When you think of Hitman, your immediate image is probably of a cold, besuited and inhumane character whose job it is to get rid of people for cold cash. That is, after all, the role of a hitman, and when you think back to previous Hitman titles, it's no wonder you have such a gruesome recollection. But with Hitman GO, a new mobile game released today for iOS, developer Square Enix has taken a decidedly alternative approach, essentially turning Hitman into a puzzling, intriguing board game.
Google's Helpouts service, which allows users connect to experts for live video help on a range of different topics, has just been released for iPhone.
In the earlier days of the modern smartphone, it was the new, casual games that really caught our attention, with the likes of Angry Birds and Cut the Rope really taking a stronghold. But as devices have improved considerably during the past few years, developers of famed PC and console apps have seen the mobile market as an important outlet, and joining the many classic titles to reach the mobile platforms, Age of Empires will soon be heading to the App Store, the Windows Phone Store, and Google's Play Store.
The App Store may already be choc-full of top games that are designed for the large touch screens that adorn iPads and iPhones, but that doesn't stop some of us from yearning for the games of yesteryear. If you're carrying a jailbroken iOS device then there is no shortage of ways to get your nostalgic fix, but it's not always quite so simple if you're not.
Before the iPhone made its grand entry into our lives, mobile gaming was mainly done on standalone, dedicated devices like Sony's PlayStation Portable, or PSP. Even though the App Store, along with Google Play and the Windows Phone Store now offer graphically-intensive that at times, exceed what the PSP is capable of, it's still fun to dust the old consoles down now and again for a bit of nostalgia-induced fun. Thanks to a feature-rich PSP emulator, though, you can now relive those much-loved PSP games on your iOS device, and below, you'll see exactly how it's done.
You mightn't even know of Activator's existence, but the chances are - if you're jailbroken and running a series of tweaks - that you have the famed tweak installed on your iOS device. It enables certain actions and events to be triggered by gestures or button presses, and as a long-time jailbreaker myself, it's certainly the cornerstone of my Cydia diet. Today its inventor, Ryan Petrich, has offered a glimpse of an updated version, which offers some neat battery-triggered functions.
BlackBerry 10 mightn't have taken off quite in the way that the company behind it had hoped, but in spite of the Canadian outfit's very public free-fall from grace, the OS itself has actually been the subject of much acclaim. The Priority Hub feature, for example, provides a novel interface through which notifications are automatically organized, making it very easy to deal with each new message, email or missed call in a swift fashion. Now, the Priority Hub has been ported to the iOS lock screen via the jailbreak community, bringing that same organized structure to those on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
It's relatively rare that a mobile game comes along and manages to generate as much excitement and pre-release hype that the Family Guy announcement managed last December. Sure, there's been a string of extremely popular smash hit games that have immediately benefited from going viral and getting tons of downloads and success on the back of that. However, the Family Guy franchise is an existing household name that already boasts an animated TV series, along with a whole heap of official merchandise. Add to that a stunning, extremely fun and visually impressive mobile game that's now available to download for iOS and Android.
Instant messaging and communication apps are experiencing something of a boom right now, and it's no coincidence that since the announcement of Facebook's $16 billion takeover of WhatsApp, developers have been plotting various ways to tap into this clearly lucrative market.
The iOS 7.1 update rolled out by Apple recently was by no means a significant improvement upon iOS 7.0.x, but alongside a couple of notable introductions like CarPlay and the new Calendar app, it did offer a fair amount of housekeeping improvements. Animations had been problematic for a number of users since iOS 7 first trickled out for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch back in September, but the Cupertino company toned down some of the transitions with iOS 7.1, including the somewhat fanciful 'pinch-to-close.' If you're stuck on iOS 7.0.x and want to benefit from the improvements that Apple has made to this particular feature, then a new jailbreak tweak released via Cydia has you covered.
