Tapjoy Helps Tagplay Hop Onto Android

March 2nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Platforms, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Tagplay has an amazing success with their iOS release of Funpark & Friends. To extend the reach of the game, Tagplay teamed up with Tapjoy to get the game out on the Android platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Box.net Kicks Off Massive Android Promo

March 1st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Dropbox competitor Box.net has launched a massive promo on their Android client. Consumers who register for a box.net account through the Android app, will receive a free 50GB account. Read the rest of this entry »

Exit Games Announces Hosted Network Engine

March 1st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Platforms | No Comments »

Exit Games today announced their Photon Cloud, a hosted network engine for the development of realtime multiplayer games for browser, mobile, PC & Mac. Game developers can now add online gaming features with the Photon Cloud software as a service. Read the rest of this entry »

MWC: Tizen Beta launched

February 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Tizen | No Comments »

The Linux-driven project Tizen has just launched the first Beta version of the new open source operating system for smartphones. With the release of the beta, the team also made available the first SDK for developers. Read the rest of this entry »

Atari Launches Pong Developer Competition

February 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Deals | No Comments »

Atari has set up a new development competition toward independent developers. The objective? Create the next Pong on iOS. The winner gets $100.000 and a contract at Atari. Read the rest of this entry »

Jobcuts at HP’s WebOS Division

February 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

As WebOS is transitioning into an open source operating system, HP has announced it will be letting go of another 270 employees that worked on the operating system. HP will try to place those employees at other parts of the company. Read the rest of this entry »

The iPad 3 is Coming

February 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

On March 7th, Apple will be presenting the new iPad 3 to the press. Apple sent out the invites yesterday, so time for us to get the rumours surrounding the iPad 3 in-line. Read the rest of this entry »

MWC: HandyGames Pushes 6 Games on the PlayBook

February 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

It seems handyGames is set for some free PlayBooks from Research in Motion as the company has pushed 6 of its most popular Android games onto RIM’s BlackBerry App World. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Sells 1.2 Million PS Vita’s

February 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Playstation Vita | No Comments »

Sony seems to be doing fine now the company launched the PS Vita in North / South America and Europe. Sony managed to sell 1.2 million PS Vita consoles since it launched in all territories. Read the rest of this entry »

MWC: ZTE Goes Big on Quad-Core in Europe

February 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

ZTE is set to make a splash on the European market with their high-end Android devices. Amongst them is the new ZTE Era. A smartphone with a quad-core (1.3Ghz) CPU, 1GB RAM and a 960×540 screen. Read the rest of this entry »