Like a tech industry Tekken, Apple is clashing with almost everyone these days, from Google to Microsoft to Amazon and beyond. Now Sony feels the force as iPhone grabs the handheld gaming market. Flurry Analytics says Apple’s surpassed Sony PSP game revenue in the US, estimating the iPhone has seized 5 per cent of the lucrative $10 billion US games industry. That’s up from $115 million in 2008 – near 400 per cent growth. With over 30,000 games available at the App Store and the upcoming release of the much-anticipated iPad, Apple’s set to continue grabbing share in the games market, the researchers…

Parents may at last have a winning argument to kick their youngsters off their Xbox, Wii or PlayStation – too much video gaming can inhibit learning in young boys. Seems that young boys who had a PlayStation spent less time engaging with after-school educational activities and showed less advancement in their reading and writing skills over time than the control group….