Glu’s Gun Brothers Success Overshadowed by Server Issues

November 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Last week, Glu launched their new Freemium game Gun Bros. As the company probably hoped for, the game downloads skyrocketed, but so did serverload. As a result, gamers became dissatisfied about the poor network performance. Read the rest of this entry »

MGB in Dundee

November 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | No Comments »

Last night, we arrived in Dundee (UK) for the AppCon, AppJam and AppXtra conferences. A small crowd of enthousiast developers is already gathering outside the doors of Discovery Point, awaiting the AppJam. Read the rest of this entry »

Tactile+Plus Puts a D-Pad on Your iDevice, the Cheap Cheap Way

November 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | No Comments »

One of the most annoying things about on-screen keypads is to use them without looking at them. Especially on devices like the iPhone where you can’t feel the border of the screen. Some Japanese company found some sort of a solution to it. Read the rest of this entry »

LG to Subsidize Windows Phone Apps

November 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

LG has announced it will be giving away ten apps for free on Windows Marketplace every month. These ten apps will exclude any in-house developed apps and games from LG. Read the rest of this entry »

Android will be the Primary Development Platform in 2011

November 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | 1 Comment »

According to research from Business Insider, Google’s Android platform (29%) will be the hottest platform to develop for in 2011, followed by Apple’s iPad (20%) and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 (20%). Read the rest of this entry »

The Dutch use Their iPad an Hour a Day

November 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research from publisher Sanoma, Dutch consumers that own an iPad spend about an hour a day with the device. 25% of iPad owners also use it on the toilet. Read the rest of this entry »

The Kinetik Reports First 111 Publishers to have Signed Up

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

Though we announced The Kinetik only a two weeks ago, the service has already attracted 111 developers and publishers that are sharing traffic through the recommendation service. Read the rest of this entry »

28% of US phones is a Smartphone in Q3

November 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to the most recent numbers from Nielsen, 28% of US cellphones is a smartphone. Amongst those consumer that bought a new phone over the past six months, 41% chose a smartphone, up 35% compared to Q2. Read the rest of this entry »

Selatra Opens Up at Optimus

November 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Selatra announced that Optimus (Portugal) will be launching a new portal in collaboration with Selatra. Selatra is responsible for the content aggregation on platforms like J2me and Android. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple to put NFC Chips in the iPhone 5!?

November 2nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to rumors, the iPhone 5 will be outfitted with NFC chips so it is able to communicate with other devices. NFC equipped phones are still rare items. Until now, that market has been dominated by Nokia. Read the rest of this entry »

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