Rovio Acquires Futuremark Games

March 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following the acquisition of animation studio Kombo, Rovio has made a second acquisition. This time, it took control over Futuremark Games Studio. The gaming branch of 3DMark inventors Futuremark. Read the rest of this entry »

Lenovo Launches B2B Android App Store

March 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

The guys have just entered the tablet market and already Lenovo has announced their own ‘specialty’ app store. An app store that allows business owners to build their own app store for their employees. Read the rest of this entry »

€18 Million Available for App Development

March 26th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia and Microsoft have put together a new fund that will assist developers in getting their work onto Nokia phones including Series 40, Symbian and Windows Phone. The new fund is called AppCampus. Read the rest of this entry »

Angry Birds Space Outsells The New iPad

March 26th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

A title like that isn’t hard to make of course, given the number of devices the newest title from Rovio can be bought upon, but selling 10 million downloads of a single game in three days remains impressive. Read the rest of this entry »

Localytics: 6% of iPad App Sessions on 3G/4G

March 26th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

With over three million new iPad’s sold in three days, Apple proves it is still dominating. We visited a local Dixons at midnight to check the interest in the 4G version of the iPad and found out 28% of the people wanted one. Read the rest of this entry »

Instagram Opens Early-Access Programme for Android

March 26th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

There’s no doubt about the popularity of Instagram on iOS and the lack of the app on Android gave lots of other developers full freedom to take the market. Now, it seems like Instagram for Android is nearly ready. Read the rest of this entry »

Galileo Brings a new Perspectives to Photography Apps

March 26th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

New on Kickstarter is the Galileo. A tripod-mountable base system that allows developers full control over an iPhone’s movement. The idea comes from the creators of the famous Gorillapod. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple Blocks Apps that Request UID Access!?

March 26th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to rumours, Apple is no longer accepting apps on the App Store that require access to the UDID of an iOS device. Various developers reported the new Apple policy to Techcrunch. Read the rest of this entry »

Zynga Paid $180.000.000 for OMGPOP

March 25th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following the acquisition of OMGPOP, there has been a lot of speculation about the value of the deal. Analysts expected Zynga to pay between $150 and $250 million for the developer. Read the rest of this entry »

Rovio Confirms Angry Birds Space for Windows Phone

March 25th, 2012 by Roelof Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

With the second releasewave of the iPad, Rovio also released their highly anticipated Angry Birds Space game. This fourth instalment brings a lot of change to the catapult game as gamers will have to defy gravity now. Read the rest of this entry »

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