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Pixelmator image editor gets powerful selection tools in iOS app update

The Pixelmator team released an update to its eponymous iOS app on Tuesday, adding a range of powerful image selection tools and user experience improvements that promise to make mobile photo editing a much more intuitive experience.

AppleInsider Staff 9 years ago 1

Pokemon Go update fixes login problems, sponsored game content coming soon

The blockbuster hit Pokémon Go was issued its second update on Wednesday, fixing login problems. In addition, code inspections seem to point to fast food chain McDonalds as a future app sponsor, potentially for in-game "Pokestop" locations.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 6

European expansion of Pokemon Go commences with launch in Germany

The Pokémon Go App Store domination continues, with the German launch of the game seeing server overloads similar to the game's blockbuster U.S. launch.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 7

Nintendo's hugely successful 'Pokemon Go' expected to launch soon in Europe, Japan

The first mobile Pokémon title for iOS and Android has proven to be a wild success, helping to boost shares of Nintendo stock after a pervasive slide, with the game on track to expand to Europe, Japan and more in the coming days.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 15

Apple and the Bot War on Apps

A new media narrative is unfolding, replete with statistics all seeking to provide evidence that Apple's success with native apps is over. There's no clear agreement on what exactly will take over—Chat Bots, Voice Assistants, the Web, Augmented Reality or some new and unknown successor—but it is clear that the loser must be Apple. It has to be, because it's desperately needed by Apple's rivals.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 42

Apple to open iOS App Development Center in Italy this October

Apple's CFO Luca Maestri has declared Italy's University of Naples Federico II as the location for Europe's first iOS coding talent incubator, set to open its doors in just a few months.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 1

Pokemon Go rolls out to iOS App Store, available in select US locations

Nintendo and Niantic Labs on Tuesday surprised with a limited rollout of anticipated augmented reality game Pokémon Go, making the title available for download in Australia, New Zealand and certain U.S. markets.

AppleInsider Staff 9 years ago 13

Apple sued by Chinese media regulator over streaming of 1994 propaganda film

A subsidiary of China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) is suing Apple and streaming service Youku Tudou for causing "huge economic losses" through infringement of exclusive online distribution rights to a war film first aired in 1994.

AppleInsider Staff 9 years ago 15

Get the most out of America's largest July 4 fireworks shows with your iPhone

Some of the biggest Independence Day fireworks displays in the U.S. also sync with special iPhone apps, enhancing the spectacle with sounds and visuals on your smartphone to celebrate the Fourth of July. Here's how you can take advantage of these free apps, as well as some camera enhancement apps that will allow you to take better fireworks photos.

Neil Hughes 9 years ago 1

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