Google dropped some interesting information about Ice Cream Sandwich, the next version of Android – Android 4.0 at its Google I/O conference back n May. We now know that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be announced at a Google event on 19 October . A video of an Ice Cream Sandwich sculpture at Google’s HQ confirms the 19 October launch for the new OS. The Android 4.0 launch takes place at 10AM Hong Kong time (3AM UK time), and was posted on Google’s brand new @ Android Twitter account
Sony Ericsson has posted some mildly encouraging financial results for Q3 2011, in which it broke even – a massive improvement over Q2 in which it posted losses of €50 million (£44 million). The improvement is mainly down to Sony Ericsson’s Xperia range of smartphones, which it says account for 80% of its sales, having shipped 22 million of the things to date. Bert Nordberg, president and CEO of Sony Ericsson, said that these reassuring smartphone figures would prompt a change in strategy for the company: “We will continue to invest in the smartphone market, shifting the entire portfolio to smartphones during 2012.” Bit peaky Sony Ericsson’s figures still don’t look too healthy though, with profits and sales overall falling in Q3 2011 compared to the same quarter in 2010.
Hopefully you enjoy supremely colorful matching games, because we have one that may just make your eyeballs explode, and its name is Birzzle Pandora. We also have an arcade game that has you fighting paper ninjas, and a photo booth app for your iPad. All app prices are subject to change at any time and without notice regardless of stated free duration. Price changes are solely under the control of the developers
The death of money Every day, all over the world, currency is minted and printed in huge quantities. That currency gets jammed into pockets and organised in tills, folded inside wallets and stuffed into envelopes, paid into bank accounts and stored underneath mattresses. Money is all around us, and yet none of it actually exists. Our notes and coins and the numbers we see in our online bank accounts are mere IOUs – promises from people we’ll never meet that we’ll never redeem.
Siegecraft ($0.99) by Crescent Moon Games is a strategy game for the iPad or iPhone/iPod touch where you must use your trusty siege machines against invading armies of Vikings, knights and samurai who want to pillage your village. Hone your skills at castle defense by killing sheep and destroying bridges.