Kara Swisher in Media on May 23 at 1:43 pm PT
After stabilizing the design culture at Yahoo amid much turmoil, the well-known user experience exec leaves the sketchbook to CEO Mayer.
News Byte
Eric Johnson in News on May 23 at 12:58 pm PT
Danish mobile games company Kiloo’s most popular app, the runner game Subway Surfers, has racked up 175 million downloads since it launched one year ago. In that time, the game has been played 5.5 billion times, the company said in a press release today.
Subway Surfers is often used as a reference point among free-to-play game developers seeking to monetize their games with in-app purchases. Kiloo’s IAP store has kept the game in the top 50 of Apple’s “top grossing” charts for the past nine months.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 23 at 10:44 am PT
A massive amount of product to move in the first month after the device’s commercial debut.
News Byte
John Paczkowski in News on May 23 at 9:37 am PT
Apple today said the keynote address for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference will occur at 10 AM PT Monday, June 10, at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Not a big surprise, as that is the day the event kicks off. Speakers for the keynote have not been announced — nor are they likely to be. But expect to see CEO Tim Cook presiding over the standard cast of characters as they demonstrate the latest in Apple tech, including the next major releases of both iOS and OS X.
John Paczkowski in News on May 23 at 4:03 am PT
“Just because you heard it yesterday in a Senate committee doesn’t mean … it’s factually correct.”
News Byte
Mike Isaac in Mobile on May 23 at 12:01 am PT
OtterBox, one of biggest names in protective products and cases for mobile devices, announced on Wednesday that it acquired LifeProof, a rival growing company with a “comprehensive product offering” and “impressive intellectual property,” OtterBox
said in a release. LifeProof’s 250 employees will remain in San Diego, where the company is currently headquartered. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
News Byte
John Paczkowski in News on May 22 at 1:05 pm PT
Veteran tech analyst
Michael Gartenberg is jumping the fence to work for a company he has spent decades covering during stints at Gartner, Altimeter and Jupiter Research.
Forbes reports, and
AllThingsD has independently confirmed, that Gartenberg has recently taken a job at Apple. Details on his role at the company are slim, though sources say he’ll be working for Apple’s marketing group, a division overseen by SVP Phil Schiller.
John Paczkowski in News on May 22 at 6:00 am PT
Designed by Apple in California, assembled in Texas …
John Paczkowski in News on May 21 at 1:11 pm PT
“We pay all the taxes we owe. Every single dollar,” says Tim Cook.