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Cellufun Raises $1 Million in Financing

July 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Advertgaming company Cellufun has raised another $ 1 million from Longworth Venture Partners. This investment follows on a $3 million investment from the firm back in 2007.

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iPhone Nano Patents Filed

July 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The iPhone Nano will come, though it might not carry that name. Apple has filed several patents from John G. Elias it received by acquiring his company FingerWorks back in 2005.

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HandyGames Opens WAP Gaming Portal for 3 AT

July 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Web Apps | No Comments »

WAP games are still far from dead if we believe HandyGames. The company has just launched a brand new wap gaming deck at Hutchinson 3G Austria containing over 40 games.

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ZiiLabs Partners with Ideaworks3D

July 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Plaszma | No Comments »

Have you heard of the Zii EGG already? It's creative's new iPod Touch killer. The device looks slick and comes with Android and hardware 3D support. They even signed up Fishlabs to provide content for it.

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VDC: Verizon Shows V Cast Plans

July 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Verizon has unveiled their new App Store yesterday. It is called V Cast and will provide developers with a 70% kickback. Though others might give up to 80%, it is still very interesting if you are selling on one of the biggest channels.

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Flurry: We See the Emergence of a New Middle Class

July 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Flurry, a company specializing in iPhone statistics shows that indie developers have no problem competing with well established publishers. In fact, they belong to a New Middle Class.

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THQ Wireless Posts Q109 Results

July 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

THQ has posted it's Q1 financial results for 2009. Though the total revenue is up 77%, The THQ Wireless business went down 18% to $4.2 million which isn't as bad as it sounds.

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Samsung Opens Application Store for Developers – UPDATED

July 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Starting this Thursday, Samsung will be accepting applications from developers who want their mobile games to show up in Samsung's Application Store.

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SEGA’s Consumer Brainstorm Session

July 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

SEGA has without a doubt, one of the biggest libraries of games around. Most of them are suitable for conversion to mobile/iPhone. As so, SEGA asks the community which game they should convert next.

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AT&T Replaces Motricity for Amdocs/QPass

July 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

AT&T has chosen to launch it's new storefront 'AppCenter' with the help of Amdocs/Qpass. As so, the operator is dropping Motricity as a partner in selling mobile games and other content.