Archive for the ‘Analysis & Editorial’ Category

Mobile Entertainment Magazine’s Print Edition Stops

October 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Personally, I remember the first Mobile Entertainment Magazine dropping in my mailbox a few months after the last 3GSM event in Cannes. At that time, the magazine was a great addition for the regular Informa publication we used to receive.

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Samsung Apps to Merge TV and Mobile

October 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 1 Comment »

Samsung has announced that it will make porting apps from mobile to their internet@tv service easier for developers. It will also start charging for app downloads on TV’s.

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Adobe Releases AIR Runtime for Android

October 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Last Friday, Adobe published the AIR Runtime for Android based devices. With the availability of the AIR Runtime for Android, it should become much more easy for users of Adobe software to release Android based apps.

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Illegal Games Are Big Business

October 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 7 Comments »

While the industry has been fighting piracy for many years, there are companies who make use of pirated games and shady distribution circles to make big bucks from your mobile games and apps.

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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.

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A Week Off

August 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

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. We will be back in service on September 6th.

Reverb Settles with FTC over Review Scandal

August 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

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.

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GDC: Scoreloop Activating 100K Users a Day / Dealing with Operators

August 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

While OpenFeint was one of the first bigger social gaming networks on the iPhone, it seems Scoreloop might be leading the race when it comes to popularity.

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GDC: Intuition vs. Metrics – Playfish

August 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Jefferson Valadares held a keynote on intuition vs. metrics, a discussion point many directors have to face when asking themselves what strategy they should apply to their studio or game.

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Android Users Make Less Bootycalls

August 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Research from datingsite OkCupid showed us that iPhone owners have more sex partners than those that walk around with an Android phone. How about the iPod Touch!?