Updated to version 1.5, the app now boasts a new ‘Mini Menu’ which is accessible on the left hand side of the screen and allows easier access to tools used to enhance the wallpapers you create.

To celebrate the release the company also announced the “Büro Destruct Pack” of colourful add-ons (which usually would set you back £1.19) has dropped to FREE until Friday, August 6. Grab it while you can!

The mail shot stated the service was now ready to accept new user’s Twitter and Facebook accounts. The trouble was, the service wasn’t ready to accept new user accounts, but the mail shot went out anyway. The company is now is in the process of apologizing to hundreds of its users as it tries to rectify the issue.

For those not yet familiar with Flipboard:

Your Flipboard is a constantly updated source of news you care about. Why do you care about it and how does it know you will care about the content it displays? It’s because the content it displays comes from your own followers. The people you chose to follow on Twitter or friend on Facebook.

An anonymous tipster sent us the following string which shows one user and his experience.

Hi there,

We just sent you an email telling you that we were ready for you to set up your Facebook and Twitter accounts. We are sorry to say that our email system sent the wrong email. We were actually trying to send you an email confirming your place in line for you to setup your Facebook and Twitter sections.

You will receive another email when your reservation is ready. We are working around the clock to get you your invite and will send you your official invite soon.

Thanks again for your patience and support.

- The Flipboard Team

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Butter wrote:

:/
no luck, Chuck.

_b

On Jul 29, 2010, at 1:55 PM, Flipboard, Inc. wrote:

> Hi there. We’re now ready for you to set up your Facebook and Twitter accounts on Flipboard. Try it out and let us know what you think. And thanks again for your patience and enthusiasm.

- The Flipboard Team

Flipboard, Inc.
818 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650-332-3547

Luckily this user had a happy ending:

bingo.

THANKS !

Hi Butter, try again.

Best, gloria

Have you been given access to Flipboard yet?

The game promises a fresh new experience of city management with new challenges, improved graphics and crazy new disasters.

From the app description:

Build and manage your dream city with an updated SimCity™ experience for iPhone® & iPod touch®. Designed for dedicated and casual fans, let your inner urban planner run wild with easier controls, optimized performance, improved visuals, starter cities, and exciting new scenarios.

FACE NEW CHALLENGING SCENARIOS
Take on up to 7 multifaceted scenarios, from staging a glorious “World Games” to coping with a scorching heat wave. See if you have what it takes to be a successful mayor.

MEET DEVASTATING DISASTERS
Guide your city through seasonal catastrophes during Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Even fend off the Armageddon of a random meteor strike.

GET STARTED IN 7 BUSTLING CITIES
Choose cities inspired by world famous locations and remake them to your liking.

MODIFY TERRAIN WITH TOUCH CONTROL
Finger-paint water, land, and trees. Get more power and control over the look of your city’s landscape.

INSTANTLY SEE HOW YOUR CITY IS SHAPING UP
Enjoy vastly improved zooming capability and watch the image of your city be smoothly displayed when you scroll. SimCity™ Deluxe features more responsive performance than ever before.

We’ll have a review shortly, for now you can grab the new game using the link below!

Other notable findings included:

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One of the main reasons for that, still according to the startup, is the fact that the App Store for iPad became available after in-app purchases were introduced, contrary to the App Store for iPhone. Another reason to take into consideration is that the iPad may currently be used more as a media consumption device than the iPhone, with magazine and newspaper publishers selling much of their content as in-app purchases.

[via @TechCrunch]

Today, PocketGamer is reporting that the company has seen an 11% increase in its half-year sales compared to last year, with Gameloft enjoying a hefty 113% increase in market share of its games designed specifically for iPhone and iPad.

According to the site the publisher announced Q2 figures of €33.6 million ($44 million), seeing an increase of 15 percent compared to last year. Overall this gives Gameloft half year sales figures of €66.6 million ($87.1 million).

Pocket Gamer notes:

The company said in a statement it had increased market share on the declining Java and Brew markets, and the growing smartphone market with iPhone and iPad sales increased 113 percent during Q2.

Alongside the announcement Gameloft released the following statement.

“Gameloft is expecting continued growth in 2010 in terms of revenue and profitability. In the longer term, Gameloft appears in an ideal position to benefit from the rapid emergence of the digital distribution of video games on mobile phones, tablets and consoles, as well as from major technological innovations brought to the market.”

[@Gameloft via @PocketGamer]

The site notes that as well as playing the game standalone, users can also “use the iPhone as an external controller to play the game on your iPad via a Bluetooth connection.”. As seen in this video below, were the iPad alone is being used to control the action of the iPhone’s screen.

Now, this isn’t new per-se, but as Schultz states this is possibly the first time we’ve seen the control method implemented for an action-oriented title.

[via @AppShopper]

In a nutshell, Diptic allows you to take a few photographs and arrange them in different framed templates. A noted by the developers, this then allows you to create a before and after scene, produce a photographic series, or juxtapose photos alongside eachother.

Announced about an hour ago via the app’s official Twitter account (@dipticapp), The new update adds a bunch of new features including full support for iPhone 4′s 326 pixel-per-inch Retina Display, iOS 4 mulitasking, plus adds 14 new framing layouts and more!

Dear Diptic’ers, An update is available in the app store: Retina Display, Multitasking and 14 new layouts. Love, Us

Full Change Log

Announced via a tweet from the game’s official Twitter account, Removr will be available for download Thursday July 29th (tomorrow).

“I was just approved by Apple! I won’t be available until Thursday July 29, but I have some promo codes if anyone wants it now.”

Here’s a little bit about the game:

A unique twist on the highly popular flash title Red Remover, Removr is a new and challenging game coming soon to both iPhone iPod touch and iPad.

Developed by @PatrickMandia and @Mike3k, Removr will consist of 60 levels at launch and involves players working their way through each of the game’s levels by saving the green objects, removing the red ones, and those blue fellows? – well, they can stay where they are all day, if they please.

Alongside the announcement the developers also announced members of the press could request promotional copies of the game for advanced preview.

[via @Removr]

The issue turned out to be that many users on both the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS were experiencing the game crashing both on initial launch and while in-game.

Just a few minutes ago though we got the heads up from one of our Twitter followers (@joostf1), who was keen to inform us @PopCap_Games had just issued an update to the game in the form of version 1.3.

The new update specifically fixes the crash-related bugs we previously reported on.

Full Change Log:

If you can’t yet find the new update on the store, it is probably propagating to your region as we speak. We’d love to know if this update fixes the crashing issues. Leave us a comment.

[via @JoostF1]

Developed by iQubi, The War Of Eustrath sees players controlling various units called “Gears” to aid you in a fight against good versus evil. Eustrath is a magical kingdom in which lies the type of technology we’ve never set eyes on before here on Earth, and is inhabited by creatures called the ‘Elementals’.

Taking advantage of your unearthly powers, players are left to battle against two types of deadly fighting machine; Elemental Gears and Mechanical Gears.

The stage of this game is the world called ‘Eustrath’. Even though it has advanced technologies it differs from Earth by the existence of Elementals. Like magic in a typical fantasy world, the power of Elementals is accepted and utilized in everyday life. One of them are fighting machines called ‘Elemental GEARs’. And there are also fighting machines called ‘Mechanical GEARs’ whose power comes from the pure mechanical energy not elemental energy. These GEARs ,both Elemental and Mechanical, are natural element of Eustrath. People accept them as part of their life and mainly utilize them for warfares.

Throughout the history of Eustrath, there were three great wars recorded. This game is an attempt to revive one of those wars. The heroine of the game is a country girl ‘Tiana’, You can control her and her companions to build the history of Eustrath.

Very much an anime-inspired adventure and already available for iPad, The War Of Eustrath launches on iPhone at a limited-time offer price of £1.79.

We’ll have a full review for you guys and girls soon!