Flurry: China Leads in iOS and Android Activations

March 23rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Early 2011, China ranked 10th when it came to registered app sessions. This year, the country already ranked second and next year… probably first as the county now activates the most iOS and Android devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Sliced Bread Games Open for Business

March 23rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

A new California based game development unit has launched under the inspirational name Sliced Bread Games. The outfit consists of two pastry experts combining 12 years of experience. Read the rest of this entry »

Appitalism Hopps Onto SingTel

March 23rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Appitalism has signed a new deal with SingTel that brings the Appitalism portfolio onto SingTel’s MyAppsMall service. With this move, Appitalism is now active in 25 countries. Read the rest of this entry »

Dutch Kids Hooked on Mobile

March 23rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

Mijn Kind Online, a consumer watchdog organization for children in The Netherlands has sent out a report detailing the youngest mobile consumers in the Netherlands. Read the rest of this entry »

IDC: Developers Less Interested in Android

March 22nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

According to a study from IDC, developers are losing interest in developing apps for the Android platform. Last year, 87% of the developers had an interest in developing for Android. This year, it is down to 79%. Read the rest of this entry »

£50 million Tax Break for UK Game Developers

March 22nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

Chancellor George Osborne ahs announced a new tax break for UK based mobile game developers. With this move, the chancellor hopes to save jobs and help the industry grow. Read the rest of this entry »

Zynga Acquires OMGPOP

March 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

It was only yesterday we popped up the rumour of Zynga being interested in acquiring OMGPOP and today… it happened! Zynga has pulled the DrawSomething developer on board. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Releases Custom Rom Manual for Xperia S

March 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Sony’s new flagship device, the Xperia S, is the first to run on Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon S3 SoC. Though Sony already made the bootloader available, the company felt the urge to release a manual for those eager to build their own Android roms. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobiles Republic Raises $3 Million

March 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Mobiles Republic is a French mobile outfit specialized in news services and apps. In a series A funding round, the developer managed to gather $3 million in investments. Read the rest of this entry »

Symantec Acquires Nukona

March 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Symantec has also announced a new mobile acquisition today. The anti-virus giant made a swoop for app-management firm Nukona to enable itself to offer cross-platform IT protection. Read the rest of this entry »