Posts Tagged ‘App Store’

Synapsy Launches 3App Stores

October 20th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

German based Synapsy has announced the launch of a new pre-installed App Store called 3Apps. The App Store will be launching on the SonyEricsson T715, Naite and Saito devices in the 3 Denmark and Sweden networks.

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Apple Allows In-App Payments for Freebies

October 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Developers have been filing complaints about it for some time, but finally Apple has given in and granted access to offer in-game billing services within free downloads.

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Qualcomm’s Plaza Retail Live on TIM Brazil

October 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: Brew | No Comments »

Qualcomm closed a deal with Telecom Italia Mobile to launch their white label app store (Plaza Retail) in the Brazilian market. With the launch, Qualcomm further secures their position of Brew in the America’s.

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BMW Joins App Store Business?

October 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

One of BMW’s latest features is a digital dashboard in their cars that provide all the entertainment as well as navigation. Following in Apple’s footsteps (at least we thing), the company has now demonstrated an application store.

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Ngmoco’s Yu on Piracy, Transactions and More

October 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Gamasutra visited the GDC in China and reported on a keynote from ngmoco VP Alan Yu. He talked about topics like piracy, transactions and their social function.

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BulkPix into Publishing, Bonds Journalists Directly

October 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following another three day trip to the Pixalon Office in Prague, I returned today to find a very interesting press release from BulkyPix in which they announce to have become an iPhone publisher like many others.

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NimbleBit Launches App Classics

October 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It seems app discovery on iTunes is getting another push from Indie games developer NimbleBit. The games studio launched App Classics, a portal that tracks app popularity and interprets it in it's own way.

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JeePee Banned from App Store

October 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Another interesting bit of news reached us when we heard the JeePee app has been removed from the App Store. The app was mocking the Dutch minister president Jan Peter Balkenende.

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Edge is Back

October 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Yesterday, Mobigame sent out a notice that their Edge game is back on all App Stores. Due to trademark issues with Tim Langdell, the game was unavailable in some markets for some time.

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Dr. Digs Brings Adult Games to the iPhone

October 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Adult Games, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Earlier this week, we received an e-mail from 'Dr. Digs' about his latest adult mobile game that targets the iPhone demographic. Just like various casino's, he uses the Safari browser to avoid being turned down by Apple.