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Dutch Kids Hooked on Mobile

March 23rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

Mijn Kind Online, a consumer watchdog organization for children in The Netherlands has sent out a report detailing the youngest mobile consumers in the Netherlands.

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£50 million Tax Break for UK Game Developers

March 22nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

Chancellor George Osborne ahs announced a new tax break for UK based mobile game developers. With this move, the chancellor hopes to save jobs and help the industry grow.

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Google: Android Apps not Illegal

March 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

Google responded to Tweakers.net about the claims from EU commissioner Viviane Reding about Android apps illegally sharing data with advertisers. Google states the claim is wrong as Android doesn’t handle data the way Viviane explains it.

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Vivian Reding: Many Android Apps are Illegal

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

EU commissioner Viviane Reding exposed to Channel 4 (UK) that many Android apps are not in line with European laws as they leak private data from Android users to advertisers.

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Australia Planning to Ban Apps

March 11th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

It seems that Apple, Google, Microsoft and others might be facing Korean problems in Australia. Just like in Korea, the government has proposed a legislation that obligates App Store owners to get their content rated.

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EU GameDev Conference

April 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

Dutch VVD party politician Jules Maarten is organizing a game development conference for the European Parliament in the hope to stimulate investments in the industry.