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IDC: 17 Million Tablets Sold in 2010, iPad Dominates

January 20th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research from IDC, vendors have shipped 17 million tablet computers in 2010. From Q2 to Q3, distribution grew 45.1%. The number of iPad sales in that period grew from 3.3 million in Q2 to 4.8 million in Q3.

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90% of Dutch Apps Paid Through operator Billing

January 20th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

On an average day, Dutch consumers download 40.000 apps from Nokia’s Ovi Store. 90% of the paid apps are charged over the phone bill of the consumer proofing the importance of easy billing in this territory.

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Scoreloop Hits One Million New Users a Week

January 20th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Scoreloop announced that it has continued to see rapid uptake of its platform with over one million new players using Scoreloop-enabled social gaming features every week.

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Liveblog: Nintendo 3DS Launch

January 19th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Today in Amsterdam, Nintendo is launching their 3DS for Europe. We are reporting as the event is happening.

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Playboy to go Uncensored on iOS!?

January 19th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Nudity has been a very controversial issue for Apple as last year, the company banned most adult oriented apps from the app store except for the major brands. The major brands did have to sensor their content though.

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New Angry Birds Cartoons, Boxed Games and Merchandising

January 19th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

In an interview with the New York Post, Rovio CEO Mikael Hed has said the company is moving into production of an animated series starring the wildly popular Angry Birds.

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Millennial Media Ads Windows Phone 7 Support

January 19th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Millennial Media has announced the release of a new SDK for Windows Phone 7 developers that want to monetize through Millennial’s advertising network.

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iOS Products Important to Apple

January 19th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

In the past quarter, Apple sold 11% more products compared to the previous quarter. Though most product groups showed an increase in sales, desktop sales actually decreased.

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Android 2.2 Dominates

January 18th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Google’s most recent numbers show Android 2.2 is dominating the Android Market. 51.8% of the Android Market users use devices with this Android version. Android 2.1 is second most popular with 35.2% of users on it.

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Ex Machina Takes HTML 5 Mainstream

January 18th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: HTML5 | No Comments »

The Voice of Holland might be the biggest success in Dutch television production after Big Brother and is being licensed to many countries around the globe as we speak. Ex Machina’s HTML5 app took the stage during the last show.