News items tagged with apple

App Store Revenues at $20 Billion Thanks to Pokemon GO

Apple reveals that App Store revenues rose by 40 percent to $20 billion in 2016, and that Pokemon GO and Super Mario Run were significant factors in that. Augmented reality game Pokemon GO...

By Jasmine Henry on 04 January 2017

Apple's Siri Really Likes Super Mario Run

Fans have discovered that Apple’s now infamous Siri will actually answer questions about it playing Super Mario Run. Evidently, the A.I. quite likes Nintendo’s latest iOS offering. Many hav...

By Riley Little on 01 January 2017

Pokemon GO Still Coming to Apple Watch

Amid speculation that Pokemon GO is being dropped from development for the Apple Watch, Apple confirms that the mobile title is still planned for a release on the device. There have been pl...

By Rob Gordon on 18 December 2016

7-Year-Old Spends $6,000 on Mobile Game

A 7-year-old child manages to rack up an incredible number of in-app purchases in the Jurassic World mobile game, with charges totalling nearly $6,000 in just a week. The growth of free-t...

By Rob Gordon on 26 December 2015

Is Apple Working on a Smaller iPhone 5e Model?

According to reports, Apple is currently working on an ‘entry level’ iPhone model called the iPhone 5e that’s set to feature a small screen and Apple Pay. In 2014, Apple made headlines wh...

By Jasmine Henry on 26 December 2015

Should Apple Do More to Curb Freemium Games?

After a seven-year-old boy spends nearly $6,000 on a Jurassic World freemium mobile game, we ask exactly who can do more to stop these events taking place in future. Like it or loathe it,...

By Rob Gordon on 26 December 2015