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EA to Acquire Firemint

May 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

EA has just announced the upcoming acquisition of Firemint Pty Ltd, the developers of successful games like Flight Control and Real Racing for the iPhone and iPad.

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Bing on BlackBerry

May 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

It seems like Microsoft and RIM closed a strategic partnership to bring Bing services onto the BlackBerry devices. From now on, Bing comes standard.

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Consumers Not Happy with Airpush

May 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though Airpush was announced only days ago, several developers already implemented the new advertising system and got valueable, but expected feedback from consumers. “It Sucks!”

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Sagem/Mobiwire Files for Bankruptcy

May 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Ahhhh, good old Sagem Wireless. They made the cheapes phones for any operator that would sell them and they were a bliss. Though underpowered, compatibility was great making porting just a bit more fun.

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BlackBerry 7; The Details

May 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Yesterday, RIM unveiled the BlackBerry 7 OS. That OS would have been the first smartphone OS from RIM to work on the QNX platform it bought earlyer and implemented in the BlackBerry Playbook.

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Selatra Launches on Bouygues Telecom

May 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Selatra set another foot in the French market as it announced the launch of their ‘The Games Arena’ on operator Bouygues Telecom. This storefront will power Android, J2me and other platforms with content.

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Glu to Publish Blammo Games

May 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Distribution | No Comments »

Following their (controversial) success with the Smurfs Village game on iOS, Blammo games now signed a deal with Glu to get multiple titles published.

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Lunagames Hits 1 Million Daily Active users

May 2nd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

With their XXL Casual Games series on Bada, Blackberry, Symbian and Android, Lunagames now reaches one million gamers on a daily basis, a new record for the Dutch developers.

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Samsung to Deploy Carrier Billing on Samsung Apps

May 2nd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Samsung has announced it will start to deploy carrier billing on their Samsung Apps channel. The company will start the phased rollout in the UK and will progress into the rest of Europe.

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