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Blackrock Spire

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.

iOS App of the Week: RuPaul's Drag Race Keyboard

RuPaul's Drag Race Keyboard

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.

Pixels Movie Turned Into Tower Defense Game for Mobile Devices

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

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 Gets Apple Watch Support

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.

Widget Weather

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.

Eyes Wide Games Announces One-Touch Baseball Title for Apple Watch

Eyes Wide Games today revealed that its new title, Watch This Homerun, will join Robot 5 Studios' Football Twos, as one of the first two sports games released for the Apple Watch. The goal of the game is to hit as many home runs as possible in a short amount of time.

Watch This Homerun

In the game, players will be able to blast fastballs, curveballs and changeups out of the park by using simple one-touch controls. Players will also be able to complete full games in 10-15 seconds, and keep track of their achievements and personal stats via the official iPhone companion app. Watch This Homerun will be available later this month when the Apple Watch is officially released.

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