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Angry Birds to hit Facebook

March 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

While Angry Birds just passed 30 million downloads on Android, Rovio has announced the game will make it’s way onto Facebook. This will be the first real ‘social’ move for the franchise.

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iCE Amsterdam Summary

March 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | No Comments »

Yesterday, MGB attended the iCE event in Amsterdam. iCE is a two-day congress aimed at mobile developers as well as business developers and strategists. Next to the congress, the event also organized iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7 DevCamps.

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Opera Launches Opera Mobile Store

March 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: PalmOS, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Opera has launched it’s own browser based app store called Opera Mobile Store. The app store is active in over 200 countries and supports platforms like Android, BlackBerry, Palm and Symbian.

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ComScore: Android Passed RIM in the US

March 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Just like Nielsen, ComScore also calculated that Android has passed BlackBerry OS in the Unites States. According to ComScore, Android has 31.2% of the market making Google the dominant player.

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Adobe Prepares Flash for HTML5

March 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Adobe Flash & Air | No Comments »

Adobe released a new AIR app codenamed Wallaby that should be able to convert Flash code into HTML5. This move is a signal that Adobe understands the dominance of mobile Safari in the market and signals in the strategy for Flash moving forward.

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Nielsen: Apple and RIM Lead in the US

March 4th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to Nielsen, RIM and Apple have been leading the smartphone market in the United Stated over the priod from November 2010 till February 2011. Both managed to get 27% of the market in that period.

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RIM to Expand Ping Onto iPhone and Android!?

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

If rumors are right, BlackBerry is developing special versions of BlackBerry Messenger for both the iPhone as well as for Android. Both new versions would be paid apps though usage after purchase is free.

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GDC: Nintendo Details First Firmware Upgrade 3DS

March 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: DSiWare | No Comments »

Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata announced two interesting things during his speech at the GDC. The first was that 3D Super Mario is in development, the second was all about the first firmware upgrade in May.

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Gameloft Does a ‘Fishlabs’ with Audi

March 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Following in Fishlab’s example, Gameloft also released a free racing game for the Volkswagen Group. In a new free version of Asphalt, gamers can check out the new Audi RS 3.

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Apple Announces iPad 2, iOS 4.3, What for iPhone 5?

March 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple announced the iPad 2 yesterday. The presence of two camera’s was no big surprise to anyone but the iPad 2 holds some improvements that can have major impact on the development of new apps for the system.