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App updates roundup: Jetpack Joyride, Spelltower, more

by Mike Schramm (Dec 8th, 2011)

Thursday on the App Store brings another round of new app releases, as well as some big updates. We've got news on some of those releases elsewhere, but here are a few of the app updates currently waiting for you in the App Store on your iOS device. Jetpack Joyride has gotten what Halfbrick ...

Free games and big updates this weekend on the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Nov 18th, 2011)

Another day of the holiday season brings a whole lot of great downloads from the App Store. What we saw yesterday was mostly new releases, but here's a list of free games (and free updates) you might want to check out. A whole bunch of great games have gone free for the weekend, including ...

Apple updates look and feel of App Store on iOS

by Mike Schramm (Nov 17th, 2011)

Apple has updated the App Store as usual today with the newest staff picks and featured apps for the week, but there's one other new touch (so to speak) on the iPhone and iPad. You can now simply swipe in the App Store's featured window to flip through pages of apps, as pointed out by ...

Hitting it big in the App Store ... or not

by Mike Schramm (Nov 3rd, 2011)

Lots of developers are aiming for huge success in the App Store, and it seems like nearly every day we're reading about someone who made a big game and is picking up something like a million dollars a day from customers clicking that little "Install" button. L'Escapadou didn't make quite that ...

Apple pushes new OS X, iCloud, iPhoto builds to developers

by Mike Schramm (Aug 26th, 2011)

Apple has dropped new builds in the mix to developers for OS X, including Lion 10.7.2, and new updates for iCloud and iPhoto. These are of course developer only builds that are designed for testing and usage before they had out to the public at large. The Lion build asks developers to look at ...

Pocket God set to release 40th (!) content update

by Mike Schramm (Aug 10th, 2011)

Bolt Creative has announced that it's planning to release its 40th content update for the popular Pocket God app, which will feature a mechanic where players can collect idols and battle them against gods, with more idols and gods in future updates to come. The update also includes a "Mafia ...

Waze makes plans to deal with LA's Carmageddon

by Mike Schramm (Jul 6th, 2011)

Here in Los Angeles, there's a cataclysmic event about to happen. No, it's not the next earthquake (as far as we know) or an alien invasion. It's Carmageddon, which is what the locals have started calling a closure period over July 16 and 17 where the city will shut down the 405 highway from ...

Boot Camp update for Thunderbolt iMacs available

by Dave Caolo (May 3rd, 2011)

With new iMacs comes new software. Apple has released a Boot Camp update for Thunderbolt iMacs. The small update (the download is just 638 KB) can be found via Software Update or Apple's website and offers a specific fix. According to Apple, the update "...addresses issues with Japanese and Korean ...

Popular smitage game ZombieSmash receives major update

by Erica Sadun (Apr 26th, 2011)

When we anointed ZombieSmash as one of our Daily Apps last month, we mentioned that the game was about to receive a major upgrade -- and it just did. Adding a second campaign of carnage and smiting, the newly updated software offers an additional 30 levels (or "days") of gameplay, basically ...

Dungeon Raid, Puzzle Quest 2, Pocket God, Disc Drivin' get big content updates

by Mike Schramm (Apr 8th, 2011)

A lot of developers are apparently doing some spring cleaning, because there have been a whole lot of updates for popular apps swept out the door this week. One of my favorite Daily Apps in recent memory, Dungeon Raid, got updated with a bunch of new features, including character classes, ...

Fruit Ninja and Max Adventure for iOS updated with new content

by Mike Schramm (Feb 24th, 2011)

Two of TUAW's favorite App Store apps (and probably yours as well) have been updated with new content. Halfbrick's Fruit Ninja has a few new swords to play with, including one that plays piano music as you swipe. There are new leaderboards to fight your friends (and everyone else) on for the ...

Aspyr updates Civilization V for Mac with downloadable content

by Mike Schramm (Feb 11th, 2011)

Aspyr Media has updated the Mac version of Civilization 5 to fix a few bugs and include support for all of the various DLC packs. The downloadable content includes various new civilizations to play with, plus map packs that load up certain areas or scenarios to rule and conquer as your favorite ...

Macworld Expo 2011: Vito Technology updates the Walk apps

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2011)

Russian company Vito Technology was in one of the booths around the Mobile App Showcase at Macworld 2011 last week, and they kindly sat down to show off new versions of their apps, all coming up in the next month or so as free updates on the App Store. Popular astronomy app Star Walk was first. ...

Firemint sells 3 million copies of Flight Control

by Mike Schramm (Jan 20th, 2011)

Firemint has shared some sales figures about Flight Control over on its blog. The now classic line-drawing game was recently listed in the top paid apps of all time on the App Store, and so Firemint decided to reveal a little bit about how many copies it's sold and when. The grand total is exactly ...

Final Cut updates due in March or April, Steve Jobs still sour on Blu-ray

by Mike Schramm (Jan 3rd, 2011)

Hardmac has kicked off the new year with some more rumors about Final Cut Studio being updated. We already knew (since the app wasn't updated last September) that Final Cut Studio has been due for some streamlining, and Hardmac says that, indeed, there are multiple beta versions running around. ...