Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’

iPhone Trademark Issues in Switzerland

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Apple seems to have lost their legal fight to trademark the iPhone in Switzerland. Apple tried to file if for categories 9 (phones) and 28 but the local trademark authority said the name was too generic.

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Glownight Pushes 16-in-1 Gamespack Onto iTunes

March 31st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Glownight has started to offer consumers a 16-in-1 gamespack containing a wide collection of games from their Glow Night collection. This should be the biggest package on the App Store so far.

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ShiVa 3D Gains iPad Support

March 31st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Stonetrip has announced that ShiVa 3D, it’s 3D gaming and application development environment, will now support Apple’s iPad. The platform already supported the iPhone as well as Android and PC’s.

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Orange UK to Release iPhone Games

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Orange has taken iPhone game development in their own hands as the company has announced to launch their first batch of iPhone games during the second half of April 2010.

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Nickelodeon Enters the App Store

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

MTV has been active on the App Store for over a year already and now kids brand Nickelodeon is joining their big Music brother. This week, Nick announced to release 7 apps of which 6 are games.

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iPlay Starts Selling Game Packs

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following Gameloft’s 3-in-1 sports pack, iPlay has now announced their Love and Murder Pack. The pack combines Dream Day Wedding; Married in Manhattan and James Patterson Women’s Murder Club.

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Collection Touch Screen Artwork

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

This weekend we have been pointed to a few resources with free artwork for application developers. The graphics can be used for both Android and iPhone environments. Check the links below.

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Apple Acquires iPad Brand

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has acquired the rights to the iPad brand from Fujitsu. Apple’s new toy has the same brand name as a device for Fujitsu which had been sold on the US market. The amount Apple paid is unknown.

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iPhone Developers Suck at SEO

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Weldon Dodd of The Apple Blog has researched the SEO of the iTunes web preview pages compared to the homepages of various app developers. As it turns out, the web previews have a better placement in Google.

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AE10: Layar on Layars, Monetizing Them and EA

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: Layar | No Comments »

The second last company to take the stage is Layar. Layer is a very successful augmented reality browser on both iPhone and Android. The company started in 2009 and grown massively.