Archive for the ‘Platforms: iOS’ Category

DeNa Acquires ngmoco, its True

October 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

We already wrote about the rumor earlier this week, but it turns out DeNa indeed bought ngmoco. Ngmoco will help DeNa get grip on the western mobile gaming market.

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Apple Trademarks ‘There’s an App for That’

October 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Funbox, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

There’s an app for that is probably one of the most used marketing slogans of the past few months. To avoid the competition claiming they have an app for ‘that’, Apple trademarked the expression.

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ControllerOrBurst.com iPhone Controller

October 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

We have seen many companies trying to put an iPhone/iPod controller on the market that will become an instant hit. Today we got tipped on a new group of people that actually have a pretty cool concept.

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Axa Debuts i-Ad in a Newspaper

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Axa was the first Belgian car insurance company that built an app to report car damage. To promote it, their marketing team launched an interactive campaign by combining an iPhone with a newspaper.

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PlayPhone Announces Social Gaming Platform

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

PlayPhone has invested in the creation of a new mobile social gaming platform which app developers can tap into. With this move, PlayPhone takes on Scoreloop, OpenFeint, Plus+ and others.

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Nielsen: Android Most Popular OS in the US

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to research from Nielsen, Android is now officially the most popular OS among recent smartphone buyers in the US market. It has beaten both iOS and BlackBerry OS in August.

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Adidas Pulled $10 Million in Advertising from iAd

October 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Adidas is rumored to have pulled a $10.000.000 costing ad campaign from Apple’s iAd network because Apple wants to have too much control over Adidas’ creativity.

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Dutch Public Transport App Receives Game Center Treatment

October 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Dutch public transport app ‘Bushalte’ has received a special make-over to support game center. According to the developers, this is the first non-game supporting it.

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Apple Updates App Store Layout and Rolls Back

October 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Yesterday, Apple updated the layout of the App Store app on the iPhone. Today, Apple is showing the old layout again, which hints that something must have gone wrong.

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Apple TV Does Run iOS

September 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Last night, it became clear that Apple’s new AppleTV is running on iOS. This news leaked as Apple put iOS 4.1 on their servers for the ‘AppleTV2,1’ device.

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