Archive for the ‘Platforms: iOS’ Category

Ex Rockstar Devs Start iPhone Studio Double 11

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Two former senior developers from Rockstar Leeds (Lee Hutchinson and Matt Shepcar) have announced their plans for (yet another) iPhone focused studio under the name of Double 11.

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Urban Airship Lands $1.1 Million Investment

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Content delivery specialist Urban Airship announced an investment of $1.1 Million through a Series A funding round led by True Ventures which included partner Founders Co-op.

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UsTwo Launches App for Developers

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

UsTwo has developed a new app named PositionApp. With this app, developers (or anyone else) can research placement of any app in the app store. You can even browse individual markets.

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Cobra Mobile Launches AppULike

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Yet another app/game discovery portal has been launched this week. This time, UK developer Cobra Mobile has taken a dive into the competitive app discovery market with their AppULite site.

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O’Reilly Identifies Most Efficient iPhone Dev’s

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

O’Reilly has compiled a few lists that identify the most effective developers on the App Store. The company shrunk it’s selection to only those who had 10 or more releases in the past 12 months.

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iPhone OS 3.0 Turns Free

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Good news for the iPhone development community. Apple has decided to let iPod Touch owners freely upgrade their devices to firmware 3.0. With this move, the company hopes to improve app availability.

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Apple Starts Blocking Jailbreakers

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It seems Apple has started to lock-out jailbreakers from the App Store. We received a screenshot and statements by e-mail from the community detailing the lock-out.

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iDrift Racingwheel for iPad

February 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Designer Michael Greenberg has released a concept for an iPad steering wheel. Though the concept is extremely simple, we’d love to test it on Asphalt or any other racing game.

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THQ Aims for Digital Distribution

February 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: PSP Minis, Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

Though THQ used to own a lot of shelfspace all over the world, this might change soon as the company has announced to focus themselves more and more on digital distribution.

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Fujitsu not the Only iPad Trademark Owner

February 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It seems Apple will have a lot more trademark issues with their iPad when they enter Europe. Apart from Fujitso claiming the name in the US, STMicroelectronics claims it in Europe.