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EA Acquires PopCap Games

July 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

EA has announced the acquisitioin of PopCap Games, one of the leading casual and mobile gaming studios. With the acquisition, EA extends it’s mobile/casual portfolio.

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THQ Closes Two Studios

June 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Maybe not mobile related, but for some of you that are working with THQ it might be interesting to know the company has closed down two of their gamestudios.

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RIM Preparing Playbook for Global Launch

June 11th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

While our readers in the US probably already have a Playbook laying around, RIM has now announced in which countries their tablet computer will be selling next.

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Nokia Starts Windows Phone Training for Symbian Developers

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia’s Czech department has started to invite Symbian developers to the Microsoft offices. There, the companies will help developers in their transition from Symbian development to Windows Phone.

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E3: Sony Details Playstation Vita

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

In a press conference earlier today, Sony detailed the Playstation Vita. The Playstation Vita follows in the footsteps of the PSP and is said to bring Playstation 3-like content into your hands.

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RIM Acquires Scoreloop

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Research in Motion just announced that Scoreloop will become part of the Blackberry Developer Team to bring in their experience in creating social gaming networks.

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Nokai Adds S40 Support to App Wizard

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Web Apps | No Comments »

Nokia has announced a new update for the Ovi App Wizard. The App Wizard is used mainly by non-developers to create Symbian apps based on RSS feeds. Our app is an example of that.

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John Chasey Joins The Board at Metaflow

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Digital content management specialist Metaflow today announced that long-time industry veteran John Chasey is joining their board of directors.

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WWDC: iOS 5 & Stats

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

For all those that missed it yesterday, here’s the recap of the most interesting bits that Apple exposed during their WWDC event.

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Video Outlines iOS 5 Features

June 6th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Today we received a tip on new iOS 5.0 functionality. It seems Apple really went for augmented reality on this one. Check the video after the jump for all the details.

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