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Apple is said to be testing two configurations of Force Touch technology for the next generation iPhone. Sources told DigiTimes that the new iPhone 6s sensors will be supplied by the same companies manufacturing these panels for Apple Watch. Force Touch makes it possible for devices to discern between a light tap and a heavy press when interacting with the display.

According to the report, a Force Touch sensor layer is likely to be placed below touch panel backlighting. This approach would reduce interference with the in-cell touch panel, however it requires additional components and a new flexible printed circuit design. Another configuration being tested locates the Force Touch sensor directly under the outermost protective screen layer, above the in-cell touch panel.

Apple opened registration for WWDC 2015 on Tuesday. The event is being held June 8 through June 12 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, with plans to live stream more sessions than ever before. The event will include over "100 technical sessions, over 1,000 Apple engineers, hands-on labs to help developers integrate new technologies and fine tune their apps, as well as the Apple Design Awards which showcase the best new apps in the last year." You can read the official press release here.

Hearthstone fans can now play the collectible card game on their iPod touch and iPhone. Blizzard updated the existing iPad app with iPhone support on Wednesday. The free iOS app now supports the fifth-generation iPod touch, iPhone 4s or newer, iPad 2 or newer and all three iPad mini models. Blizzard also released the third wing of the of Blackrock Mountain adventure, titled Blackrock Spire, on Thursday.

There have been a lot of third-party keyboards released for iOS devices ever since Apple opened the walled garden in iOS 8, but none of them are as fabulous as RuPaul's Drag Race Keyboard. The new iOS 8 keyboard from Logo allows Drag Race fans to quickly send images and animated GIFs of heir favorite queens to their squirrel friends and family.

The keyboard is free to download and easy to use, but you will have to enable it after installing it on your device. To enable any third-party keyboard navigate to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards and tap the "Add New Keyboard..." panel. From here you can enable any third-party keyboards that you have downloaded by tapping their name and giving them permission to access your device. Once you have added RuPaul Keyboard to your active keyboards list, you will need to go back to the Keyboards screen and tap its name, then tap the "Allow Full Access" slider so it is ON / GREEN.

Bandi Namco has teamed up with Sony Pictures Entertainment to release a mobile game based on the upcoming movie Pixels. The game will be a tower defense title where players need to defend Earth from an alien invasion.

Pixels the movie stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Peter Dinklage as the Arcaders -- a group of heroes who must stop Earth from being destroyed by retro video games characters brought to life. Pixels the game promises to offer an "innovative twist on traditional tower defense game mechanics." In the game, players take on the role of the Arcaders to stop the aliens before they destroy the world. Pixels will mark the first time PAC-MAN, Q*bert, Frogger and other classic arcade characters will be featured in the same video game at the same time.

Widget Weather has been updated with Apple Watch support. The third-party weather service, which allows users to check forecasts from the Today panel of their iPhone, now features normal and Glance view options for Apple's wearable device. Apple Watch users with the widget installed on their iPhone can get 3-hour weather updates from the normal view, or see the current weather and 6-day forecast by glancing at their wrist.

The Widget Weather iPhone app only provides settings for the actual widget. From the app users can choose different fonts, weather icons and languages, and customize their weather forecast using simple on/off switches. The widget uses GPS and data from openweathermap.org and met.no to deliver accurate weather information based on your location.