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Samsung set to Acquire BlackBerry 10 License!?

March 20th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Following Google’s swoop for Motorola and Microsoft’s lovemaking with Nokia, it seems Samsung is looking for an alternative OS to push next to Windows Phone, Android and Bada. The OS of choice? BlackBerry OS 10…

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Zynga Interested in OMGPOP!?

March 20th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

With OMGPOP’s DrawSomething attracting 30 million downloads in just five weeks, the company put itself in the spotlights to be acquired. One of the companies that is rumoured to be interested in OMGPOP is Zynga.

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3.000.000 iPads Sold

March 20th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has announced that the company sold off over three million iPad’s in the first three days it is available. Supplies of the new iPad seem good as well as there are still a lot of outlets where the iPad isn’t out of stock.

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Sony Starts Sony Ericsson Rebranding Campaign

March 20th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

With the first Xperia’s with the Sony logo on the shelves, Sony has started a global promotional campaign to introduce itself as well as the new slogan “Made of Imagination” to the (smartphone) consumer.

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App Hub Soon to Accept Submissions for New Markets

March 19th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft has announced the support for a large number of new markets where consumers can download apps to their Windows Phone devices. As so, App Hub will soon allow submissions for these.

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Class Action Lawsuit Heading to Google over Refunds

March 19th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

The industry complaint over and over when Google introduced the 48-hour refund policy in the early years of Android. Since then, the refund period was limited to 15 minutes and this is about to cause a new headache for the company.

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Apple Shares Keep Rising

March 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The company might already be wealthy enough to feed a few African countries for the next decade or so, but there’s still no stopping when it comes to the ever-increasing value of Apple shares.

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The Nokia Tablet Rumours

March 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Though Nokia has been stating it is not developing tablet devices, Marko Ahtisaar (the Nokia design chief) has said in an interview with a Finnish magazine the company is looking at the tablet market.

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Amazon Appstore Reaches 31K Apps

March 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last year, Amazon kicked off their new Amazon Appstore. After building up momentum by contacting many developers, Amazon had 4.000 apps live on the day of the launch…

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Apps Crash More in ICS!?

March 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

With the first batch of Android ICS products on the market, it seems Google’s new operating system is running into a bit of trouble as reports come in that appls crash way more on ICS than previous Android versions.