Posts tagged apps 
Rumor: Nintendo offering Wii U conversion software to smartphone app devs
Nintendo reportedly wants to expand the Wii U's library by actively helping smartphone developers to adapt their apps for the system. According to "company sources" at The Japan Times, Nintendo "has offered professional-use conversion software" to app devs in the hope smartphone software will help ...
Redbox Instant, GameTrailers apps now on Xbox Live
Redbox's new "Redbox Instant by Verizon" video streaming service has moved out of beta and is now available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. The app itself will require its own additional subscription for unlimited streaming, though purchasing and renting movies can be done regardless. Two levels of ...
PS Vita app attack: Friend Network and Imaginstruments this spring
Sony is preparing to localize a pair of PS Vita apps in North America this spring, Friend Network and Imaginstruments. Friend Network has been available in Japan as a free download for some time now – it's a social networking app starring PlayStation mascot Toro where players aim to recruit ...
Report: PS Vita with 32GB memory card can display 100 apps, no more
One Vita owner and NeoGAF member has discovered that even if his PlayStation Vita's 32GB card has space remaining in its storage, the system can display only up to 100 apps. Shagg_187 shared the above photo, explaining that his card had 9GB of space left, with around 50 minis, 10 PSOne games, 20 ...
Wii U picks up Amazon Instant Video, YouTube apps
The Wii U's complete TVii service is set to launch in December, but some of the programs within it are already dropping onto the console. Netflix hit on launch day (with a rocky, yet resolved start), and now YouTube and Amazon Instant Video are on the Wii U. With the YouTube app, videos can stream ...
Google Play up to 700,000 apps for Android, closing in on App Store
There are now around 700,000 apps on Google Play, the same number Apple revealed last month as being on the App Store. Speaking to Bloomberg, Google divulged the new amount of available Android apps, having announced last month it was up to 675,000. Google Play is apparently closing in when it ...
NBC News app now on Xbox Live
Microsoft has announced that the National Broadcasting Company (colloquially known as NBC) has released a news app on Microsoft's Xbox Live. The app features content from many of NBC's various news programs, including Meet the Press, Hardball, Dateline, Nightly News and the Rachel Maddow Show. The ...
Vita getting cat videos ... er, YouTube by the end of June
Tired of rewatching that UMD copy of Spider-Man 2 over and over? Well, Sony's ... oh, what's that? Oh, right, Vita, not PSP! Let's try this again. Tired of replaying that copy of Lumines over and over? Well, Sony's got a whole mess of video content heading to your PlayStation Vita in the coming ...
DLC Quest now on Mac App Store
Going Loud Studios' uniquely endearing commentary on the current state of our industry's fetish for all things microtransactional is now available on the Mac App Store for $0.99, a whole dollar less than its original price on Desura. In case you somehow missed our Indie Pitch or the subsequent ...
Study: Xbox 360 most popular non-PC device for watching video ads
The Xbox 360 is the most popular non-PC device for viewing online video, beating out iOS and Android handhelds, according to a study by online-video ad company Freewheel. Freewheel measured "professional content" only, meaning video that runs with ads -- meaning it really conducted a study on how ...
