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Hootsuite Acquires SwiftApp

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

iPhone developer HootSuite has acquired fellow developer Swift App in order to secure future development of their applications for Google’s Android platform.

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GDC: Unreal Engine Ready for WebOS

March 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

While we wrote about the unveiling of Unreal Engine 3 for the iPhone last Wednesday, Palm has now surprised us with the announcement that WebOS will also support UE3 based mobile games.

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iPhone to Allow Multitasking in OS 4.0?

March 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

While iPhoneOS 3.2 hasn’t even been rolled out, the first rumors about iPhone OS 4.0 have started to surface. The biggest update? The iPhone will finally allow multitasking and thus, become a real smartphone.

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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.

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Unity 3D Expands to Android

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Unity Technologies has released version 3 of their Unity 3D SDK. The new version of their SDK will not only add support for Sony’s Playstation 3, but also for Google’s Android platform.

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Palm Opens Up WebOS with their PDK

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

Though Palm’s WebOS SDK offered very limited possibilities for app and game development, the company has now announced their PDK, Plug-In Developer Kit which will change all that.

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Motorola Limits Backflip to Android Market

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Motorola seems to have limited their new Backflip phone to only allow apps that have been purchased or downloaded over Android Market. With this move, consumers can no longer shop around.

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Apple Released iPhone SDK 3.2 B4

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Today, Apple has released iPhone SDK Beta 4 (two weeks after the last one). Though iPhone developers can download the SDK, it will be focused mainly at iPad development.

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Z2Life Adds Voicechat

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

An iPhone community we don’t hear much news from, Z2Live, seems to have added something that could leverage them above the competition. The company added voicechat to their platform.

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Metismo Adds Web to Bedrock

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Metismo has announced to start supporting exports of games to the web through a mix of HTML5 and Flash. With many mobile developers using Bedrock, it means they can quickly add yet another platform to their portfolios.