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The number of iOS 8 installations continues its upward march towards the 80 percent threshold. This magic number represents the iOS 7 adoption rate at roughly this time last year. While iOS 8 lags slightly behind according to Apple's Developer page, other reports show that the 80 percent level has already been reached.

In any case, iOS 8.2 was released on March 9 and is the first version to include Apple Watch support. In addition to stability enhancements and bug fixes, iOS 8.2 also includes several improvements to the Health App. iOS devices still running iOS 7 has dropped to 20 percent, with older versions comprising just 3 percent of the total. As always, these statistics from Apple only include devices compatible with iOS 8.

It hasn't been officially announced yet, but it came to light last week that Apple plans to launch a streaming TV service sometime this fall, likely in September. Details are scarce at the moment, but it is clear that Apple is negotiating with content providers including Disney/ABC, CBS, 21st Century Fox, Viacom and Discovery. Analysts believe the service will include around 25 channels and cost between $30 and $40 a month. Talks with Comcast (the parent company of NBCUniversal) have stalled, which some pundits believe could be problematic for launching the new service.

However, due to concessions it made during its acquisition of NBCUniversal, Comcast may be obligated to offer content to Apple. Under the terms, online video services are considered equal to cable companies; as such, Comcast is

Nintendo announced on Tuesday that the company had teamed up with Japanese game developer DeNA to develop games specifically for mobile devices. CEO Satoru Iwata told Time that Nintendo would develop most of the games in-house while DeNA would handle the “service side of things." Iwata also said Nintendo is leaning towards releasing freemium titles, but the company is considering all options and pricing may be decided on a game-by-basis. You can read Iwata's entire interview with Time here.

Apple is reportedly removing anti-virus and anti-malware apps from the App Store, according to security firm Intego. The company said on its blog that "Apple has elected to eliminate the category of anti-virus and anti-malware products from their iOS App Store," and pulled their iOS app VirusBarrier iOS. Apple has not released any statement confirming that anti-virus apps are no longer welcome on the App Store.

The developers behind the suite of sarcastic apps such as CARROT Fit and CARROT Alarm have released a new weather app for iOS devices. CARROT Weather promises to deliver "eerily accurate" weather forecasts with a "twisted" sense of humor, according to the official App Store description.

For those not familiar with CARROT, she is a mean spirited A.I. who enjoys insulting her "meat bags" when they fail to meet their daily calorie goals or when they won't get out of bed in the morning. For the new weather app CARROT uses forecast.io's weather data and more than 2,000 spoken lines to deliver 24-hour and 7-day forecasts. The app also features over 100 fun weather animations, different weather themes, 21 secret locations to unlock and a Today view widget.

When it comes to iPhone photography apps, Camera+ is one of the most powerful and versatile of the bunch. A large feature set comes packaged inside a slick user interface that's easy to use. The goal of Camera+ is to improve iPhone photos for everyone from casual users to photography enthusiasts. An update to version 6.2 was launched today.

Those who already own Camera+ can grab the update free. Others will have to drop $3.99 on the App Store to see what all the fuss is about. New features added to Camera+ make the app an even more convenient way to capture and share photos with the iPhone.