Steam beta journeys to Android and iOS, for select invitees



Our friends at Joystiq are members of a privileged club of which we are not. We’ve both downloaded and installed the mobile version of Steam — now available as a free beta download for Android and iOS — but where they found Mac and PC games for sale…

DingleBerry breaks PlayBook free from RIM’s chains (again), Android Market access makes a comeback



To root or not to root? For savvy PlayBook owners running beta 2.0, that should no longer be a question. With the recent release of DingleBerry, users comfortable with command lines have been enjoying superuser privileges on the slate, but the fun c…

iOS 5.1 beta seeded to developers



The latest update to iOS 5 is drawing near, folks, as the beta of version 5.1 was just released on Apple’s developer site. You can grab the build if you’re in possession of an iPhone 3GS or later, either iPad or the third and fourth generations of…

Apple seeds iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 to developers, beta 1 was so yesterday…



If you downloaded yesterdays iOS 5 beta you might want to check that iPhone / iPad / iPod touch for an OTA update. No word on what’s new in 9A404 — a mere two builds from yesterdays 9A402 — but the updated build should still bring solace to thos…

Blackberry Playbook native SDK opened to devs, time to get rich?



Selected app developers who impressed RIM with their source code struttin’ have been rewarded with access to the closed beta of the Playbook’s native SDK. The kit includes the Mac-compatible QNX Momentics Tool Suite, updated APIs and samples as well…