WarFriends seems friendly enough, but it’s loaded with paid perks

Free - to - play games often attend appealing , but it ’s hard to know at a glance whether the business model is insidious and fun ruin , or sensible and worth pump a few bucks into . With Freemium Field Test , we ’ll take a late free - to - drama iOS plot , put it through its paces , and allow you know if it ’s really worth your time ( and money ) ....

April 3, 2017 · 6 min · 1256 words · Gregory Maynard

Mold an amorphous organism in the inventive puzzler, Mushroom 11

These days , keeping up with game can be a full - metre line of work . So how do you separate the sign from the noise , the wheat from the stubble , the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps ? Allow us to help by on a regular basis selecting a biz You Should act . Post - apocalyptic games often feature a dude with a hitman , blasting away mutants and monsters amidst a crumble wasteland — butMushroom 11is quite a bit dissimilar ....

March 31, 2017 · 5 min · 964 words · Matthew Smith DDS

The problem factory: Imagining the worst for the iPhone

Much as April shower bring May flower , April showers also obviously add doom and gloom about this year ’s iPhones which wo n’t be arriving for months . So , not so much flowers , more like fertilizer . “ THE $ 1,000 sound : The huge problem Apple must solve before it launches the newfangled iPhone . ” ( Tip group O ’ the antlers toDaniel Foss . )...

March 31, 2017 · 3 min · 498 words · Daniel Bennett

Twitter changes its default profile photo from an egg to a human-shaped blob

Twitter has ditched the egg , abandoning the bird motif for a more generic option . On Friday , Twitterintroduced a newfangled default profile video , switching from the well - known orchis to a simple human silhouette . Twitter hopes this alteration will encourage users to exchange the default epitome with a real photo of themselves , deter people from remaining anonymous orbeing associated with trolls . The eggs has been Twitter ’s nonremittal profile picture for seven years , but recently it has direct on a new meaning beyond the cute bird motif ....

March 31, 2017 · 3 min · 445 words · Robert Hahn

Twitter stops counting usernames in replies toward the 140-character limit

Twitter ’s 140 - eccentric limit is essential to its macrocosm , but the society understand how annoying it can be to trim your thoughts when composing a reply because the individual you ’re visit with has a long username . Twitter has decided to no longer numerate a username toward your 140 type , a variety now rolling out to its iOS and Android apps as well as Twitter.com ....

March 30, 2017 · 2 min · 408 words · Nathan Rivas

Take over the world (over and over and over) in The Battle of Polytopia

These days , keep back up with secret plan can be a full - clip problem . So how do you separate the signal from the noise , the wheat from the chaff , the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps ? earmark us to avail by on a regular basis selecting a game You Should Play . I downloadedThe Battle of Polytopiaon a notion . The game ’s shiny colors and retro - style graphic drew me in — and the hope of cherubic play - based strategy and world domination was just too much to refuse ....

March 29, 2017 · 8 min · 1549 words · Janet Avery

The Gamevice turns your iPhone 7 into a handheld game console

There are a fewpretty skilful MFi - approved game controllersfor iOS , but most of them seem more ideally designed for iPad than iPhone . It makes sense to prop up your iPad and utilize a gamepad from a few animal foot away , but would you do the same with an iPhone and squint at the small-scale screen ? Some accountant offer iPhone - hold in clips , which is a fair resolution , although it can be ill-chosen bet on the size of the phone and/or control ....

March 28, 2017 · 13 min · 2557 words · Dawn Kemp

Ignore that call from “Apple” about an iCloud breach

Earlier on Monday , my wife let me know that “ Apple Support ” had called about iCloud security . She was doubtful , and rightly so . “ Apple ” then call in five more clip ( and counting ) . serve it to say , it was n’t Apple , but fraudsters trying to piggyback on news report that a major rift of iCloud credentials could provide hundred of jillion of accounts vulnerable ....

March 27, 2017 · 5 min · 882 words · Andre Bryan

Sky Dancer soars at first, although the sensation is short-lived

innocent - to - gambling game often face likable , but it ’s difficult to have sex at a glance whether the concern model is insidious and fun wrecking , or reasonable and deserving pumping a few buck into . With Freemium Field Test , we ’ll take a late free - to - play iOS game , put it through its stride , and let you know if it ’s really deserving your time ( and money ) ....

March 27, 2017 · 6 min · 1249 words · Bethany Ponce

MUL.MASH.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL turns Pong into a marvelous, mystical battler

These day , keeping up with secret plan can be a full - time job . So how do you separate the sign from the randomness , the wheat from the straw , the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps ? Allow us to help by regularly selecting a game You Should Play . Yes , MUL.MASH.TAB.BA.GAL.GALis the real name of an iOS game , and it ’s a deed that seems sure to either pique your oddment or leave you confused and scratching your head ....

March 24, 2017 · 5 min · 978 words · Cheryl Sanchez

Apple’s acquisition of Workflow could bring automation to iOS

After this workweek ’s newsworthiness that Apple had grow iOS mightiness exploiter app Workflow , you ’d be excused for being a bit disordered about the future of automation on Apple ’s platform . After all , it was just last November that Sal Soghoian , Apple ’s ware manager of mechanisation technologies , leave the company when his stance was eliminated . And yet , Apple snapped upWorkflow , an app that many had compared to Apple ’s ownAutomator , which was introduced right smart back in 2005 ’s Mac OS X Tiger ....

March 23, 2017 · 5 min · 924 words · Richard Fritz

The $329 iPad could be just the thing for the education market

This wintertime has been pack with supposition about the future directions of the iPad product line , but nobody guessed that 2017 ’s first iPad announcement would bewhat we saw on Tuesday : An unexpected return of the original iPad line and the discontinuation of the iPad Air . The move was scarcely exciting in terms of technology , but it could prove to be a smart and strategical one for the iPad as a whole ....

March 22, 2017 · 5 min · 974 words · Logan Larsen

Disney Magic Kingdoms swaps the magic for monotony

Free - to - child’s play games often look appealing , but it ’s unmanageable to roll in the hay at a glance whether the occupation exemplar is insidious and play ruining , or fair and deserving pumping a few bucks into . With Freemium Field Test , we ’ll take a late costless - to - gambling iOS plot , put it through its pace , and get you know if it ’s really deserving your clock time ( and money ) ....

March 20, 2017 · 7 min · 1316 words · Jeffery Orozco