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UPC NL Provides Consumers with Free Mobile Internet

February 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

UPC (part of Liberty Global) has launched a new mobile internet offering in The Netherlands. Consumers that already take their triple-play offering will get free mobile internet with their subscriptions.

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GamesIndustry.com Launches New BlackBook Online

February 11th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Games business portal Gamesindustry.com has launched the newest edition of their Black Book online. The Black Book was passed out in physical form during the Casual Connect Europe event.

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UK Spends Big Bucks on iPhone Development

July 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

BBC reports that not only the US government is hitting it off with the iPhone. The UK government (that just announced a lot of budget costs) is spending tens of thousands of pounds on iPhone development as well.

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US Government Launches App Store

July 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

The US Government has launched an app store to promote official government applications to consumers. Despite Obama’s preference to the Blackberry platform, it only holds iPhone and Web Apps.

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BMW Joins App Store Business?

October 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

One of BMW’s latest features is a digital dashboard in their cars that provide all the entertainment as well as navigation. Following in Apple’s footsteps (at least we thing), the company has now demonstrated an application store.

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Belgium to Regulate Mobile Content Market

July 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

The Belgian government has introduced a new set of regulations to keep hold of the mobile content and services market. The government feels that self-regulation within the industry has failed.

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EU: Cheap Internet and Standards for Mobile Payments

July 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

EU commissioner Viviane Reding has announced plans that should reduce data costs for mobile internet in Europe and introduce a central system for processing mobile payments.

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iPhoneGamesBulletin Launches

July 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Stuart Dredge, one of the journalists that is working at PocketGamer, has alaunched a new daily mailinglist committed to cover the latest and greatest about iPhone development and distribution.

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UPC Ends MVNO Business in The Netherlands

May 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

UPC, one of the cable TV and Internet giants in The Netherlands, announced its retreat from the mobile virtual network operator market.

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Gizmondo Soap Turned Into a Movie

May 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Following the amazing “Riot On” movie, another mobile gaming drama is about to hit the big screen. Contrafilm is going to bring us the story behind the collapse of the Gizmondo.