Handmark Appoints Jason Ford

August 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Handmark announced it has appointed Jason Ford as its Vice President of Games he will play a key role in ramping up the company’s games development and further expand its presence in the mobile gaming market

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Apple to Open up on Problems

August 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

It seems like Apple is finally speaking out about problems faced by developers. One of their executives, Phil Schiller, seems to have started to contact developers to discuss their issues.

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Digital Chocolate Tops iTunes Reviews

August 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It's celebration time at Digital Chocolate. The company has received it's one millionth consumer review on Apple's iTunes in about six months time.

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WinMoDevCamp Kicks Off in Seattle

August 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | No Comments »

If you are not heading over to GamesCom or the GC next week, Seattle might be the place to be for you if you are into Windows Mobile. On the 19th, there will be a developer booth camp you can join for free!

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iPhone Developer Offers Business on eBay

August 12th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Developer Rod Cambridge has offered his app 'Top-Tens' with source code and website on eBay in the hope to find a new developer to continue building on the success of the app.

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Rumours: Nokia to Ditch Symbian?

August 12th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: MeeGo, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

According to the German Financial Times, the love between Nokia and Symbian might be over soon. The vendor would switch to their other open source OS called Maemo.

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Backflip Studios Raises $145K

August 12th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

According to MocoNews, iPhone developer BackFlip Studios has raised %145K in it's first round of funding. The source of the money remains unknown for now.

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LiMo Extends Partnerships

August 12th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Linux | No Comments »

LiMo has announced that the company has signed up KDDI and Immersion to it's platform. This means 12 operators are now on the team. At the same time, the company also announced new phones.

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Nokia and Microsoft Confirm Collaboration – UPDATED

August 12th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

If today's rumours are true, the guys behind QuickOffice might be making a lot less money in the future as Nokia and Microsoft are rumoured install Microsoft Office on it's handsets.

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Valuewait Releases Free 1 Vs. 100 Wap Game

August 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: SMS, Platforms: Web Apps | No Comments »

For the Dutch Naional Lottery (who holds ownership over 1 vs. 100), a company called Valuewait has created a wap/sms version of the game that offers consumers a free chance at winning prizes.