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It was never meant to be this way… A slip of the hand, a knock from the elbow and, erm, an out of control bulldozer and someone’s pride and joy was reduced to at best a cracked mess and at worse a mangled lump of metal and glass. We trawled the internet to find the … Continue reading »

Endless mode is the final never ending wave once you’ve completed all 50 levels of the addictive Army of Darkness Defence. We’ve already covered one strategy for making endless effectively endless, if you have the patience to keep going that is. Here we cover a second strategy which is equally effective – as you’ll see … Continue reading »

Last July marked five years since Apple launched the iPhone and change the mobile phone industry and we marked the occasion with a post on the key iPhone sales statistics. The App Store itself launched shortly afterwards in 2008, so in the fifth year after its launch we look at some of the key statistics … Continue reading »

After a seemingly interminable wait, not only do we have an announcement that GTA 5 is due out in spring 2013, but you can already pre-order it. You won’t have it for Christmas of course, but you’ll be safe in the knowledge that a copy is waiting for you. You may just have to block … Continue reading »

The Exchange is the big one, the final and most difficult mission in Grand Theft Auto 3. The odds are not stacked in your favour, but that’s where we’re here to help. Before you start the mission, you’ll need to hand over $500k, frustrating if you’ve been stocking up at Ammunation. If you need to … Continue reading »

Espresso-2-go in Grand Theft Auto 3 is a mission in which you need to be organised. Thankfully we have a number of tips and a strategy to match. There are 9 ‘spank’ stalls across the three islands and you have nine minutes in which to destroy them all. Nine minutes seems a long time, but … Continue reading »

‘Draw Something’ does exactly what it says on the tin as you draw or guess other players’ doodles in the phenomenon that is our Follow That App of the Week for April 29th 2012. Love It’s such a simple concept, familiar to Pictionary players across the globe. You start a game with someone on the … Continue reading »

Now you could earn yourself a tank the hard way by unleashing a trail of carnage to work your way up the stars level to six. However, the chances are the cops, then Feds will have filled you full of holes by then and you’ll have needed to reach the final island. There are a … Continue reading »

Six stars are the ultimate wanted level on Grand Theft Auto 3, but seemingly no matter how much mayhem you cause they are frustratingly difficult to attain with your health intact. However, we’ve found an easy way to quickly earn yourself six stars, while preserving your health and giving you the best chance of hijacking … Continue reading »

Like the iPhone that launched it, Angry Birds has been a catalyst for the mobile phone industry. Record after record has tumbled and the brand has since expanded into new products, other mobile platforms, the web, toys, t-shirts and even a movie. But how many has it sold across the product range? Statistics from ATYM … Continue reading »

Continuing our series of how to posts on the top App Store games, here we look in detail at the phenomenon that is Angry Birds and the first of now six themes, plus of course the famous Golden Eggs. Ever helpful, the developers at Rovio have put together a great series of walkthrough videos that … Continue reading »

Google has launched The Guide to the App Galaxy, a decent primer for getting started in app development covering development, but also the commercial considerations of promotion, business models and measurement. Contained within the guide are interesting snippets of advice from other developers. This includes advice from the current darling of the app store, Rovio, … Continue reading »

Reliable market share statistics are often hard to come by. Do you mean share of new phones, share of unit sales, share of actual handsets owned, Smartphones, feature phones or all phones and everything in between. And then this quarter, the year as a whole or indeed this month? No wonder it’s confusing. This week … Continue reading »

One of the challenges of building your own app business is the lack of real sales data. Apple only provide headline figures and while the sales lists are useful, you have to rely on the generosity of other developers to release their share their sales figures and wisdom. Instapaper’s Marco Ament did just that with … Continue reading »

Gartner have provided updated statistics this month on the market share of tablets. It’s no surprise that the iPad remains the dominant player having created a market out of very little. In 2010, it had a massive 84 percent of the market worldwide. However, that figure is predicted to reduce by 15% to 69% in … Continue reading »

I have something of a conversation piece on my desk – a bowl of brown rice. Not a week goes by without someone commenting on it, bemused by its presence, with only a solitary person recognising what it is there for (a mobile veteran). Having dropped one iPhone in the bath and another in the … Continue reading »

Watching Lady Gaga blanking Jonathan Ross on his chat show was one of the most toe-curling pieces of TV on record, as she played the moody teenager dismissing his attempts at repartie. She was, however, in more respectful mood when visiting that other internet giant, Google, as part of their Musicians@Google series. Of course having … Continue reading »

A couple of weeks ago, a terrible thing happened to my favourite gadget. Yes, I dropped my iPhone in a sink full of water. Initially all looked fine and it worked as normal. However, the next morning the water that had penetrated the phone started to corrode its components and the Home button stopped working. … Continue reading »