currently sports for Facebook and Twitter. Apple...
imore — Lots of people itch to try new iOS beta versions when they become available and iOS 7 has definitely attracted lots of people that were curious to try out the new features ahead of time. If you were one of those and didn't heed our warning about betas, you may...
toucharcade — When it comes to differentiating your game from the pack, a little eccentricity goes a long way. Butterscotch Shenanigans must take this to heart as each of its titles ooze with quirky characters and a unique sense of humor. Quadropus Rampage [Free], the latest from the developer, doesn't deviate from...
macrumors — Facebook has updated its iOS app to version 6.2, adding mobile support for status update icons. The icons, which were originally introduced to the desktop edition of Facebook in April, allow users to add details about their actions to status updates. The icons link to relevant Facebook pages and give...
toucharcade — Here's something I've been waiting anxiously for – the stellar iOS port of Sonic CD [$2.99] has finally received proper widescreen support for the iPhone 5 and newest iPod touch. I've been having a love affair with the original Sonic The Hedgehog [$2.99] on iOS ever since it was remade...
imore — A quick heads up for Mailbox users that the latest update that has been pushed out to the App Store brings portrait support for the iPad. Strangely, when Mailbox finally gained iPad support, it was only useable in landscape view, but that has now been rectified. Other than this, there's...
toucharcade — If The Wars II: Evolution [$0.99] is good at anything, it's highlighting the futility of war. You will see several hundreds of your loyal soldiers dying for the cause of beating the hell out of your neighbours on the other side of the screen over many generations, seemingly without making...
imore — Acquisitions are part and parcel of the modern life of app development. For differing reasons, large companies have a habit of buying up smaller app developers. Sometimes -- take Instagram as an example -- the app in question lives on as its own separate entity. Others, like Snapseed, lose their...
148apps — Galaxy At War Online Review By Rob Rich on June 18th, 2013 Our Rating: :: THE FAMILIAR FRONTIERUniversal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad Galaxy At War Online has all the familiar trappings of many compelling freemium games. The problem is that it’s a very familiar formula. And it’s not actually...
toucharcade — "Wow". That's pretty much what I said when I saw the screenshots and the dodgy icon for Reckless Hero [$0.99] over in the forums. I'm a bit of a sucker for eye candy and from those few glimpses of polished pixels, I was sold. Off I headed to the app...
toucharcade — We've been beyond stoked for Gun Media's Breach & Clear since we first heard rumblings of it appearing on the show floor of PAX East. In a nutshell, the game is a top-town squad-based strategy title where you control a team of elite dudes who, per the shockingly appropriate title...
toucharcade — While the JRPG genre is mostly famous through the works of Square-Enix, Atlus, Namco, and Falcom, one little publisher keeps plugging away at the genre on iOS. RPG Covenant of Solitude [$8.99] is the latest effort from Kemco, and as usual, it's a bit of a mixed bag with more...
toucharcade — Alchemists [$1.99 (HD)] by C&C Studio is an interesting and original board game for up to four players for iPad. To be honest, this is the first board style game I have played on the iPad and now I'm beginning to wonder why I haven't done this before. Board games...
toucharcade — I've always been quite fond of Disney Interactive's mobile games simply for the fact that they're one of the few big production companies that has a dedicated mobile team. They got the ground running by acquiring Jelly Car [Free] and buying Tapulous, the studio behind the popular Tap Tap Revenge [$2.99] series. As...
imore — Not long after Google announced that they were shutting down Reader, social web veteran Digg announced that they would be building a replacement. Details have been scant since then, but their latest status update shows us a glimpse of the Digg Reader client for iOS and web. Priorities have been...
imore — Spotify continues to try and edge ahead in the streaming stakes, and their latest addition is a big one; they now have the full back catalog from Pink Floyd available to stream. Music from Pink Floyd is available on competing services, to buy and to stream, but Spotify takes the...
imore — Introducing iOS 7 at WWDC last week, Apple's Craig Federighi mentioned MFi game controller support in passing. Apple's announcement has long-term ramifications for iOS 7 as viable gaming platform. Made for iPhone/iPad/iPod MFi is a licensing program Apple offers to developers. It enables hardware makers to certify that their products...
toucharcade — To the drone of determined electric rock, 3 Sprocket's latest pits geometrical combatants against each other. Cubemen2 [$1.99] is a 3D soldier-marshaling strategy game of varying description. Many will start with the tour of defense levels that gradually metes out new content. More a sandbox for play than a defined,...