Archive for the ‘Platforms: AndroidOS’ Category

Nomura: iPad To Dominate Until 2014

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

According to research from Nomura, Apple will maintain the most dominant player in the tablet market until the year 2014. By that time, competitors will have a far bigger share of the market.

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Google to Renew Android Market

July 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last night, Google announced yet another make-over for its Android Market. This time, Google will be dropping the curved layout for a tiled one (who else does that!?) to better use the available screen-estate.

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Nielsen: Android Users Use More Data

June 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

In a recent study from Nielsen, the analyst discovered that Android owners are using more data than their iOS counterparts. Something that used to be the other way around.

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BlueStacks Delivers Android Apps to Windows Users

May 26th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

BlueStacks is a new tech startup that has developed virtualisation software to run Android OS in a Windows environment. The company managed to bring in $7.6 million in investments.

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Unity Celebrated 500K Developers

May 25th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Unity has just announced that 500.000 developers have sigend up for their SDK. At the same time, their Unity Browser plugin reached 60.000.000 installs.

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CVG: Sony Concerned by Xperia Play PSone Sales

May 15th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

According to CVG, Sony has expressed concerns about the sales of PSone games on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play smartphone. Only a few thousand sales have been registered to date.

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OFX Goes Private Beta on Android

May 15th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

OpenFeintX has gone in private Beta for android developers. This means that Android developers will now have the freedom to build their own in-app stores over the system.

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Consumers Not Happy with Airpush

May 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though Airpush was announced only days ago, several developers already implemented the new advertising system and got valueable, but expected feedback from consumers. “It Sucks!”

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250K Motorola Xoom’s Sold

May 2nd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Motorola is doing well. The company managed to generate 22% more revenues compared to the first quarter of 2010. The company also announced it has sold a quarter of a million Xoom tablets.

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AirPush, The Next Level in Advertgaming

May 1st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

AirPush is a new system that allows developers to send ads to consumers, even if they are not playing their Android games. The ads will be delivered as a push notification.

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