Google Opens Google TV Website

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google TV is coming (at least in the US) and so, the giant put a website online explaining all the Google goodness we will be able to receive from the company. Why this matters to mobile developers? Read on… Read the rest of this entry »

Axa Debuts i-Ad in a Newspaper

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Axa was the first Belgian car insurance company that built an app to report car damage. To promote it, their marketing team launched an interactive campaign by combining an iPhone with a newspaper. Read the rest of this entry »

PlayPhone Announces Social Gaming Platform

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

PlayPhone has invested in the creation of a new mobile social gaming platform which app developers can tap into. With this move, PlayPhone takes on Scoreloop, OpenFeint, Plus+ and others. Read the rest of this entry »

Millennial Media Ads Video Advertising to iOS and Android

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | No Comments »

Millennial Media has updated their SDK for both Android and iOS to include support for video based mobile adverts. With this move, Millennial Media hopes to achieve a deeper level of engagement with consumers. Read the rest of this entry »

Nielsen: Android Most Popular OS in the US

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to research from Nielsen, Android is now officially the most popular OS among recent smartphone buyers in the US market. It has beaten both iOS and BlackBerry OS in August. Read the rest of this entry »

CTIA: Smaato Announces Symbian SDK

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Mobile advertising company Smaato has announced that it will make available a special advertising SDK for the Symbian platform called the Smaato Open Mobile Advertising SDK. Read the rest of this entry »

Greg Ballard to Head Warner Bros. Digital Games

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 1 Comment »

Just months after surfacing at mobile video advertising network Transpera, Greg Ballard has been hired by Warner Bros to lead their digital games and downloads division. Read the rest of this entry »

Forum Nokia at AppCon

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | No Comments »

The guys over at AppCon/AppJam have announced that Nokia will be participating. Forum Nokia will be the first keynote speaker at the event and will be discussing development and challenges on global app stores. Read the rest of this entry »

GetJar Buys Into Mobile Games

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

GetJar has formed a new strategy to increase traffic to its already popular app channels. It will now be buying complete mobile games from developers in order to give them away for free on their portal. Read the rest of this entry »

Airplay Announces Special Arcade Edition for PSP, Confuses Users

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

Airplay has announced Airplay Arcade, a special version of the Airplay SDK that is optimized for Sony’s PSP. When checking out the pricing of the solution, we found something interesting. Read the rest of this entry »