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UPC Ends MVNO Business in The Netherlands

May 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

UPC, one of the cable TV and Internet giants in The Netherlands, announced its retreat from the mobile virtual network operator market.

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Apple Holding Back iPhone 3 for Steve Jobs

May 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

New rumors suggest that the new iPhone will not be introduced during the World Wide Developers Conference in June. Instead, the company would hold back the news until Steve Jobs returns.

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Location, location, location

May 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

‘Social location’ is a buzz word being used by many but what does it actually mean for mobile games and the industry? Jaakko Kaidesoja, Director of Games, Nokia, discusses

Pure Mobile Game Publishers in Develop 100

May 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Develop 100 has released their charts for the most bankable game companies in the world. Besides all the big general developers and publishers like EA, Konami and Blizzard, there are also some (nearly) pure mobile listings.

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Artificial Life’s Q1 Financials

May 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

Artificial Life Inc. announced a strong Q1 2009 with the highest quarterly revenues in the Company's history and revenue growth of over 70% year-on-year.

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Apple Demands 3.0 Support

May 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

With the new iPhoneOS 3.0 coming this summer, Apple demands that developers upgrade their mobile games and applications. Developers who don’t might risk their revenues from the App Store.

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Vodafone to Release an App Store Too

May 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

It seems Vodafone is also jumping the bandwagon as they announce their own App Store. The news was to be expected as competitor O2 (Telefonica) has been making a lot of noise around their Litmus App Store and T-Mobile and AT&T also have their App Stores in place.

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Zeemote JS1 Hits UK

May 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | 1 Comment »

When the Zeemote JS1 controller was first launched in The Netherlands last year, a lot of other global distribution deals followed in the weeks after. It was a surprise to us that only now, the company starts distribution to the UK. A country that normally premiers such innovations in Europe.

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Mo’Minis Funded

May 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Mo'Minis, the service that lets you build mobile games in a very simple way, has secured more working capital in its Series A funding round.

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Paid Android Apps Live in The Netherlands

May 12th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

Following several delays, we can finally enjoy paid apps in The Netherlands. T-Mobile deployed the G1 several months ago and did good sales according to several shop owners we spoke.