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Motorola Expands Android App Channel

May 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Motorola has announced that it will be expanding the demographic reach of their SHOP4APPS app store. The company will be adding Mexico, Argentina and Brazil ‘soon’.

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DeviceAnywhere Adds iPad Suport

May 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

DeviceAnywhere has added the iPad to its huge set of testable handsets. For DeviceAnywhere, this is the first step to supporting internet tablets and other connected devices.

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YourAppReviewed.com Bogus Reviews for Sale

May 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

We recently received an e-mail from blogger Rob Walch. On his blog, he wrote a short story on a service called YourAppReviewed.com (YAR for short). The company seems to be selling positive reviews.

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Apple Working on ViP Advertising Program, Taking on Greystripe

May 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple is working on what seems to be the last bits of an application advertising program. With the program (named ViP), Apple will be the only company that provides verified leads.

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Gamehouse Launches Mobile2PC Platform

May 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: Brew, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following Namco’s Unite platform, Gamehouse (formerly known as Real Arcade) has announced the launch of their multiplatform social gaming community platform called Gamehouse Fusion.

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Marktplaats (eBay) Plans Layar Like App

May 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Marktplaats.nl is Hollands most popular site to sell second hand goods. Since a few years, it is property of eBay, which is also active in the Dutch second hand goods market.

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Nintendo: iPad Success of no Impact on DS Sales

May 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: DSiWare | No Comments »

Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has said that the massive success of Apple’s iPad has no significant impact on Nintendo’s DS sales in North America.

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Activision to Acquire Glu!?

May 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

When Vivendi bought Activision to form Activision-Blizzard in July 2008, many expected Vivendi Mobile to become a dominant player in the mobile games space. Yet, the new entity decided to close Vivendi Games Mobile…

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Financials: Glu Q1 2010

May 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Glu (GLUU) has announced its financials. Though share prices suddenly started to rise on Monday, the numbers didn’t bring any of the fireworks many analysts expected and stock traders hoped for.