GoTV Acquires Hands-On’s Hombre Division

May 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

GoTV has snapped up Hands-On’s HOMBRE division. This division was responsible for the creation of applications for brands like Nascar, Operah, Sprint Football Live and Verizon NFL Draft. Read the rest of this entry »

Glu Earnings Call Liveblog

May 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Much is expected from Glu’s (GLUU) earningscall tonight. We haven’t seen any numbers yet which is normally the case and… the new CEO will be speaking. Will Glu be acquired? F5 this page on a regular basis to find out from 1:30 PST or 22:30 CET Read the rest of this entry »

Apple to Face Antitrust Case?

May 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following all the noise Adobe made about Apple’s lock-in approach to iPhone and iPad development, the Cuppertino based company might be facing an antitrust case says Reuters. Read the rest of this entry »

Differences in Daily and Weekly App Store Reports Explained

May 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apparently, several developers have been wondering why there is a difference in the daily/weekly and monthly reports they are provided by Apple. The solution lays in downloads vs. payments. Read the rest of this entry »

Moblyng Partners with Playdom, Secures Funding

May 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing, Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Moblyng had two interesting announcements today. First off, the company has secured $2.65 million in funding. Secondly, the company has set up a partnership with Playdom, which is big on Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »

Privacy Conflicts Ahead With Mobile Spy for Android

May 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Mobile Spy is a logger app that runs on the background of the OS and logs pretty much anything you’d like it to log. The app doesn’t identify itself which makes it nearly impossible for phone owners to know its there. Read the rest of this entry »

IMImobile to Increase Ownership of WIN plc

May 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Though the India based firm IMImobile already owns 2.4% of WIN plc, the companies have now announced that IMImobile is indexing the possibilities to increase its ownership in WIN. Read the rest of this entry »

iAd Might Bust Some Advertising Budgets

May 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | No Comments »

There is hope for all those advertising networks on iPhone OS already. As it turns out, iAd will launch with a premium price tag, leaving the price sensitive advertisers where they are satisfied till now. Read the rest of this entry »

Twitter Launches Android App

May 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Following the release of their own iPhone app, Twitter has now launched the same on Android. Just like on the iPhone, it will sit there comfortably between competitors who have been on the Android Market much longer. Read the rest of this entry »