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Flappy Bird Flaps Away; iOS 7.1 Coming; ‘The Last of Us’ Wins DICE Awards

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Flappy Bird Flaps Away; iOS 7.1 Coming; ‘The Last of Us’ Wins DICE Awards

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Too busy taking in the Olympics to check out the tech headlines over the weekend? Here’s what you missed.

In a shock to mobile gaming fans everywhere, Flappy Bird developer Dong Nguyen over the weekend pulled the popular game from Google Play and the App Store. Those who already have it installed, however, can still play at the moment. Nguyen said the move was not related to a legal challenge or sale of the game, but because the attention was too overwhelming. “I cannot take this anymore,” he tweeted on Saturday. If you are among those who still have the game installed, check out 7 Tips for High Scores on Flappy Bird.

Also making headlines, Apple’s first major update to iOS 7 is expected to hit in “early March,”  according to the latest batch of unnamed sources speaking to 9to5Mac(Opens in a new window). That’s a wee bit later than some of the other rumors that pegged Apple’s update arriving in the next few weeks or so. Suffice to say, it appears as if iOS 7 will be arriving imminently, if nothing else.

In gaming news, if you loved The Last of Us, you’re not alone. Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic zombie thriller stole the show in Las Vegas last week at the DICE Awards, taking home the coveted Game of the Year award and nine other accolades. This year marked the 17th annual DICE Awards, one of the gaming industry’s most prestigious honors.

For more, check out Friday’s PCMag Live show in the video, as well as some news you might have missed in the links below.

  • Electronic Arts Responds to ‘Dungeon Keeper’ Rating Controversy: EA stands accused of creatively fixing ratings for the Android version of its ‘Dungeon Keeper’ mobile remake.
  • Sigma dp Quattro Series Sports a Radical New Sensor: The new line of APS-C Sigma compact cameras, dubbed the dp Quattro series, features a brand new Foveon sensor with a unique high-resolution blue layer.  
  • T-Mobile Blocks Aio Wireless From Using Similar Magenta Color: Aio Wireless will have to go back to the drawing board; a court has found that the magenta/plum color it uses in its marketing is too close to T-Mobile’s shade.  
  • Yahoo to Partner With Yelp, Integrate Reviews into Search: What happens to Yahoo Local results and reviews?  
  • Google Loses Appeal, Forced to Publish €150,000 Fine on Google.fr: A French court found that Google will not be “irreparably damaged” by posting a notice about a privacy-related fine.
  • Microsoft Asks Windows XP Holdouts: Upgrade to Windows 8 Already: Microsoft has taken to its blogs to ask users to upgrade their soon-to-be legacy Windows XP operating system.
  • Expect to Be Hacked in Sochi? Not Exactly: NBC suggested that Sochi visitors would be hacked the second they stepped off the plane, but it’s not that simple.  
  • How Fighter Jets, Dogecoin Helped Olympians Get to Sochi: Training for the Olympics takes more than just practice, practice, practice. It takes technology.

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