News & Reviews:   iOS

Last week, Apple announced that it will be terminating Epic Games' developer account. It was likely retaliation to the latter submitting a lawsuit after Apple had removed Fortnite from the Apple App Store. Microsoft has now decided to throw in its support for Epic Games, stating that termination of a developer account will hurt other game creators that rely on Unreal Engine.

When Epic Games sued Apple last week over the removal of Fortnite from its App Store, you'd think that things would simmer down before the two companies settle things in court. But Apple isn't going to take things lying down and has banned the former's developer account. And funny enough, it's going to be a fortnight from the date that Fortnite was removed. Oh boy...

By now, you should have heard the news about TikTok facing a ban thanks to US President Trump due to 'spying'. It may sound ridiculous but the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) just posted news that TikTok may have violated Google's privacy policy for tracking MAC addresses from Android users.

Changing phones between iOS and Android is always one of the most hassle things to do. Not only does it take a while to transfer all your media files, but the fact that you would lose all your chat history in your WhatsApp is super inconvenient. Well, that would change in the future because thankfully the WhatsApp development team is now working on saving chat history across different platforms!

By now, you probably have heard of Google Stadia but if you haven't, it's a new way for gamers to play video games via streaming from the cloud. At the moment, Google Stadia is working on most Android devices particularly the OnePlus 8 series but if you're thinking of waiting for it on your iPhone or iPad, that's not going to happen ever.

If you've been using an iPhone to back up your photos and videos on Google Drive, we got good news for you. Google just announced on their blog that Google One app is now free for iPhone and iPad users, as well as Android users. That's right, iOS users will have a free automatic phone backup soon (more on that later)!

If you are eager for new features on your Apple devices, the company has just released a new update that will do just that. The iOS 13.6 update has gone live and adds new features for iOS and iPadOS devices, as well as fixing some issues. Specifically, the new update comes with features to the Health app and adds support for digital car keys.

Technology can't always be working perfectly. Sometimes, there will be some technical issues creeping in to "spice up your life". Currently, several famous iOS apps are crashing down and the source of the problem hasn't been located yet. However, the public is suggesting that Facebook is the one to blame for this issue.

Earlier this month rumours that SNK is working on new games for the Metal Slug series appeared. It's said that one of them would be a mobile game with card elements, but there's another Metal Slug mobile game that is still in development. We finally know more about it now that Tencent Games has revealed the trailer for Metal Slug Code: J.

A few weeks ago, it was revealed that Facebook was working on dark mode for Android and iOS. That's not too surprising, considering that we got dark mode for the desktop version in early May, so the mobile version was just a matter of time. Now, sources are claiming that Facebook has already begun testing dark mode for mobile.