What’s up at YouPark

November 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

YouPark is one of the bigger names in mobile games and applications might be in trouble. Shape Services just posted a message on LinkedIn in which they warm other developers to start chasing their money.

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Nintendo Evaluates Action toward Nokia’s N900

November 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Last week, we reported that the Nokia N900 has several emulators on board that allow consumers to play games from consoles like the Super Nintendo and the good old Gameboy. Now it seems Nintendo might take action toward it.

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End2End Content Services Ends

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

End2End Content Services is one of the older mobile game and content distributors from Europe. The company that is specialized in mobile content just announced it will terminate (all) agreements with publishers and so, it’s core business

Xendex Raises $3.5 Million

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

Xendex disclosed a second round of funding for $ 3.5 Million led by Pontis Capital and a group of angel investors. This latest investment follows on a first capital raising of $ 3.6 Million in June 2008.

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Barroso Chose Neelie Kroes for Telecoms and ICT

November 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

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Mariah Carey Receives iPhone Makeover

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following in the footsteps of Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey has also released her own Kareoke app. We foresee problems when blokes try to sing with a high pitch similar to hers.

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Konami Releases PES Fan App

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (PES) is one of Konami’s biggest titles this season. To support retail sales, the company has released a free PES card trading game on the iPhone platform.

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Bright AI Takes the Science Museum to the iPhone

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

The UK Science Museum is going mobile with their successful flash game Launchball. The game has been available on their site since 2007 and has been played over 2 million times.

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MiKandi Launches Naughty App Store

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

MiKandi has released a new Android based App Store to compete with the original Android Market. The big differentiator will be adult content as MiKandi promotes anything that is legally allowed.

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LG Signs Handster for Content

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Handster, an app store operator and provider, has signed a deal to provide its services to Korean mobile vendor LG. Handster will be providing games and content for Windows Mobile, J2me, Symbian and Android.