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Puzzle Breaker for iOS Adds a Fun RPG Twist to the Match-Three Puzzle Genre

Match-three games like Candy Crush are a dime a dozen, but Puzzle Breaker for iOS features a fun twist that separates it from the rest of the clones available on the App Store. Instead of trying to earn points and beat a timer, players must match weapon tiles to defeat monsters in a turn-based battle to the death. Here's how it works:

Puzzle Breaker for iOS

The game is played like most match-three titles. It features a board filled with differently colored tiles which players must swap horizontally or vertically to make sets of three or more of the same color. Each time a player makes a match it results in an attack on their opponent. Players can also move titles as many times as they want without making a match, however, this uses up precious turns which gives an opponent more time to counter attack. Instead of a beating a timer or a completing a certain objective, players win by reducing their opponent's health to zero. A player loses when they themselves run out of health.

A&E and History Channel iOS Apps Updated with Live Streaming

A&E was one the first television networks to add on-demand programming to its iOS apps, and now the company has added live television streaming. Both the A&E and History mobile apps have been updated with a new "LIVE TV" option for cable subscribers.

 A&E and History Channel iOS Apps

The A&E app for the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad offers access to full episodes, exclusive clips and deleted scenes from popular shows such as Duck Dynasty and Storage Wars. The History app from A&E features full episodes and clips from shows like Vikings, Pawn Stars and so on. Each app also allows users to create a customized "Watchlist," and access never before seen footage from their favorite shows.

Apple Rests Case Against Samsung, Hires Wolff Olins CEO, and other AAPL News 4/6/14 - 4/13/14

On Friday, after five days of court proceedings, Apple's attorneys wrapped up their arguments in the company's suit against Samsung for patent infringement. Their last witness to take the stand was Apple's damages expert Chris Vellturo, who, according to The Verge, estimates that Samsung could be liable for close to a whopping $2.2 billion. A portion of that number (about $1.5 billion) was derived by adding up Apple's royalty figures, which range from $1.61 to $15.03 per feature, per device, which comes out to $40.10 for each of the 37.36 million units Samsung has sold in the U.S. Samsung argues that the five features in question (which include slide to unlock and text auto-correct) are a part of Google's Android OS, not Samsung's devices, and that Apple is suing the wrong company.

Apple vs. Samsung

Also on Friday, Apple hired Wolff Olins Global (a branding agency) CEO and creative director Karl Heiselman to fill a new marketing communications role. He worked with Apple in the early 1990s as a design contractor before leaving for another job

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T-Mobile "Abolishes Consumer Overages"

After changing the way mobile providers dealt with cellphone subsidies, T-Mobile has now decided to "abolish consumer overages". The mobile carrier today announced part three of its new three part Un-carrier movement. Part one involved rolling out the company's Starter Plan which gave "value-conscious Americans" unlimited talk, text and up to 500MB 4G LTE data for only $40. Part two, entitled "Operation Tablet Freedom," allowed tablet owners to save money while upgrading to a 4G LTE model.

Abolishes Consumer Overages

Part three challenges AT&T, Verizon and Sprint to eliminate overage penalties. John Legere, president and CEO of T-Mobile, who says "overage fees are flat out wrong," has created a petition on Change.org asking all wireless carriers to abolish their "greedy, predatory" practices.

Possible iPhone 6 Cases Surface, Suggesting Two Different Size Units

As soon as the iPhone 5s hit the market the iPhone 6 rumor mill began churning, and claims of varying sizes, shapes, release dates and new functionality are now all over the web. At this point, the one rumor that has gathered the most steam is that it will be available in two different sizes. Pictures of a pair of alleged prototype iPhone 6 cases have emerged, and seem to lend credence to that rumor.

alleged iPhone 6 cases

MobileFun recently received a picture of two supposed iPhone 6 prototype cases lying side by side. The source of the photo is not entirely clear, so, as usual, take it with with a grain of salt. Aside from the two different sizes, it appears that there is a cutout on the right side of each case (left side in the pictures). This supports KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo research note from earlier this week that suggested

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