Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’

Google Expands Analytics on iPhone and Android

October 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Google is in the process of updating it's Google Analytics platform. One of the updates will allow app and mobile game developers to track user engagement inside the apps and games.

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Apprupt, iPhone Analytics Service Launches

October 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apprupt, a new analytics platform for iPhone developers, has launched. The platform will allow developers to track how many downloads are generated from their advertising campaigns.

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Gartner’s Android Predictions for 2012

October 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Gartner has put some research in the future of Android and it seems the OS is here to stay. The company expects that Android will outsell iPhone OS in about two years but might not be able to beat Symbian.

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Hands-On Restructuring?

October 20th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: DSiWare, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

Rumors reach us that Hands-On is restructuring to return/improve their position in the mobile/handheld games market. One of the first signs is that CEO David White left and products where launched on PSP Minis.

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iPhone Owners Actively Use 14% of Their Apps

October 19th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Flurry has provided new insights into the retention rate for applications and games that have been downloaded by consumers world-wide. It turns out that 14.8% of the apps are sticky enough to satisfy consumers in the long term.

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I-Play Launches Viral Twitter/MP3 Campaign

October 19th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

In an effort to promote their new Hip-Hop All Stars game on the iPhone, I-Play has setup a new viral campaign based on Twitter that will allow consumers to score a free MP3 file.

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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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Blue Beck Resurrected

October 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

After selling the Blue Beck Studios to M-Forma in 2004, the name was more or less forgotten as it was functioning as a production unit for the company (later Hands-On, then probably sold to Connect2Media).

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Slide To Play Teams up With Gamespot

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

Remember the good old Gamespot Mobile part from a few years back? It was coming from the acquired Wgamer site that involved reviewer Steve Palley. Now, he made a new deal with them based on his site Slide to Play.

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Adobe: Flash on iPhone is Possible… Now!

October 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Adobe Flash & Air, Platforms: iOS | 2 Comments »

It seems Adobe has finally given up on getting Flash embedded on Apple's iPhone OS. Instead, they now do something we saw others do earlier to get Flash apps installable on Symbian… They wrap them!