Tag: App Store

Apple Removes ‘Free’ From Free To Play

Apple has made further changes in its approach to listing free-to-play games on its App Store by replacing the term “FREE” with “GET” from the buy button from free-to-play games that include in-app purchases. Consumer regulatory commissions, such as Federal Trade Commission, U.K. Office of Fair Trading and the European Commission, have been taking action ...

Valiant Hearts: The Great War now available on iOS devices

Ubisoft has just announced that its puzzle-adventure title set during World War I – Valiant Hearts: The Great War – is now available for purchasing on the App Store. Because the game is split into four chapters, the first one will set you back £2.99, while the other three chapters are available as separate downloads, ...

The SwiftKey Android app is now free

The Android app SwiftKey previously cost $3.99 to download but now it costs $0, which is obviously a big change in the business model. This is a very bold decision made by the company. $4 wasn’t all that cheap to begin with as far as Android apps go so to drop the price tag entirely ...

Apple might support Bitcoin transactions soon

An interesting thing that was revealed by Apple recently is the fact that the company is going to support virtual currencies. Presumably this includes Bitcoin, but maybe others as well. They are going to decide which are the legitimate ones and which are the illegitimate ones, but we don’t know what their criteria will be yet. ...

OS X Yosemite changes mostly revolve around its interface

Apple revealed during the WWDC that the OS X Yosemite suffered a number of changes in regards to its user interface. If we were to look at under the hood changes however, we wont find much. In the past we’ve heard about things like the new power management features. But in this case the focus ...

Apple unveils Metal, graphics tech for iOS gaming

Apple reveal iOS gaming boosting tech called Metal during the WWDC today. The new technology developed for iPad and iPhone is aimed at increasing the efficiency of processing power. Following the official announcement of iOS 8, the company talked about some of the benefits provided by Metal. The technology was designed for Apple’s A7 chips and is said ...

ShareFile for iPhone is now available on the app store

Recently a very useful service called ShareFile has become available on the iPhone, and you can now download it from the App Store. Citrix ShareFile is a secure way of sending and storing files over the internet. The last thing you want to do is just grab an attachment, throw it into the email, and send it out ...