Vivendi to sell Activision-Blizzard!?

June 8th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

A few years ago, the purchase of Activision-Blizzard turned Vivendi in the biggest games company ever. Now, it seems like Vivendi is interested in selling off the games division. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile Unconference June 25th Rotterdam (NL)

June 7th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | No Comments »

As a long time partner to the Mobile Unconference events, MobileGamesBlog.com is happy to announce the MobUnc team has setup a new event for June 25th. Read the rest of this entry »

Playbook OS 2.1 Rolling Out

May 30th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PlayBook OS (QNX) | No Comments »

RIM is preparing the BETA of PlayBook OS 2.1 for download by the community. The 2.1 update will offer a few improvements in the usability of the device, but mainly increase possibilities to app developers. Read the rest of this entry »

Asus Nexus 7 Surfaces

May 30th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

It seems the development of the new Asus Android tablet is nearing completion as the Asus Google Nexus 7 surfaces. AndroidPolice found the device which is codenamed ‘Grouper’. Read the rest of this entry »

CyanogenMod Reaches 2 Million Installs

May 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

CyanogenMod might be one of the most popular custom ROM’s for Android devices. At the start of this year, a million Android phones had been running on CyanogenMod. By now, that amount has doubled. Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook Looking to Develop their own Smartphone (again)

May 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

Again, rumours surface that Facebook has interest in developing their own smartphone. To do so, Facebook is rumoured to have hired staff from Apple that worked on the iPhone. Read the rest of this entry »

Smartphone Subsidies to End in Holland!?

May 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

It seems a shift in Smartphone purchases is to happen in the next few years in The Netherlands. Several telco’s have already said to be interested in dropping subsidies for smartphone purchases by consumers. Read the rest of this entry »

Amazon to Become an MVNO in Japan!?

May 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

According to rumours, Amazon is planning to launch as an MVNO in the land of the rising sun, Japan. If rumours are right, it will start offering flat-fee 500MB pre-paid SIMcards to Japanese consumers. Read the rest of this entry »

Another 2.000 Jobs Cut at RIM

May 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

According to rumours, Research in Motion is about to cut another 2.000 jobs off its payroll. The news follows 2.000 jobs that have been cut last year as RIM was suffering from a steep decline in Blackberry sales. Read the rest of this entry »

First Tizen Devices in H2 2012!?

May 22nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Tizen | No Comments »

If thing go according to plan, the first devices running Tizen should land in stores in the second half of 2012. Main investors in Tizen, Intel and Samsung, are expected to take the lead in releasing Tizen devices. HTC is rumoured to follow. Read the rest of this entry »