Dutch Social Network Launches MVNO

October 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

With over 10 million members, Hyves is the biggest social network in The Netherlands, though it is losing market share to Facebook. Hyves itself actually started as a copy of Facebook and is now starting an MVNO to compete with the US giant. Read the rest of this entry »

Shazam, Seesmic and Other Apps go Live on Windows Marketplace

October 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Over the night, a few interesting apps have launched on Windows Marketplace that will allow Microsoft to target Windows Phone 7 directly at the competition. Read the rest of this entry »

Intel Invests $3 Million in OpenFeint

October 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Multiplayer Gaming | No Comments »

Intel Capital has announced a $3 Million investment in Aurora Feint, the company behind the successful OpenFeint social mobile gaming network (and some games). Read the rest of this entry »

Rovio: 3 Million Angry Birds Downloads on Android

October 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Rovio’s release of Angry Birds is a huge success, everybody knows. In fact, the company’s game has already been downloaded three million times through both GetJar and the Android Market. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple Announced App Store & FaceTime for MacOSX

October 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

iOS developers that know a thing or two about development for the OSX platform should pay attention as Apple has announced to be opening an App Store for Mac owners. Read the rest of this entry »

Angry Birds go Evil on Chillingo

October 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following the successful publishing efforts of Chillingo on Apple’s App Store, Rovio has decided to upload a new version of Angry Birds called Angry Birds Halloween without involving the publisher. Read the rest of this entry »

EA Acquires Chillingo

October 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Good news for the guys over at Chillingo. The successful iOS publisher has been acquired by gaming behemoth EA. With the acquisition, EA will further strengthen its position on the App Store. Read the rest of this entry »

App Creation Through InDesign with RovingBird

October 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Through a new solution from RovingBird, it is possible to convert Adobe InDesign documents into iPhone/iPad apps. The solution is called RovingBird ePublisher and pricing starts at €1.000,-. Read the rest of this entry »

NCsoft Takes Aion Mobile

October 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

NCsoft has announced a mobile add-on for their successful Aion MMO (PC Based). The mobile app will be an extension for players that want to buy and sell virtual goods. Read the rest of this entry »

Financials: Apple’s Q4

October 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Though we have been writing about the outcome of Apple’s earnings call earlier today, we didn’t mention any numbers yet. So here we go… Read the rest of this entry »

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