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A Week Off

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:06:35 +0000

This week, MGB is volunteering at a campsite to help children of poor families have a fun week in Holland. We will try to keep covering the biggest news, but probably don’t have time for that....

New Potato to Release their First iPad Pinball Add-On

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:51:58 +0000

Following the release of several pieces of iPhone gaming related add-ons, Hard- and software vendor New Potato has now announced their first iPad gaming add-on. This time, the company has made a...

Reverb Settles with FTC over Review Scandal

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:26:39 +0000

Reverb Communications has chosen to settle a lawsuit brought on by the FTC over the deceptive reviews the company wrote on Apple’s App Store. Reverb launched paid reviews of Apps without (of course)...

GetJar Does Virgin Mobile India Too

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:48:43 +0000

Earlier today we wrote that GetJar entered into a deal with Digi in Malaysia to offer their content directly to DiGi consumers. It turns out, a similar deal is in place with Virgin Mobile...

Palm Promotes Third Party Developers

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:43:22 +0000

Palm has opened up a new webpage to inform companies where to get good quality WebOS development done if they don’t have experience in-house themselves. This list is a great initiative from the...

Channel4 Pumps £1 Million Into App Strategy

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:38:53 +0000

Uk broadcaster Channel4 has announced that it is investing £1.000.000 in mobile games with Dundee developers TAG Games and Dynamo. The games will be based on Channel4 IP. TAG Games will be working on...

GetJar Opens App Store on DiGi

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:33:26 +0000

Malaysian operator DiGi and GetJar have announced a partnership in which GetJar is launching their App Store on the operators mobile internet portal. The operator stated that it likes the open nature...

Android Piracy Heatmap

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:29:07 +0000

Android developer Keyes Labs has recently released an app called Screebl Pro. As most expect with Android Market apps, the app has been pirated a lot. In fact, there has been so much piracy, this...

iControlPad Finally in Production

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:27:41 +0000

It took them over 2.5 years, but it seems the highly anticipated iControlPad is finally ready for production and the company is planning support for additional devices as well. During production, the...

Gameloft Enter Android, Their Way

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:13:02 +0000

Gameloft het setup their own dedicated Android shop on their website that allows gamers to freely download trial versions of their games and pay for them when they want more. Gameloft runs the...

New Apple Products Coming in September

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:53:45 +0000

On September First, Apple has booked the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco for a huge media event. As always, Apple didn’t give much hints about what is to expect. Yet, history tells us, we can...

Digital Chocolate Sues Zynga over Maffia Wars IP

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:47:12 +0000

Digital Chocolate has announced that the company will sue Zynga over the use of the name Maffia Wars. According to DC, Zynga claimed the trademark while DC’s game was already out under the same...

Microsoft Confirms WP7 vs. XBLA Gameplay

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:41:21 +0000

In an interview with rgbFilter, Microsoft’s Greg Milligan confirmed that Windows Phone 7 versus Xbox Live Arcade multiplayer functionality is still in the roadmap of Microsoft. The functionality will...

Motorola Acquires 280 North

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:49:29 +0000

Motorola acquired web app developer 280 North. 280 North developed a web app framework called Cappuccino that allows developers of web apps to push their apps onto various platforms. This news comes...

RIM Acquires Cellmania

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:26:01 +0000

Research in Motion has announced the acquisition of Cellmania to strengthen its knowhow in running BlackBerry AppWorld. Cellmania already provides content services for several operators. With the...

MeeGo to Go 3D

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:13:36 +0000

Nintendo is not the only vendor planning a mass market autostereoscopic device. As it turns out, MeeGo, the JV of Intel and Nokia, is also planning its move into 3D. The company prepares itself for...

Google Responds to Android Licensing Server Hack

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:56:13 +0000

Yesterday evening, the news reached us that Android Market’s new licensing service turned out to be easy to hack. Today, Google responds to the publicized hack. The hack is very simple. Hackers...

Apple Winds Down Quattro Wireless Business

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:45:00 +0000

Through a message on the website of Quattro Wireless, Apple has announced it will be winding down the traditional business of the ad agency so it can focus entirely on Apple’s iAd platform. This move...

Zynga Acquires Conduit Labs

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:09:55 +0000

Zynga has acquired Conduit Labs, a developer that started in popstar based online games back in 2007. The studio will be rebranded to Zynga Boston, its seventh studio. Conduit Labs CEO Nabeel Hyatt...

RIM Works on Better App World and Decreasing Revenues

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:04:53 +0000

RIM has been working hard on improving its App World consumer experience. As a result, developers will now be able to start billing games at $0.99, while the minimum has been $2.99. App World will...

Nokia to Acquire Motally

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:32:38 +0000

Nokia has been rumored to be in the process of acquiring Motally, a mobile analytics company that allows in-app and on-site tracking of consumers and consumer behavior. By acquiring Motally, Nokia...

Mauj Acquires Mobango

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:19:17 +0000

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. The acquisition will...

Yahoo Acquires LBS Advertiser Cirius

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:09:07 +0000

In a race to acquire mobile advertisers, Yahoo has set its money on Japan based location based mobile advertising specialist Cirius. The six-year-old company has clients like Excite and Mobage Town...

Google Checks Out PayPal for Android Market!?

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:48:57 +0000

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. Though PayPal is...

Apple’s Span of Control Holds Back iAd Growth

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:41:29 +0000

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. At the...