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• Unity adds free mobile game development for Android and iOS

  Unity Technologies has added the ability to develop for Android and iOS games for free using its platform.

• US Defense Department approves Apple's iOS devices for its networks

  Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating systems.

• Android retains lead over Apple

  Android has remained at the top of the leader board when it comes to smartphones, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report.

• Adaptive learning application lets parents track what kids have learned

  A new feature released Tuesday from children's app maker Kidaptive lets parents track the progress of what their children are learning inside the company's first story and game application.

• Australian startup snapshot: CaptureUs

  CaptureUs is a Melbourne startup developing an app to help users take better video with their mobile devices.

• Yahoo recruiting iOS developers to 'radically improve' Flickr

  Yahoo's Flickr mobile app may be getting a completely new look in the months to come, as the company seeks to hire multiple iOS engineers to "radically improve" the photo-sharing site's app and attract new users, the company said in a recent job notice.

• Gates sticks to company line on tablets, knocks iPad

  Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates today stuck to the company line on tablets, and disparaged rival Apple's iPad for its lack of a keyboard and its inability to run Office.

• Apple breaks into Fortune 500's top 10

  Apple climbed the Fortune 500 this year to the No. 6 spot, its highest-ever ranking, its first time in the top 10, and the top technology company on the influential list, replacing sagging HP.

• Apple hijacks OS X devs to keep iOS on track

  Apple may delay the release of OS X 10.9 because it's pulled engineers from the team to help in a final push on the next version of iOS, according to online reports.

• Think tablets are popular? Shipments explode in first quarter

  Tablet shipments exploded by 142 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 year-over-year as all Android tablets, including low-budget white box versions, dominated the market over Apple iOS tablets, IDC said.

• Opera sues former designer over work on Mozilla's iPad browser

  Opera Software has sued a former designer, claiming that work he did for the company ended up in a project at rival Mozilla, according to Norwegian press reports today.

• Look out Siri! Google Now aims to take a bite out of Apple

  Watch out, Siri. Apple's iPhones and iPads are getting a new talking assistant -- and it's not you!

• Apple to challenge $368M patent infringement verdict

  Apple will challenge a November 2012 jury verdict that awarded $368 million in damages to Nevada patent-holding company VirnetX, a filing with U.S. regulators showed.

• LG stages comeback as smartphones outsell feature phones for first time

  LG Electronics more that doubled its sales of smartphones in the first quarter, which was the first time smartphones outsold feature phones, according to market research company IDC.

• Apple's WWDC sells out in under 3 minutes

  Apple set a record today by selling out its annual developer conference in under three minutes.