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Users of the Rock Band app for iOS are getting an interesting notice when they start up their game. A message informs them that “ROCK BAND will no longer be playable” on May 31. Oh yeah, this is a paid app that users had to pay money for. What’s the [...]

The controversial “FortressCraft” is back in the news today. The Minecraft clone that appeared on Xbox Live some months ago has now sold over 750,000 copies, according to the creator’s Twitter account. Developer Adam Sawkins revealed that his game is closing in on 1 million copies sold, and meanwhile gave [...]

Apple and Samsung are engaged in what seems like 15 lawsuits against one another over mobile patents, iOS and Android, and now in one of the cases, Apple’s legal team is making an interesting request. The TVs in the courtroom are (probably by coincidence) Samsungs, and Apple’s lawyers are requesting [...]

Verizon’s “Droid Does” marketing campaign will probably go down in the history of mobile phones. It helped establish Android as an alternative to the iPhone to millions of Americans – the point where some folks just call Android phones “Droids”, even if they’re not even from Verizon. However, Verizon’s very [...]

It’s no secret that RIM and their new CEO are placing the company’s future in the hands of BlackBerry 10 (BBX), their new touchscreen operating system built entirely from the ground-up on the stable QNX software. With this new emphasis on touchscreen devices, does this mean that the famous BlackBerry [...]

Making the whole thing even more pointless, the folks at RIM have taken credit for the “Wake Up” flashmob that happened outside an Australian Apple Store about a week ago. RIM officially took credit for the mysterious campaign, and it was confirmed when a “Wake Up” website went up featuring [...]

Earlier today, we told you that although RIM won’t be unveiling any BBX hardware at the BlackBerry World expo this week, they will be handing out “Dev Alpha” phones at the expo. RIM stressed that the hardware is not representative of any final product, but it’s just to get the [...]

Apple recently came under fire recently when it was named by the New York Times as a major tax dodger. In their piece, the Times listed several ways that Apple and other big companies avoided paying taxes, including things like funneling money through subsidies located in low-tax countries like Ireland [...]

Back when RIM announced the BlackBerry World conference in Orlando, it was suspected that the company (in a very Google-like move) may hand out free BlackBerry X phones to developers who attended the conference. Unfortunately, don’t expect to get a glimpse of any new phones, as a RIM spokesman has [...]

The Nintendo 3DS launched last year at the unexpectedly high price of $249.99. After some months and reports of dismal sales, Nintendo slashed the price of the handheld to $169.99. That’s a pretty severe price cut for anything, and as you might imagine, Nintendo has confirmed that at the new [...]