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MEDL Uses Crowd Sourcing for Fresh Ideas

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

MEDL has introduced a new way to aggregate smart ideas for new mobile games and applications. Instead of hiring some whizzkids, the company is utilizing crowd sourcing through their newest app.

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Nokia Moves Widsets to Ovi

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Following the closure of Mosh, Nokia is now taking another big step in their portal strategy as it will close down their Widsets service and integrate it into the Ovi Store.

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Baby Shaker Kicked from App Store

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The Baby Shaker was probably one of the most controversial apps that launched in the past weeks. Following numerous complaints from human rights organizations, Apple has now removed the app from the App Store.

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WWF China Starts Mobile Campaign

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

The World Wildlife Fund in China has chosen to use an augmented reality mobile game to inform China’s youngsters about the importance of the environment they live in. The game will mainly target the ones living in the big cities.

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LG Releases Gamepad for the Versa Handset

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | No Comments »

LG has updated its Versa handset for the gaming community. The company is now selling a clip on gamepad that slides under the standard qwerty keyboard.

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Handmark Opens On-Device App Store for Windows Mobile

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Handmark has announced its new mobile store platform for Windows Mobile. The platform is aimed directly at operators and handset vendors and more platforms are will to be supported soon.

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AT&T Slams the Pre

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Engadget managed to get their hands on an internal AT&T document which details the key differences between the iPhone and the Palm Pre (which is sold exclusively by their competitor Sprint).

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Hands-On Receives Two Mobile Game Webby Nominations

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

For the upcoming Webby Awards (the 13th already), mobile games developer and publisher Hands-On managed to receive 2 nominations with World Poker Tour and Guitar Hero.

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InnerActive Brings Free Mobile Games to ICQ Community

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | No Comments »

Though we haven’t heard much from InnerActive when it comes to add funded gaming, the company seems to have closed a nice deal with ICQ to provide free mobile games to their entire community.

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Connect2Media to Distribute Magmic Games

April 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Connect2Media has signed a new distribution deal with MagMic. Through this deal, Connect2Media’s portfolio will be expanded with another 20 titles including the well known Boulder Dash Rocks! and Daytona USA.