Mauj Acquires Mobango

August 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Mumbai based Mauj Mobile has announced the acquisition of the UK based content provider Mobango. Through the acquisition, Mauj hopes to strengthen its position outside India. Read the rest of this entry »

Yahoo Acquires LBS Advertiser Cirius

August 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

In a race to acquire mobile advertisers, Yahoo has set its money on Japan based location based mobile advertising specialist Cirius. Read the rest of this entry »

Google Checks Out PayPal for Android Market!?

August 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though PayPal has already made available API’s to allow billing for virtual items, it seems eBay and Google are now discussing further integration of PayPal into the Android Market. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple’s Span of Control Holds Back iAd Growth

August 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple’s tight grip on the iAd network and content is the primary reason the network is not growing as fast as both advertisers and developers would like. Read the rest of this entry »

Google Runs Out of Nexus One’s

August 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Recently, Google chose to stop supplying US consumers with Nexus One devices and keep their last batches for the Android development community (which already received many of them for free). Read the rest of this entry »

OpenFeint Adds Send to Friend Functionality

August 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Openfeint has added new functionality that allows mobile gamers to invite their friends via e-mail and SMS in a similar way Scoreloop has been doing it right from the start. Read the rest of this entry »

What we Think About the IMGA

August 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards, Research & Stats | No Comments »

A few weeks back, the International Mobile Game Awards (IMGA) sent out a poll to check what their contacts think about IMGA and where the awardshow should be heading. Last week, the results have been revealed. Read the rest of this entry »

Vodafone Iceland Selects Selatra for Games and Apps

August 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Though Selatra has been silent for a long time, the aggregator seems to have been working out a sweet deal with Vodafone Iceland that puts them in charge of games and apps. Read the rest of this entry »

Connect2Media Signs Parachute Panic

August 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Following its successful launch in the iPhone and 4 million downloads on it, FDG’s Parachute Panic will now be released on various other platforms through Connect2Media. Read the rest of this entry »

GamesCom: One Million Mini’s Sold

August 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

Though the title might suggest we are writing about BMW, it is actually Sony that announced to have sold over a million Playstation Mini’s. That’s not as much as many probably hoped for. Read the rest of this entry »