Apocalypse Survival Training app wants to get you fit… by outrunning aliens
Kickstarter project hits its goal with plans to provide “audio fitness adventure” for Android and iPhone. By Stuart Dredge
Game of Thrones spawns an app to help fans learn to speak Dothraki
Publisher promises it ‘will arm you with enough vocabulary and grammar to have a complete conversation in Dothraki’. By Stuart Dredge
Wi-Fi security, multiple sim cards and tablet pics – tech questions answered
How can you use public Wi-Fi and keep your data secure? Is it possible to get one account for all your devices; and how can you get pictures from a tablet onto a PC?
Apple’s Jony Ive: copying designs is ‘lazy thieving’
Chief designer hits out at copycat companies and explains why it took Apple so long to release larger smartphone. By Samuel Gibbs
Become an iPhone art star
If David Hockney can master the Brushes app then so can you – all it takes is some nifty finger work and a tiny bit of technical knowhow
Words With Friends mobile game gets revamped for its fifth birthday
Zynga adds solo mode, dictionary and Tinder-style Community Match feature to find suitable foes in new version. By Stuart Dredge
Carl Icahn predicts Apple share price will more than double
Carl Icahn urges Apple to initiate share buyback, saying all-conquering tech company is ‘dramatically undervalued’
Apple closes iOS 8 loophole to block emulators – including Mario
The so-called ‘date trick’ will be fixed in iOS 8.1, preventing “sideloading” of apps - and booting Nintendo’s classic Mario game off yet again. By Alex Hern
iPhone 6 and budget rivals hit Samsung profits
World’s biggest smartphone-maker blames weak sales of its new Galaxy models in third quarter
23 best new iPhone and iPad apps and games this week
Seasonal Cities, Vice News, Turbo Dismount, FIFA 15, Plunder Pirates, Fotograf, iOS 8 keyboard apps and more. By Stuart Dredge
Facebook working on mobile payments using Messenger, leak reveals
Social network planning a mobile payments solution that will let friends send money via the Facebook Messenger app on the iPhone. By Samuel Gibbs
Downton Abbey spawns official app (including Countess Violet’s best lines)
Popular TV show gets a ‘Downtonisms’ soundboard app for iPhone and Android smartphones. By Stuart Dredge
Desert Golfing: the strange appeal of mobile gaming’s latest craze
It’s a golf sim unlike any other, an endless slog over an eternal bunker. So why has it gripped millions of smartphone owners? By Simon Parkin
Apple may have to repay millions from Irish government tax deal
European commission opens formal investigation into sweetheart tax deal from 1991 that ran for 16 years. By Charles Arthur and Samuel Gibbs
Will iPhone 6 ‘bendgate’ take a bite out of Apple?
No Apple flaw has been able to stop it selling ever more devices. What difference will the latest hardware hassles make?