Angry Birds

Stolen, which seemed to go viral almost overnight, was pulled from the App Store Thursday after privacy concerns fueled a backlash against the app.

A look at our favorite iPhone games of all time, based on our list of the best 100 iPhone apps of all time.

According to fresh statistics from analytics firm App Annie published on Wednesday, social media giant Facebook is responsible for four of the top ten most downloaded iOS apps of all time, with Google and Apple titles in tow.

In a pair of iOS App Store developments on Thursday, Apple put a collection of 100 titles up for sale priced at 99 cents each, while Google updated YouTube for iOS to make the "vertical video" viewing experience a bit more bearable.

If you're anything like us, you already have way too many apps on your phone, but that isn't stopping you from trying new ones. That can get very expensive very quickly, unless it just so happens that the App Store has a "100 Apps and Games" promotion, in which every single app and game on offer is $0.99. But really, when does that ever happen?...

From Angry Birds to Candy Crush Saga, many of the games we love are quietly eating up our batteries. Here are eight popular games that will take a huge toll on your smartphone's battery.

As Apple's App Store nears 50 billion downloads, the company reveals the all-time most popular apps for iPhone and iPad.

Whether you're an Android or an iPhone user, odds are you have a gripe or two about your phone's battery life. It's the number one complaint among cell phone users, and unfortunately, there haven't been many breakthroughs in cell battery tech. As apps continue to get more sophisticated, they're also sucking more of the life out of your phone's battery. Almost all smartphone users download apps, which explains why we're all familiar with the agony of being down to 10% battery by 5 p.m.

Rovio, the maker of the now-ubiquitous Angry Birds series, has introduced a new cross-platform account that allows gamers to pick up where they left off, whether playing a title on Apple's iOS or Google's Android.

Marking the fifth anniversary of the iPhone App Store, Apple has sent a poster to members of the press marking the many milestones the digital download destination has seen over its first half-decade.

Onavo, a startup that offers five apps across iOS and Android to help users track and compress the amount of data they use on the Internet, as well as protect their information online, has published new data today revealing the most popular video games being sold on the App Store....

The original, full Angry Birds has 15 new levels, and now it's free for iOS devices.

Rovio’s original Angry Birds game for iOS has today been updated with 15 new Bad Piggies levels, and is now available for free for the first time ever on both iPhone and iPad. The incredibly popular title was first introduced to the iPhone back in December 2009, and it’s been priced at $0.99 ever since. But if you’re not one of the many millions who have already downloaded it, now is the perfect time to grab it.

Nice catch from the folks over at Appsfire: the original Angry Birds game is now available for free from the App Store....

Rovio's Angry Birds — one of the world's most popular mobile games — is now available for free from the app store. First noticed by Appsfire, the price drop from $0.99 (iPhone) and $2.99 (iPad HD version) represents the first time that the game has been available for free since its 2009 release. The free versions of both Angry Birds and Angry Birds HD— which were limited to a few playable levels — have been removed from the App Store in the US and UK. We've reached out to Rovio to see if this is a...

Angry Birds may be one of the most popular apps of all time, but it’s also not exactly a spring chicken, and so, to boost its downloads, publisher Rovio is now making the original iOS versions for iPhone and iPad free. According to Ouriel Ohayon of Appsfire, who was the first to have spotted this, this is the first time Rovio has taken down the paywall on these versions. The moves come as some…

It’s Christmas morning and the sound of pitter patter can be heard around the home as children and even adults scurry towards the Christmas tree in order to get started opening their presents. What did you get? An iPad? An iPhone? Power it on and let’s take a look at some of the apps that you’re really going to want to download onto that brand new device first....

Rovio‘s successful Angry Birds franchise is not showing any signs of fatigue yet. The popular mobile game first hit app stores on December 11, 2009, and the Finnish entertainment company behind it is celebrating its third ‘birdday’ with a special update (to, aptly, version 3.0.0)....

Angry Birds has been around for what seems like forever, topping over 1 billion downloads across all available platforms. But folks continue to come up with new and interesting ways for us to sling birds into poorly built structures with the sole purpose of needless destruction. Samsung today officially joined that pack by offering Angry Birds on Samsung’s Smart TV, but pay no mind to the remote — the whole thing is controlled by gesture. The idea is that you can aim birds by pulling back the way you ...

The iOS App Store was created so that users could download and operate apps in a secure space. Theoretically, an application would not be able to ex…

Rovio, the creators of Angry Birds, celebrated the game’s second birthday on December 11 with an update that’s guaranteed to please fans of the bird slinger. In addition to 15 brand new levels, version 2.0 of the original Angry Birds game unlocks every episode available.

Apple released its iTunes Rewind 2011 and App Store Rewind 2011 today, the company’s annual lists detailing of the top selling apps, music, TV shows, movies and podcasts for the year. This year, the biggest winner on the apps front was Angry Birds, which ran away with the number one spot on the iPhone and iPad in all categories except top free iPhone app, which was awarded to Facebook. Apple also selects its own favorite applications, and one of our preferred apps, Instagram, won the honor of being App...

Fruit Ninja is one of those titles almost every iOS gamer has experienced at some point — just like Angry Birds. And like the aforementioned bird game, the makers of Fruit Ninja are hoping to cash in on their popularity this holiday season with these incredibly adorable Fruit Ninja plush toys.

Rovio Mobile, the creator of the hugely successful series of Angry Birds games, has revealed in a message posted on Twitter that it is working on a solution to bring game syncing across all devices. The feature would enable players to begin a game on their iPad at home, which they could then continue from where they left off on their iPhone on the train. When you unlock a new level on one device, you unlock the level on all devices. Game syncing is a feature that many iOS games would benefit from. As mo...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6pT_2E5xI0 Tiny Wings – ($0.99) iPhone – Games The next iPhone game to join the likes of Doodle Jump and Angry Birds as hugely popular titles that seem to cling to the top of the App Store charts for months on end could be Tiny Wings – a simple one-button arcade game based on a dream of flying. Featuring a loveable little bird whose wings are too small to fly, the aim of this game is to slide up and down hills as fast as you can, flapping your wings when the time is right...

Angry Birds, holder of the top spot for paid iPad and iPhone apps, has released an update to its immensely popular game. Following the image leak of their Valentine’s Day…

As has been reported quite widely over the past few hours, Apple has updated its list of the top-selling iPhone and iPad apps of all time as it creeps towards…

Angry Birds from Rovio, recently unleashed the “Seasons” version of its super popular, and equally excellent game for the iPhone and iPod Touch, has just released updates to the standard…

There are a few apps on my iPhone competing for the title of ‘Best $0.99 I’ve ever spent’. Zombiebooth 3D is up there, as is Angry Birds (another iTunes link),…

There's an ocean of apps out there. Whether you just got your iPhone and are feeling adrift or you're a salty old dog seeing what you might've missed, here are the absolutely essential apps. Twitter: Twitter thankfully didn't make too many changes when they gobbled up the already-great Tweetie 2 from Atebits—same clean interface, same Tweet swiping, and the same it-feels-so-good pull to refresh mechanism. Free. Facebook: The new, panel-based interface takes a little getting used to, but once you're...

Angry Birds, the game we all love, both on Android and iPhone has received huge updates! I will let the app’s developer do the talking on what to expect in…

Oh yes! The ridiculously addictive Angry Birds iPhone app just got an update that gives it Game Center support, Retina Display compatibility, and 15 new levels. There goes my evening! The update's free if you have the app already, otherwise you can get it for a buck.

If you either own an iPhone or know somebody that does, the chances are you will have heard of the hit (literally) App Store gem known as Angry Birds. The…