EU & FTC Start Investigation on Apple’s Development Policy’s

August 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

In June, the FTC declared to start investigating Apple’s stance on disallowing development with third party tools. Now, the EU decided to team up with the Federal Trade Commission. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple Taps Tap tap on Volume Control

August 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Tap Tap’s Camera+ is a popular photography app on the App Store. In the latest update, Tap Tap included functionality to use the volume buttons to take a picture (which would come in handy). Read the rest of this entry »

RIM Releases BlackBerry 6 Java SDK’s

August 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

Following the announcement of the BlackBerry Torch and the BlackBerry 6 OS, RIM has now made available the Java SDK’s to the development community. Read the rest of this entry »

New Android Rooting APK Surfaces Outside the App Store

August 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Consumers can now download a new APK file from XDA Developers that allows them to root their Android device with the push of a button. Rooting software seems to become popular. Read the rest of this entry »

iAd Supports App Downloads

August 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

From now on, iAd’s can be used to trigger downloads from the App Store without intervention from iTunes. With this move, Apple increases the distance to other advertisers on the iOS platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Financials: Gamevil’s Q2 2010 – Profits Up 29%

August 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Gamevil has reported a rise of sales of 25% year-on-year for the second quarter, resulting in 6.72 billion Won in revenues. 3.4 billion won was registered as net profit, up 29% year-on-year. Read the rest of this entry »

Financials: THQ’s Q2 2010 – Mobile Revenues Down

August 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Over the first quarter of their 2011 fiscal year (Q2 2010 for us), THQ Wireless made $1.6 million in revenues. Down $2.6 million year-on-year. The wireless division accounts for just 1.1% of THQ’s global revenues. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple Introduces Volume Purchasing

August 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has introduced volume pricing for App Store apps. This program is aimed mainly at US educational institutions that will now get the option to acquire masses of apps for their students. Read the rest of this entry »

Sanoma Digital Organizes iPad App Challenge

August 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Sanoma Digital, a huge publisher of websites and apps, has organized an app challenge in which contestants can win up to €10.000 for their ideas. Read the rest of this entry »

Symbian Sells 298.000 S60 Phones a Day

August 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Thought 200.000 new Androids a day is a lot? Symbian says they are still miles ahead of Google as Symbian sees 298.000 new S60 based smartphones being activated every single day. Read the rest of this entry »