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RedicalFlow, Development without Coding

April 19th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

RadicalFlow is a new project on Kickstarter that should allow prosumers to develop their own app. It should be as easy as putting content into the CMS and testing the end result. A bit too easy, or the last possibility to flood the App Store?

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Archos Claims Third Spot on EU Tablet Market

April 19th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Archos has announced it is the second biggest vendor of tablets on the European market. If the tablets above €400 (yes, that’s mainly you Apple) aren’t counted, the company would be leading the market.

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MoMinis Raises $4.5 Millioin

April 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

MoMinis just closed their second round of funding. The Israeli company manages to raise $4.5 million. This adds up to the $4.7 million the company raised before.

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Groupon Acquires Ditto

April 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Groupon has acquired recommendation service Ditto. Following the acquisition of the Ditto service, the Ditto network will be switched off from April 30th onward.

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Telefonica Users Get Limited Free Access to EA Games

April 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Telefonica/O2 has partnered with EA Mobile to provide its subscribers access to EA’s portfolio of mobile games including the new FIFA 12 and Monopoly franchises. There is a catch though… access is limited to three months after download.

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HandyGames Reaches 20 Million Downloads on Nokia Store

April 17th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Great news from HandyGames today. The company announced to have served 20.000.000 downloads through the good ols Nokia (Ovi) Store. The news follows on the 25 million downloads the company announced last week.

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Amazon Drops $20 In-App Purchasing Limits

April 17th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Amazon only recently launched in-app purchases and, to avoid issues with the system, limited item pricing to $20. Amazon has now announced the end of that limitation.

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DrawSomething Loses Daily Active Players

April 17th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

A few days ago, we already reported that DrawSomething was losing popularity in the Netherlands. Now, it turns out the amount of daily active drawers is declining on a larger level as well.

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Nazara Strikes EA Distribution Deal

April 17th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Mobile game Publisher Nazara has struck an important deal with EA to take their mobile games to the Middle East. Amongst the channels Nazara will bring the EA titles to are the operators Saudi Telecom, Etihad Etisalat, Du and Viva.