Amazon to Abandon $99 Android Developer Fee!?

October 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last week, we reported that Amazon is setting up their own Android App Store and that developers have to pay $99 to join in. It seems Amazon has changed its approach on how to work with developers. Read the rest of this entry »

Adidas Pulled $10 Million in Advertising from iAd

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

Adidas is rumored to have pulled a $10.000.000 costing ad campaign from Apple’s iAd network because Apple wants to have too much control over Adidas’ creativity. Read the rest of this entry »

All You Can Eat Android Games Service at Vodafone

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

Vodafone has released a new ‘all you can eat’ Android game service for its clients. The service is subscription based and will cost the consumer €5 a month. Read the rest of this entry »

Dutch Public Transport App Receives Game Center Treatment

October 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Dutch public transport app ‘Bushalte’ has received a special make-over to support game center. According to the developers, this is the first non-game supporting it. Read the rest of this entry »

Google Expands Android Market Billing to 20 More Countries

October 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google is finally adding new countries to its Google Checkout system. As of today, developers from 29 different countries around the world can start asking money for their work Read the rest of this entry »

Apple Updates App Store Layout and Rolls Back

October 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Yesterday, Apple updated the layout of the App Store app on the iPhone. Today, Apple is showing the old layout again, which hints that something must have gone wrong. Read the rest of this entry »

3DS Will Receive Automatic Updates

October 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: DSiWare | No Comments »

In order to battle piracy, Nintendo will be pushing firmware updates to the device. The consumer has no choice but to accept them If they want to continue playing new games. Read the rest of this entry »

Nokia’s Ovi Store Crosses 2.3 Million Daily Downloads

October 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Nokia’s Ovi Store is growing in popularity, that’s no secret. Today, the company announced that its Ovi Store is service more than 2.3 million downloads on a daily basis. Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung Departs from Symbian

October 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Following in SonyEricsson’s footsteps, Samsung also announced to stop using Symbian for its smartphones. Samsung will focus on Android, Windows Phone 7 and of course its own Bada OS. Read the rest of this entry »

Velti Acquires Mobclix

October 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Velti has acquired Mobclix to expand its presence in mobile marketing. In addition to expanding its mobile advertising network, it also adds analytics to its pool through Mobclix’ acquisition of heartbeat earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »