Archive for the ‘Analysis & Editorial’ Category

IO’10 Charles Mcleod

January 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Metaflow is one of those companies that differentiates itself by being a service provider with a product offering that hasn’t got any real competition in the market. Charles Mcleod brought us his vision on what
2010 will be.

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IO’10 Alex Galvagni

December 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Glu, the third biggest publisher of mobile games has seen a true management drain this year. Still 2009 has been good for the publisher as well since they managed to get cashflow positive. Alex Galvagni (CTO and SVP of Global Product Development) reflects on 2009 with us and looks ahead at 2010.

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IO’10 Ryan Morel

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Starting off with Reaxion, Ryan has built up many years of mobile games sales experience from the US. Now, he’s serving up games with PressOK Entertainment and sharing his vision in the Industry Outlook 2010.

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IFAW Launches App for Fundraising

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

IFAW, an organization that fights cruelty to animals, has launched an funapp to raise money for its cause. The game has been created by Amsterdam based developer Sharewire.

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Distimo Launches Appstores.Info

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Analytics company Distimo has launched a new service for developers called AppStores.info. With this portal, the company will be providing analytical information about a large variety of appstores.

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MobClix’ Favorite iPhone Top 10’s

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Over the past year, MobClix has provided a lot of insights into both the popularity as well as the availability of apps on the app store. The company compiled a new top 10 containing their favorite lists.

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IO’10 Trip Hawkins – Digital Chocolate

December 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Who doesn't know Trip Hawkins? He founded a mammoth in the gaming industry called EA, a console called the 3DO and this year, as CEO of Digital Chocolate, he invented the Omni Gamer!

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IO’10: Michael Haberl

December 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Based in Vienna, Austria, Xendex is one of those old companies that has managed to stay alive during the credit crunch and years of consolidation we are now leaving behind. The company recently surprised many with a big $3.5 Million investment and seems ready for whatever 2010 will bring.

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2010 Industry Outlook Starts

December 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Starting today, executives in the mobile games industry can start submitting their industry perspective for 2010 and a few lines on how their company will deal with the changes agead.

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Apple Slashes 1K Apps for Fake Reviews

December 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | 3 Comments »

Apple has taken down all one thousand apps from a developer called MoLinker. The reason for taking them down is a huge amount of fake reviews to propel it’s title upward in the charts.