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IDC: Developers Less Interested in Android

March 22nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

According to a study from IDC, developers are losing interest in developing apps for the Android platform. Last year, 87% of the developers had an interest in developing for Android. This year, it is down to 79%.

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£50 million Tax Break for UK Game Developers

March 22nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

Chancellor George Osborne ahs announced a new tax break for UK based mobile game developers. With this move, the chancellor hopes to save jobs and help the industry grow.

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Zynga Acquires OMGPOP

March 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

It was only yesterday we popped up the rumour of Zynga being interested in acquiring OMGPOP and today… it happened! Zynga has pulled the DrawSomething developer on board.

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Sony Releases Custom Rom Manual for Xperia S

March 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Sony’s new flagship device, the Xperia S, is the first to run on Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon S3 SoC. Though Sony already made the bootloader available, the company felt the urge to release a manual for those eager to build their own Android roms.

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Mobiles Republic Raises $3 Million

March 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Mobiles Republic is a French mobile outfit specialized in news services and apps. In a series A funding round, the developer managed to gather $3 million in investments.

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Symantec Acquires Nukona

March 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Symantec has also announced a new mobile acquisition today. The anti-virus giant made a swoop for app-management firm Nukona to enable itself to offer cross-platform IT protection.

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Halfbrick Acquires Onan Games

March 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Halfbrick, famous for their Fruit Ninja game, has acquired Onan Games. Onan games is a cross-platform specialist that could help Halfbrick to expand its portfolio on alternative platforms.

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EU and US Tablet Owners More Comfortable Paying for Content

March 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

According to a study from Nielsen, tablet owners in America and Europe are more comfortable to pay for content on their devices. Americans are most likely to pay for mobile content.

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Ad Funded Apps Kill Batterylife and Increase Dataconsumption

March 20th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

It sounds logical, but since yesterday the internet is buzzing over the complaint that free games are killing battery life of smartphones. Research from Abhinav Pathak points out that heavy users can do four times longer if they switch to ad-free.

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DrawSomething Improves Stylus Sales

March 20th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

More OMGPOP news today as it seems retail outlets are overwhelmed by the amounts of consumers interested in a stylus for their tablets. Dutch retail outlet Belcompany (part of Vodafone) confirmed Stylus sales went up five times in the past few weeks.

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