Apps downloads hit record high in last week of December

January 3, 2012
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For the first time in a single week, more than a billion apps have been downloaded, according to a study. Analytics firm Flurry said 1.2 billion apps were downloaded in the last week of December. Activity was buoyed by the facts that many users received new devices for Christmas and firms offered discounted apps over [...]

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Fifa ends year on top: UK Charts

January 3, 2012
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EA’s ‘FIFA 12’ finishes first for the final week of the year fending off three threequels in the shape of Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ at No2, EA again with ‘Battlefield 3’ at No3 and Ubisoft’s ‘Just Dance 3’ at No4. This marks the second year in a row that FIFA has [...]

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Anonymous to “destroy” Sony network

January 3, 2012
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Anonymous, the notorious online anarchist group, has released a video stating its intention to attack Sony over its support for the Stop Online Piracy Act. In the video, posted on YouTube on December 28, the group said that Sony had signed its own death warrant by supporting the controversial American act. Read the full article [...]

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Atari applying legal strong arm to developers

January 3, 2012
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Atari has reportedly been applying legal pressure to developers which it believes are infringing on its intellectual property rights, despite the developers affected claiming that attempts had been made on their part to reach an agreement. Black Powder Media, which created iPhone title Vector Tanks, has had the game removed from the App Store by [...]

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