Q&A with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney on his crusade to break Apple's App Store power, which he says is increasingly a problem of free speech and not just business
Sweeney says he's willing to go to the Supreme Court to fight Apple's control of the App Store. But first, he's hoping Congress will act before it's too late.
Apple's new App Store guidelines say that social networking apps that sell “boosts” for posts must use in-app purchases for the transactions
With the release of iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1, Apple is updating the App Store review guidelines that are provided to developers who create apps for iPhones and iPads.
EA CEO Andrew Wilson says NFTs are not something the company is “driving on”, just three months after calling NFTs and blockchain “the future of our industry”
EA reports Q3 revenue of $1.79B, up from $1.67B YoY, net income of $66M, down from $211M YoY, and net bookings of $2.6B, down from $2.4B YoY
it's time to move on Eddie Makuch / GameSpot : EA CEO Shares New Statement On NFTs Electronic Arts Inc. : Battlefield Briefing - The Journey to Season One Marie Dealessandri / Game...
Will Cathcart says WhatsApp has no plans to support RCS, as Meta launches its first marketing push for WhatsApp in the US, touting its privacy compared to SMS
Whatever you send or receive, end-to-end encryption protects your messages from being this exposed. Doroteya Borisova / PhoneArena : WhatsApp CEO hints at iPad app release Juli Clo...
SoftBank confirms COO Marcelo Claure is leaving the company after nine years and names Michel Combes as CEO of SoftBank Group International
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Interview with Microsoft's Phil Spencer on why he thinks the metaverse is an extension of gaming, sexual misconduct allegations at Activision Blizzard, and more
When you walk in the room, do you have sway? — I'm Kara Swisher, and you're listening to “Sway.”
Makers of CVCheat claim their computer vision-based cheat tool can offer “undetectable” “full auto-aim and auto-shots” for any game on PC, Xbox, or PlayStation
Kyle Orland / Ars Technica : Tweets: @yangcliu , @tylerglaiel , @flugazi , @eposvox , and @storagezilla Tweets: Yang / @yangcliu : Kernel anticheat has been useless for the most d...
Harry Stebbings, a 24-year-old Londoner with a popular podcast about tech investing, raises $140M fund from MIT, RIT Capital, and founders of Spotify and Calm
Flurry analysis: just 4% of iPhone users in the US and 12% worldwide have so far actively chosen to opt into app tracking after the rollout of iOS 14.5
An early look at an ongoing analysis of Apple's App Tracking Transparency suggests that the vast majority of iPhone users …
Source: Clubhouse's latest round values the startup at $4B
Audio-chat app Clubhouse closed a new Series C round of financing, the company said during its weekly town hall on Sunday, without disclosing the amount raised. — A source famili...
In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg discusses AR/VR and says that by 2030, he expects people with smart glasses to “teleport” to locations for in-person meetings
- Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday that by 2030, people could use advanced smart glasses to “teleport” to other people's homes … Source: The Information .
Obituary of FarmVille, which closed on Thursday but lives on in its growth-hacking techniques that are being imitated by everything from Instagram to QAnon
yes, there are people still playing it — is shutting down. An obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/... Daniel Victor / @bydanielvictor : RIP to FarmVille, shutting down today more tha...
Lockwood Publishing, makers of Avakin Life, a popular simulation and role-playing game on iOS and Android with over 1M DAUs, raises $25M led by Tencent
People close to Amazon's gaming efforts claim Amazon is struggling to make good games because its structure and culture aren't optimized for creative endeavors
Why is Amazon having so much trouble making good video games? Because Amazon's internal structure and culture are optimized … Tweets: @andyburns , @zhugeex , @sethschiesel , and @...
Sources: Epic Games, which owns Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and Houseparty, is close to raising $750M at a ~$17B valuation, with investors including T. Rowe, KKR
- Epic owns Fortnite video game, Unreal Engine and Houseparty — T. Rowe, KKR, Baillie Gifford to participate in round
SuperData: digital games and interactive media revenue was up 4% YoY to $120.1B in 2019, with $64.4B for mobile; Fortnite topped with $1.8B, vs. $2.4B in 2018
The combined game industry grew 3% to $120.1 billion in 2019, according to market researcher SuperData in its year-end report.