Epic has launched Unreal Engine 4 featuring a new subscription model of $19/month, plus 5% of gross revenue.

At the 2014 Game Developers Conference, Epic Games opened Unreal Engine 4 to the world, releasing all of its leading-edge tools, features and complete C++ source code to the development community through a new subscription model. Developers can sign up for UE4 for PC, Mac, iOS and Android by paying $19 per month, plus 5% of gross revenue resulting from any commercial products built using UE4.

“This is our complete engine, with everything Epic provides to leading game developers, priced accessibly for teams of all sizes, budgets and aspirations,” said Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games.





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Allison Johnson, former head of marketing at Apple, reveals her most memorable moments working with Steve Jobs in a video interview with Behance's Scott Belsky.

Johnson oversaw the launch of the company's hallmark products like the iPhone and its famous campaigns like "Mac vs. PC" and "There's an app for that." She's now the founder of West, a new kind of strategy and creative accelerator based in San Francisco focused on introducing new companies, products and ideas to the world.

Here is Johnson's response when asked about her most memorable moments at Apple.





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Dong Nguyen, the creator of Flappy Bird, has announced that he will put the game back on the App Store, but not soon.

The news comes via an exchange on Twitter.

@painfullpacman: Are u going to put flappy bird back on App Store?





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Checkmark 2 is an update to the to-do app for iPhone that brings an all-new design for iOS 7 and new features including Lists, Location Groups, One-tap Rescheduling, and more.







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CollegeHumor has posted a new video imagining what it would be like if Google was a guy.

Everything you ask Google sounds a lot stupider when you actually ask Google.

The first video was released in January. Both the original and the new part two video can be seen below.





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Pandora Radio has announced changes to its subscription pricing, increasing monthly rates for new users and ending its discounted annual subscription option.

The company says the price hike is due to increased royalty payments to performers.

We’ve been fortunate to be able to offer Pandora One at an affordable price since its debut in 2009 at $36 per year and later with the introduction of a monthly subscription for only $3.99 per month. Over this same period, the costs of delivering this service have grown considerably. For example, the royalty rates Pandora pays to performers via SoundExchange for subscription listening have increased 53% in the last five years and will increase another 9% in 2015.





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iPhone sales may be stronger than expected this quarter, according to Katy Huberty at Morgan Stanley.

Huberty says that the Morgan Stanley "Alphawise Smartphone Tracker" has Apple announcing 42 million iPhones shipped for the March quarter. That's more than the 38 million units suggested by supply chain data; however, Huberty says that the supply chain may work overtime during the holiday quarter to generate extra product then relax in the March quarter.

Also noted is that changes in U.S. carrier policies this quarter could generate consumer demand and that Best Buy and Walmart have been offering discounts on the iPhone which could produce more sales.





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Check out this beautiful 'Apple TV touch' concept created by CURVED/labs that features a touchscreen remote.

The main attraction is the revamped remote control, completely redesigned as a touch device that might be wirelessly rechargeable via Apple TV. iPhone 5 / 5s / 5c are still functioning as remote controls as well. Additionally, a separate App Store for Apple TV should be available. With 9,8 x 9,8 cm, it comes in the same size as the 2-year-old 3rd generation, but will be even thinner with 1,67 cm. We expect models to be available in grey, gold and silver.

Other imagined features include 4K support, HDMI 2.0, A7 processor, 802.11ac, Bluetooth, DVD Audio, SADC, Dolby Digital Plus, True HD and dts-HD, 32 channel audio, and1536 kHz sample rate.

Apple is rumored to be preparing an update to the Apple TV that will launch soon. Would you be happy if it looked like this?





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Apple has topped the The Brand Finance US 500 2014 list of the most valuable brands in the United States.

Brand Finance calculates brand value using the Royalty Relief methodology which determines the value a company would be willing to pay to license its brand as if it did not own it. This approach involves estimating the future revenue attributable to a brand and calculating a royalty rate that would be charged for the use of the brand.

The top five brands were ranked as follows: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Verizon, and GE.





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Mozilla has released Firefox 28 which brings OS X Notification Center support for web notifications and VP9 video decoding.

Here's what's new in Firefox 28 for desktops:
● NEW: VP9 video decoding implemented
● NEW: Mac OS X: Notification Center support for web notifications
● NEW: Horizontal HTML5 audio/video volume control
● NEW: Support for Opus in WebM
● CHANGED: Now that spdy/3 is implemented support for spdy/2 has been removed and servers without spdy/3 will negotiate to http/1 without any penalty
● DEVELOPER: Support for MathML 2.0 'mathvariant' attribute
● DEVELOPER: Background thread hang reporting
● DEVELOPER: Support for multi-line flexbox in layout
● FIXED: Various security fixes

Firefox for Mobile was also updated:
● NEW: More native text selection, cut, and copy
● NEW: Awesomebar entries now trigger predictive lookup
● NEW: Added multiple quick share buttons
● NEW: Added support for OpenSearch
● NEW: Estonian [et] locale added
● NEW: VP9 video decoding implemented
● NEW: Horizontal HTML5 audio/video volume control
● NEW: Support for Opus in WebM
● NEW: Added settings switch to toggle dynamic toolbar mode
● CHANGED: Now that spdy/3 is implemented support for spdy/2 has been removed and servers without spdy/3 will negotiate to http/1 without any penalty
● DEVELOPER: Support for MathML 2.0 'mathvariant' attribute
● DEVELOPER: Support for multi-line flexbox in layout
● DEVELOPER: Background thread hang reporting
● FIXED: Explore By Touch automatically loading web pages (963000)
● FIXED: Various security fixes





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Pocket, an app for easily saving online content, has been updated with support for six more languages.

Over 10 million people use Pocket to easily save articles, videos and more for later. With Pocket, all of your content goes to one place, so you can view it anytime, on any device. You don’t even need an Internet connection.

FEATURES:
WHAT CAN I SAVE?
Save articles, videos, recipes, and webpages you find online or from your favorite apps.





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Check out this animated graphic that shows how quickly the top tech companies generate revenue and profits.

Created by worldpayzinc, the graphic reveals that Apple makes around $705,000 in profits every 10 minutes. That's significantly more than Samsung's $544,000, Google's $233,000, and Microsoft's $416,000.

It takes Apple 14 minutes and 11 seconds to make $1,000,000 in profits, according to graphic.





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Apple CEO Tim Cook has released a statement calling the new 'Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs' book "nonsense", reports CNBC.

Here is the full statement from Cook:

This nonsense belongs with some of the other books I've read about Apple. It fails to capture Apple, Steve, or anyone else in the company. Apple has over 85,000 employees that come to work each day to do their best work, to create the world's best products, to put their mark in the universe and leave it better than they found it. This has been the heart of Apple from day one and will remain at the heart for decades to come. I am very confident about our future.





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Ahead of an April 9th press event, Dropbox has told business users that they will soon be able to access work and personal Dropbox files without needing to log in and out of each account, reports The Verge.

The company had announced it was working to support multiple accounts in November. Dropbox also plans to roll out new tools for administrators at the event, according to the email. The features will go live April 9th.

Dropbox is increasing its emphasis on the more profitable business users as the consumer market becomes more competitive. Google recently slashed its pricing on Google Drive easily undercutting Dropbox's pricing and Microsoft has just relaunched SkyDrive as OneDrive also undercutting Dropbox on available storage options.





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Apple has reportedly seeded employees with a pre-release of OS X 10.9.3 and iTunes 11.1.6 that restores local contacts and calendar syncing. Apple had removed the ability to perform local syncing of contacts and calendar information with the release of iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks.

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Pre-release: iTunes (iTunesElevenA1116A9) 11.1.6
This update restores the ability to sync contacts and calendar information to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from your Mac running OS X 10.9.3.

Installation Instructions
Click Update to download and install the iTunes 11.1.6 seed. Please install this update on a system or partition you are prepared to erase if necessary. As this is a pre-release build, it is not advisable to use this software on a production system with information on it that you depend on for your business. You should back up all of your data before installing this software and regularly back up data while using this software.





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Vimeo has acquired Cameo a video editing and effects app for iOS.

Cameo allows you to easily create beautiful short films on your own or with friends. Cameo is the first app to bring professional-grade video effects and styles to users of any skill level.

Re/code first announced the acquisition:





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EA has finally released an update to SimCity that brings a single player offline mode.

Here's all the details from Meghan McDowell the producer of the Single-Player Mode for SimCity.

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It was our goal to make the Single-Player experience feel just as expansive and engaging as the Multiplayer mode. That meant that the core fundamentals of the game needed to remain intact: multi-city play, Regional interdependence, and city specializations. Every Region, building and core gameplay concept remains intact. When you lay down a road, when the Sims move in – this will all look and feel the same whether you play Online or Offline.





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Motorola has unveiled the Moto360 smartwatch powered by Android Wear. Google just announced Android Wear earlier today to extend Android functionality to wearable devices.

The wristwatch has been through several evolutions since it first became a popular fashion accessory more than a 100 years ago. From mechanical to electronic movements, analog to digital faces, the wristwatch has been reinvented several times over, but the basic design has endured for a century because of its elegance and usefulness ‘at a glance.’ Our vision for Moto 360 was to celebrate that history as we reimagined the wristwatch for the future.






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Screenshots of the iOS 8 Healthbook app have leaked onto Sina Weibo that confirm the recent mockups created by 9to5Mac.

The screenshots come from the same account that leaked the existence of Preview, TextEdit, and Tips apps that could make it into iOS 8.

You can check out the real screenshots below and click here for the mockups and more details about the Healthbook app.





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Google has announced Android Wear, a project that extends Android to wearable devices.

We’ve barely scratched the surface of what’s possible with mobile technology. That’s why we’re so excited about wearables—they understand the context of the world around you, and you can interact with them simply and efficiently, with just a glance or a spoken word.

The company is initially focused on watches. Here are some of the features that Android Wear will bring to devices.





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Gameloft is teasing an update to 'Asphalt 8: Airborne' that brings the Great Wall of China and a new Twitch broadcasting feature.

The biggest update since launch is coming! Discover The Great Wall with your McLaren P1, Ferrari Testarossa or any of the other new dream cars, and share your journey with your friends using the brand new Twitch broadcasting feature!

Gameloft's Asphalt 8: Airborne for iOS will be the first ever mobile game to feature Twitch's live streaming functionality. The company will demonstrate the game's broadcasting capabilities during the week of the Game Developers Conference with a 24-hour live stream event on Twitch.





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Apple has confirmed to Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt that the new 8GB iPhone 5c is only launching in the U.K., France, Germany, Australia and China.

Apple PR confirms: 8GB iPhone 5C available only in U.K., France, Germany, Australia and China…

Of course, this could change if the device does well in those regions; however, if you are waiting for an 8GB iPhone 5c to launch elsewhere today, it's not going to happen.





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Amazon will begin shipping a video streaming device in early April that will compete with the Apple TV, reports the WSJ. The device will also be sold by Best Buy and Staples.

The Amazon device will carry a variety of apps available on Roku Inc. and Apple Inc. set-top boxes and run on a version of Google Inc.'s Android software, like Amazon's tablet computers, these people said. Roku's most popular apps include video services Netflix and Hulu Plus and music service Pandora, as well as Amazon's own video-streaming service.

Pricing is unclear; however, there are reportedly incentives for Amazon Prime members.





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Apple has relaunched the iPad 4 which features a Retina display and Lightning connector, discontinuing the iPad 2.

The Wi-Fi model of the relaunched iPad 4 is selling for $399 and the cellular version is selling for $529. You can purchase the relaunched iPad 4 in either white or black with 16GB of storage.

The iPad 4 features a Dual-core A6X chip with quad-core graphics, a 1.2MP FaceTime camera, 5MP iSight camera, 1080p HD video recording, and a 9.7-inch 2048x1536 LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology at 264 pixels per inch (ppi).





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As predicted, Apple has released a new 8GB iPhone 5c internationally; however, it's not yet available in the United States.

The new 8GB iPhone 5c is currently selling in various international Apple Stores including the U.K., China, Australia, and other European countries. In the U.K. it sells for £429 unlocked -- a difference of £40 compared to the 16GB model.

It is possible that the iPhone 5c will appear on the US and Canadian Apple Stores later today. Please follow iClarified on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or RSS to find out if/when Apple launches the iPhone 5c in the U.S.





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The Dropbox app has been updated with new illustrations, improved SSO for business users, and several bug fixes.

Dropbox lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Access any file you save to your Dropbox from all your computers, iPhone, iPad and even the Dropbox website!

Features:
• Access all your photos, docs and videos from any device.
• 2 GB of space when you sign up — free!
• Automatically save photos and videos to Dropbox and earn up to 3 GB additional free space.
• Share a link to even your biggest files — no more attachments!
• Add files to your “Favorites” for fast, offline viewing.





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Pegatron is reportedly set to start mass production of the iPhone 6 in the second quarter of this year at its new factory in Kunshan, China, according to the Commercial Times.

Earlier this year it was reported that Pegatron had landed a contract to manufacturer half of Apple's iPhone 6 orders. It's believed that the new factory and a hiring push was part of an effort by the company to win a contract to manufacture the phone.

The Commercial Times said that production would ramp up in the second quarter but didn't offer any specifics on a release date or how many units will be produced by the company.





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The iPhone 5c 8GB might not be the only product introduced tomorrow. The iPad 2 could be replaced tomorrow by the iPad 4 with Lightning, according to 9to5mac.

According to sources, Apple’s iPad 4 with Retina display (and lightning) have been arriving at Apple Stores with instructions not to open until tomorrow. The device, which was launched in October 2012, features an A6X processor, a five megapixel camera and Apple's lightning connector. It was replaced by the iPad Air in November.

It would make sense for Apple to replace the iPad 2, currently priced at $399, with the iPad 4. This would effectively kill the older 30-pin dock connector currently found in the iPad 2 and iPhone 4s. It could also be the case that the 8GB iPhone 5c replaces the iPhone 4s, making all of Apple's current iOS devices to be lightning only.





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Microsoft is set to finally unveil its Office Suite for iPad on March 27 at a media event, according to a new report from The Verge. Sources familiar with the matter claim that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will reveal the suite, which includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint at a media event in San Francisco on March 27.

Microsoft released the Office Suite for iPhone last year, which required an Office 365 subscription for editing, and sources claim that the iPad version will require the subscription as well.

Microsoft has been working on the software for a number of months now, having first introduced an iOS version of Office for the iPhone in June last year. We understand the iPad variant of Office will be similar to the iPhone version, and will require an Office 365 subscription for editing. We’re told that document creation and editing is fully supported for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps. Overall, the interface and features are expected to be similar to the existing iPhone version.





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YouTube for iOS has been updated to let you quickly share and like playlists. In addition, the app also lets you reply to comments, and see if a comment was shared privately or publicly.

YouTube your way. Get the official YouTube app for iPhone and iPad. Instantly become the DJ, learn Kung Fu and easily share with friends. Catch up on your favorite videos and playlists from around the world on the couch, in the kitchen or on the go.

Features:
* Watch a video while searching for the next one
* Subscribe to your favorite channels for easy access from the guide
* Sign-in to access your “watch later” list
* Search for playlists and use the “play all” button for endless entertainment
* Share videos via Google+, E-mail, Facebook and Twitter





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