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Apple has released iOS 8.1.2 three weeks after releasing its last maintenance update in November, and one week after the TaiG team released their iOS 8.1.1 jailbreak tool. It is unknown at this time if the update breaks the TaiG jailbreak. This means users with Pangu or TaiG installed on their device should not update if they want to remain jailbroken.

iOS 8.1.2 addresses an issue that causes ringtones purchased from the iTunes Store to be removed from a user's device. Customers can restore their lost ringtones by visiting itunes.com/restore-tones and following the instructions. Apple will soon release more information on the security content of iOS 8.1.2 here.

After opening at $118.81 on Monday last week, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares fell over the next five days to close Friday at $115.00. This happened despite record Cyber Monday sales. According to analytics firm Custora, Sales were up 15.4% and 21.9% of orders came from mobile devices. Of those, iOS devices accounted for 78% of orders while Android accounted for only 21.6%.

Analysts are still bullish, despite the first slump in months. Several firms increased their target prices over the course of the week. On Tuesday, Canaccord Genuity raised its target price to $135 due to continued high demand for both iPhone 6 models, and a higher average selling price of $700, due to demand for more storage.

Ironhide Game Studio's popular tower defense series Kingdom Rush has had weird launch history. The original title got its start as a free flash game on Armorgames.com in 2011 and was ported to the iPad a few months later. The game was eventually released to Android devices in 2013 before it finally landed on Steam in 2014. The sequel, Kingdom Rush Frontiers, was originally released to iOS devices before making its way to Android and back to where it all started on Armor Games. Unfortunately for PC fans the third title in the series, Kingdom Rush Origins, was only released for iOS, Android and Amazon mobile devices with no plans for a PC release, but why?

Today Ironghide released an "open letter of love" explaining why there will never be a PC version of the prequel. The letter gives a detailed explanation as to why the Ironhide team chose not to release a PC version and all Kingdom Rush fans should read it in its entirety.

It was a busy week for App Store news and releases so let's jump right in... Hearthstone fans can get a sneak peek of the new "Goblins vs. Gnomes" expansion by logging in to Arena mode this weekend. Players will then be able to buy packs of the new cards on Monday, December 8 using real world money or in-game gold.

The creators of the popular Freemium title Clash of Clans have soft launched a new title called Spooky Pop in Canada. The game looks to be a match-three puzzler with a Ghostbusters-like theme. You can check out two screenshots below. A U.S. release date is unknown, but you can download the game now if you have a Canada App Store account.

We previously mentioned that the real-time strategy game Chain Chronicle is coming to the U.S. on December 8th, but the trailer for the game was mysteriously pulled from YouTube. A new trailer has been release and you can see it below in the Trailers / Previews section.

Nitrome announced two new titles: Platform Panic and Roller Polar. You can watch the trailers for both games below.

Rumors of Nintendo porting their most famous titles to iOS have been floating around since the first iPhone was launched in 2007. As it turns out, the App Store is not the place to find Super Mario Brothers or Zelda. Nintendo watchers are at it again after the publication of a patent filed by Nintendo titled "Hand-held Video Game Platform Emulation".

The focus of the patent is on emulating Nintendo game platforms such as the Game Boy Advance on various modern devices. iPhones and iPads could be included in the broad definition, as well as built-in screens in airplane and train seats. The patent explains that software emulation would model "a native platform liquid crystal display controller using a sequential state machine" and provide high quality graphics and sound.