Posts Tagged ‘Mobile’

Disney Interactive Media Group Acquires Tapulous

July 2nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Disney has acquires Tapulous, the creator of the many TapTap Revenge games on the app store (as well as a few other apps). The sum is undisclosed but will probably surface soon.

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iTunes Connect Goes Mobile

June 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Developers can now download the iTunes Connect app onto their iPhone’s. With the iTunes Connect app, developers can stay up to date with the performance of their apps on the App Store.

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Sibblingz, Multiplatform Gaming Platform from YouWeb

May 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: Facebook, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

YouWeb, one of the companies behind social gaming platform OpenFeint, has launched a new multiplatform gaming network that helps developers to take their games across mobile and fixed platforms.

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Financials: EA Q4 2009 (Q1 2010)

May 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Electronic Arts has reported a profit for their fourth quarter of the financial year. Though EA’s major business remains in consoles, EA Mobile is picking up steam by now.

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Hands-On Launches Operah Apps

April 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Hands-On has struck a sweet deal with Harpo to release the official application for Operah Winfrey’s TV shows. Hands-On will be delivering the Operah app on iPhone, BlackBerry, WebOS and Android.

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Blizzard’s 2010 Mobile Preview

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Funbox | No Comments »

It has already been confirmed to be an April Fool’s joke, but still we love to raise some attention to the effort Blizzard put into promoting their 2010 mobile games portfolio.

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Barry O’Neill Leaves Namco Mobile

March 31st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

He had great ambitions for Namco’s mobile department in Europe, but after Namco outsourced the mobile business for Europe to EA, Barry O’Neill has now left to pursuit his dreams with his own venture.

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Samsung to Launch Real 3D Phone

March 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

According to rumors, Samsung will be announcing the world’s first mobile phone with a real 3D display this month. The device will of course only launch in South Korea for now.

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Buongiorno Steps into Gambling

March 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gambling | No Comments »

Buongiorno has secured a gambling license from the Italian government. With it, the company plans to release a number of popular casino themed games like Poker and Bingo.

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GDC: PocketGamer Award Winners

March 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Though the Pocket Gamer Readers’ Choice Awards are still running, Pocket Gamer has announced the winners in all other categories at their Awards Night this week.