Cu*bert Kicked Off App Store

February 11th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Last week, we reported on the game Duck Hunt that was kicked off of Apple's App Store on behalf of Nintendo. This week, it's Cu*bert that will be kicked out the door on behalf of Sony.

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Spin3 Spices up Partner Programme

February 11th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gambling | No Comments »

In order to bring in more partners, and satisfying current partners even more, Spin3 has announced that it will be spicing up their partner programme with new initiatives.

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Financials: Glu

February 11th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

In their latest quarterly earnings report, Glu has revealed that the company had a consolidated revenue of $21.6 million, an increase of 19% compared to $18.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2007.

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Smart Media Services Fined for Misleading Consumers

February 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: SMS | No Comments »

Smart Media Services, a Dutch SMS gaming company has been fined by a Dutch consumer authority for misleading consumers and so, overcharging them via premium SMS services.

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RIM’s Application Center only for Bold and Storm

February 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Rim seems to be limiting it's BlackkBerry App Store (called Application Center) to it's high end models. Right now that means that it will become available for only the Bold and the Storm models.

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Fox Mobile signs Orange Distribution Deal

February 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

In a time where direct deals with operators seem scarce (or at least for non-app store like channels), Fox Mobile managed to sign a global distribution deal with Orange.

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Mobivention Licenses Hello Kitty

February 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Mobivention has signed a distribution agreement with Sanrio Digital for the Hello Kitty brand. The agreement provides mobivention with the distribution rights for the content throughout 7 European countries.

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Apple Pro Bush?

February 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 2 Comments »

We came across an interesting story over at Pocket Gamer. It tells about a Pakistani developer who's mobile game was not allowed to launch on the App Store because it was mocking George Bush.

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LiMo Receives more Commitment from Operators

February 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Linux | No Comments »

Good news for the LiMo foundation. Despite the fierce competition of Google's Android, six mobile operators have announced that they plan to launch mobile phones based on the LiMo platform.