AOL shutting down popular Apple blog TUAW

Sad news in the Apple publishing community today. Word on the street is that AOL, amid a new round of lay-offs, is going to shut down TUAW, one of the longest-standing publications and among the most successful blogs in the Weblogs, Inc. portfolio. TUAW, which derived its name from the acronym for The Unofficial Apple Weblog, was founded in 2004 to cover tips, reviews, news, analysis and opinion on everything Apple....

June 24, 2025 · 3 min · 560 words · Ashley Love

Apple and Google app stores are nearing saturation point

Making it big in mobile apps is getting tougher. That’s the finding from a company which researched how many new developers reach the top level at either Apple’s iOS App Store or Android’s Google Play. In fact, just two percent of first-time App Store developers enter the top 250 list of publishers while only slightly more – three percent – reach that level at Google Play. As a result, three times as many “newcomers” to the app game publish for Google Play than the iOS App Store....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 385 words · Peggy Brown

Apple removes Beats landing page from its website ahead of tomorrow’s event

Ahead of its pre-recorded media presentation happening tomorrow, Apple has now removed thelanding page for the Beats by Dre brandfrom its online store. MacRumorsfiled the report this morning: As noted byApple Terminal, the landing page for Beats products can no longer be found on Apple’s website. The Wayback Machine has asnapshot of the pagein its original form from October 2, while the most recent snapshot from October 9 shows the page as down, suggesting Apple removed it sometime between these two dates....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 274 words · Natalie Porter

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Best Graphics Settings for PS5 and PS5 Pro

Explore this guide to learn about the best graphics settings you should use for Assassin’s Creed Shadows on PS5 and PS5 Pro. Assassin’s Creed Shadow is a game that is designed to take full advantage of the hardware provided in a PS5 and PS5 Pro. This offers players a variety of settings to tailor their experience according to their needs. With the current generation consoles, you may now either choose to have breathtaking visuals at 30 FPS or smoother gameplay at 60 FPS....

June 24, 2025 · 4 min · 650 words · Nathan Mullen

Best Brr-Zerker Build in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands has some of, if not the best build crafting in the Borderlands series. There are nearly limitless possibilities with six wholly unique classes that are strong in their own right and can then be used in multiclass builds that are just as viable. But what about the core Brr-Zerker? What is the best Brr-Zerker build in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands? One of the best things about Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands and build crafting is that upon hitting level 40, players will have enough skill points to fill out a class tree entirely....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 357 words · Preston Vaughn

Best Incantations in Elden Ring

In Elden Ring, players will encounter various Incantations that you can use offensively or for support. Incantations primarily work on Faith scaling, and you will find various Seals that can be used to cast these Incantations. We recommend players to try out the following five Incantations, as they can be used in every situation. Flame of the Fell God Starting with one of the Legendary Offensive Incantations, this can be acquired by defeatingAdan, Thief of FirenearLiurnia of Lakes....

June 24, 2025 · 3 min · 434 words · David Robinson

Best way to farm Studs fast in LEGO Fortnite

If you want to blast through the Battle Pass for this season of LEGO Fortnite, you’ll need to farm a lot of studs fast. Here is the best way to do it. Quick methods to acquire Studs in LEGO Fortnite There are a few methods to get Studs; some of them will take a bit of work, some not too much. However, the more work you put in, the more studs you get....

June 24, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Mark Smith

Confirmed: Nokia 5G phone will be launched on 19 March

There wasn’t huge doubt about this, but Nokia has now confirmed that it will be fully-revealing its 5G handset on 19 March. The information comes from a Nokia press releaseannouncingthat the company is official phone partner of the forthcoming James Bond film No Time To Die, in which HMD Global says: “In the film, Agent Nomi utilises the range of capabilities of the new Nokia phones portfolio, including the first ever 5G Nokia smartphone which will be fully unveiled on 19 March....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 323 words · Michelle Love

Conveniently, T-Mobile begins distributing Nano SIMs to retailers

With just eight days left until next Wednesday’s iPhone 5 unveiling, Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile telco has begun distributing Nano SIMs to retailers. As you know, theforty percent smallerSIM card standard proposed by Apple has been ratified by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute back in June. A month later, news reports indicated that European carriers had begunstockpilingsupplies andtestingNano SIMs in partnership with Apple, ahead of the iPhone 5 launch. Since then, a Nano SIM tray said to belong to thenext iPhonehas been leaked in bothimagesand onvideo....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 320 words · Robert Mccarthy

Cyberpunk 2077's Night City Wire Livestream Postponed

CD Projekt Red have announced they will postpone their upcoming Night City Wire livestream about Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk 2077’s Night City Wire Livestream Postponed CD Projekt Red were going to hold alivestream for upcoming Action-RPG Cyberpunk 2077called Night City Wire on June 11th, but this has been pushed to June 25th. The developer is still excited to share more about the game but expresses that “more important discussions are happening right now and we want them to be heard....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Michael Jackson

Digimon Survive Worldwide Release Date Confirmed for July 29, 2025

Digimon Survive, the latest entry to the beloved virtual pet franchise has confirmed its release date to be July 16, 2025. Digimon Survive Worldwide Release Date Confirmed for August 08, 2025 Part visual novel, part turn-based RPGDigimon Survivefinally has a release date! The title was initially intended to launchworldwide back in 2019but gotdelayed to 2022. After years of teasing and beingdrip-fed information, producer Kazumasa Habu confirms the worldwide release will be on July 12, 2025....

June 24, 2025 · 4 min · 799 words · Michael Duke

Eddie Murphy Brings Back Buckwheat, Gumby, Velvet Jones & More for SNL Return

Eddie Murphycame back toSaturday Night Liveover the weekend and brought some of his most iconic characters with him. It’s been over 35 years since Murphy was on the show that launched his career in the 1980s. Murphy is back in the public eye after putting outDolemite is My Nameon Netflix earlier this year and has his eyes set on a busy 2020. As he mentioned in his monologue, Murphy has finished work onComing 2 America, which will be released next year....

June 24, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Matthew Johnson

Every Ford Powered By The 1.5L EcoBoost 'Dragon'

Every Ford Powered By The 1.5L EcoBoost ‘Dragon’ With theEV revolution seemingly slowing down, it’s a good time to remember that, despite their polluting nature, there’s still a lot of life left in the good old internal combustion engine. Case in point, Ford’s EcoBoost engines, which retain the feel — and relative convenience — of gas-powered-engines while keeping emissions down and achieving great mileage. It all started with a 3.5-liter, twin-turbo V6 that debuted in the 2009 Lincoln MKS....

June 24, 2025 · 9 min · 1713 words · Edward Copeland