Microsoft Registers 200.000 WiPo 7 SDK Downloads

July 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

According to Microsoft’s Brandon Watson, their new Windows Phone 7 SDK has been downloaded 200.000 times. These downloads took place even before the SDK hat hit Beta stage. Read the rest of this entry »

Wayfinder Goes Open Source

July 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Developers who have always wanted to develop navigation apps will probably be happy to hear that Vodafone is will be giving away the sourcecode to the Wayfinder LBS service for free. Read the rest of this entry »

Android Market Expands to Korea

July 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google has announced that the Android Market is now also supporting Korean consumers. Untill now, Android phones were sold while consumers could only get their content from un-official channels. Read the rest of this entry »

Flirtomatic Raises $9 Million

July 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Flirtomatic has announced to have successfully closed their series C funding round. The company received $9 million to expand their global business. Read the rest of this entry »

Gendai Games Raises $1 Million

July 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Gendai Games, creators of the GameSalad mobile game creation tool have announced to have successfully closed their series A round of VC funding, lead by DFJ Mercury. Read the rest of this entry »

Artiq Mobile and Blinck International Fined by Consumer Authorities

July 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: SMS | No Comments »

Artiq Mobile B.V. and Blinck International have been fined by Dutch consumer authorities for misleading SMS services. Together, the companies have to pay a fine of € 1,19 million. Read the rest of this entry »

The Mobile Winners at Develop Awards

July 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Last night, the Develop Awards 2010 have been handed out. Amongst the huge list of winners, we found several mobile related companies. Read the rest of this entry »

Archetype Signs up 160.000 Gamers in One Week

July 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Archetype, a first person shooter for the iPhone that can be compared to Eliminate from ngmoco, has signed up a staggering 160.000 new gamers in the first week of its release on the App Store. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple Announces iPhone 4 Press Conference

July 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to Engadget, Apple is organizing a press conference with the iPhone 4 as the main topic. Though the company didn’t announce any details (as usual), it is expected to be about the antenna issues. Read the rest of this entry »