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Welcome back to The Weekly Static on a very sunny and chilly Friday the 13th in the northeast, which is perfect weather for hockey mask-wearing and head of your dead mother-carrying — so here's hoping you take advantage of it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYquKiVJAlEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: ORIGINAL SERIES INTRO WITH VO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYquKiVJAlE) In case you[...]

After three decades (yes, you read that right: it's been thirty years) since the last tale was told, Apple is looking to Bryan Fuller (American Gods) and Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television for more volumes of Amazing Stories Originally announced in 2015 as a project for NBC, Fuller will serve as an executive producer on the Apple series;[...]

This isn't the first time Apple's updates of the iOS system have caused apps to fail, even when they receive notice ahead of time One notable issue that is still ongoing is the free Shakespeare app that causes plays to become stuck on a single page Or when Photoshop Express had issues allowing photos to[...]

Today marks an incredible 10 years since the birth of Apple's game-changing smartphone The tech giant held a special event to announce their next in the line of smart communication devices As it's the tenth anniversary, they of course wanted to go big And of course they did at their keynote, presented by Tim Cook[...]

Though Warner Bros is reportedly the frontrunner to take over the James Bond franchise distribution rights, a new report claims that both Apple and Amazon have risen to challenge them This battle can only be decided one way: with a THREE WAY DANCE! According to THR, the tech giants are looking to capture the rights to[...]

That headline may sound funny, but it's no laughing matter as Apple and Nintendo are currently at odds with each other on the production side of things After the Switch became a hit, Nintendo has shifted focus to ramp up production and create more units to ship out Unfortunately, some of the parts they need[...]

The financial news is breathless this morning with details of the details of the Softbank Vision Fund, a staggering $93 Billion tech investment fund which includes partners such as Apple, Qualcomm, ARM, Foxconn, Sharp, and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment  I think I like The Register's take the best, which is basically 'The world's biggest tech[...]

Even the big names are getting involved with Nintendo planning to launch several mobile titles each year and Mass Effect: Andromeda is getting a companion app that will allow you to run strike team missions while away from your PC or console. And since we're in something like a heyday for Indie games, that's the focus[...]

Super Mario Run's time since release has been a bit of a rollercoaster. The game flew out the gates, becoming the fastest iOS app to 25 million downloads,

Super Mario Run is dropping next week, and I expect it is going to be massive. However, there is a new revelation you should know about before plunking

Super Mario Run is just around the corner now, meaning that Nintendo's mascot is about to make his first steps into a mobile world. The runner is going to

Well, then. I wasn't expecting this. It has just been announced during the Apple Event that Mario is finally coming to the app store The game is called Mario Run It is unsurprisingly an runner game where you will be jumping across the level and you will be able to compete with friends in head to head[...]

By Joe Glass Anyone following me on twitter knows I'm mildly obsessed with mobile game MARVEL's Avengers Academy. The game, from TinyCo, re-imagines a

Hundreds of other companies like Time Warner, the parent company of DC Comics, Apple, Intel, Microsoft, AMC, Coca-Cola, Delta, Dell, Home Depot, UPS and many more put pressure on the governor to veto the bill. Supporters of the measure said it was meant to protect religious freedom, while opponents describe it as "anti-LGBT" and "appalling." At a press[...]

Apple's Macs aren't really known for their gaming prowess Of course, you can run the likes of Civ 5 on a Macbook pretty well, but there are few who are going to be trying to get Rise of the Tomb Raider running at 4k 60fps. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey rather brashly pointed that out in a[...]

He is now looking for a refund from Apple. This is no good to hear about, and I really think we have to find more safeguards to stop this happening I also think that developers who try to get children to spend as much of their parents money as possible are also a problem, but hey,[...]

When I was at MoCCA in New York in the spring I came across cartoonist Robert Sikoryak who was undertaking the massive project of telling the Apple iTunes terms & conditions in comic book form, one page a day, into volumes A and B. That project has now been completed. Talking to CBC in Canada, he told[...]

Guess that's why I mapped 10 of these buttons to Ctrl+Z. This is the game-changer with the Apple Pencil — barely any latency, so you actually feel like the pencil is leaving ink and can see the outcome of your drawing as it's happening Makers of real-life pencils got this figured out years ago. The Absolute[...]

It too is unavailable on the Image App along with a number of select issue compatriots as a result of Apple's iOS policies regarding sexual graphicness Which this issue certainly had But apparently issues #5-#8 are fine. Intriguingly, I was able (and did) buy a copy digitally on iTunes the night before, around 9pm ET Tuesday[...]

The other day, I wrote a story about how Apple had taken a somewhat scorched earth approach to the confederate flag discussion, by banning all references to the flag from its AppStore This included the historically accurate game Ultimate General: Gettysburg. Well, as a bit of clean up, it seems that the game is back on the[...]

It only ever annoys everyone, because frankly, none of us like to live in ashes. Apple seem to have adopted the style with their approach to the Confederate Flag though, which I hear is a pretty hot topic right now The company have gone about banning games from the AppStore featuring the controversial flag. The problem though?[...]

"Apple created the multi cultural emoji." Apple does indeed have a new set of 'kinda' multi cultural emoji Like the original Black GI Joe Apples emoji are just darker yet completely the same as their white counterparts. Orlando's emoji have the true flavor of people of color and I'm pretty damn sure Mr Jones was first[...]

Be it Threes, Minecraft or even Flappy Birds, Apple's platform is opening up the world of gaming to a lot of demographics that otherwise wouldn't sit down at a console to get their interactive fix. But do you know exactly how big the market is? In numbers posted by Apple today, it turns out that it's[...]

This week, we have Patrick Gerard as a guest, whose knowledge of business leads him to address the improved profit margin resulting from leaving Apple behind, resulting in the ability to lower the cost of comics and promote sales. Patrick Gerard writes: First of all, a bit of background on myself I'm the writer/publisher of the book[...]

The members wearing newspaper masks on their heads announce various crimes beforehand on a video sharing site named YOURTUBE, HARVARD BITES THE MANGA APPLE Harvard Business School students have recently been learning about the history of Apple through manga. "To be clear, it's not that Jobs manga you've likely heard of in the past This particular Japanese-style comics is[...]

The book has been absent from one particular venue since its release: Apple's iBooks store Today the publisher revealed the reason for that; the book was rejected by Apple and will not be sold on iBooks. The initial rejection happened in mid-October and the publisher appealed, citing the relatively small amount of graphic sexual content in[...]

Video of that in the morning. Of late Apple has been rather prudish over certain comic books, for showing sex and nudity, with Image Comics falling foul with titles such as Sex, Sex Criminals and Black Kiss. Satellite Sam seems to have survived (for now) but Pretty Deadly #2 may be just enough for Apple to rip[...]

Matt Fraction has tweeted the truth at people. official: SEX CRIMINALS #2 is BANNED BY APPLE for sale via comixology on iOS Not the iBooks store though Because it's hilarious that way > — BUTT STUFF WEREWOLF (@mattfraction) November 5, 2013   Via apple: "We found that one or more of your In-App Purchases contains content that many audiences[...]

The story so far. Earlier last year, a bunch of comics, including Saga #12, were not digitally distribute by ComiXology on Apple iOS devices Then it was revealed that this was ComiXology's doings not Apple's So they were all made available again Until Apple actually looked at them and said they weren't The Boys: Herogasm, Black[...]

UPDATE: Yes, sorry folks, UK and Ireland only… Sequential, the digital boutique graphic novel app that we covered in depth a few weeks ago, has gone live on Apple iOS devices Launch titles include From Hell, Nelson, Verity Fair, Bolland Strips, Hugo Tate and more. Many of the titles include extras, including audio tracks. The title Fictions by[...]