Myndplay Controlling iOS and Android with the Brain

May 16th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Neurosky has released a new device for PC, Mac, iOS and Android called MyndPlay. Myndplay allows developers access to raw brainwave data, giving them the power to alter the experience depending on how the gamers experiences the game itself. Read the rest of this entry »

Baidu Launches it’s H5018 Cloud Phone

May 16th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

This week, Chinese search giant Baido has released it’s long awaited cloud phone. The Changhong H5018. This new device comes with a massive 300GB of online storage, beating pretty much every phone on the market as Sony is offering only 50GB through DropBox, HTC is offering 25GB through DropBox and all others are stuck at 5GB. Read the rest of this entry »

Tizen Plays Nice with HTML5

May 16th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Tizen | No Comments »

This week, Samsung has been showing off Tizen to a larger public on actual devices as both a reference device and what appears to be a Galaxy SII HD LTE device have been shows running the Korean/American operating system. Read the rest of this entry »

Halfbrick Builds An Empire Through Fruit Ninja

May 13th, 2012 by Dawn Siris Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Would you ever have expected to find yourself slicing fruit on your PC, iPhone or other mobile device? Not many would but we all have to agree that the thrill you get from slicing fruit and dodging bombs is fantastic. And who have we to thank for such a strange combination? Halfbrick Studios, game developer, which was founded in 2001, in Queensland, Australia. If you were a fan of the nickelodeon games, you may be aware that it was this same developer who developed popular games such as Rocket Power: Beach Bandits and a few Avatar the Last Air bender games. Being one of the most downloadable mobile games in history, its only natural that many similar clones and other ways to play Fruit Ninja Online exist all over the web. Read the rest of this entry »

Rovio Reports €75.4m Revenues over 2011

May 8th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

With hundreds of millions of downloads, business has no doubt been going very well for the Finnish mobile studio Rovio. Yesterday, the studio has shown the success it had in pure cash as it reported €75.5 million in revenues over 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Google Play Well Past 15 Billion Downloads

May 8th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Google announced that Google Play 9the former Android Market) has passed 15 billion downloads, a few weeks ago. Google Play passed the 11 billion download mark in January. Read the rest of this entry »

Government Investigation Devalues Gree and DeNa

May 8th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Following investigation of a local consumer affairs agency, Gree and DeNa have seen the value of their shares going down. A sales practice of the companies might have been deemed illegal… Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook Acquired Glancee

May 8th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Only weeks after purchasing Instagram for a massive $1 billion, Facebook makes yet another mobile purchase. This time, the social network swallows Glancee. A social mobile service that has been running for about two years. Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung Shows off Tizen Device

May 8th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Tizen | No Comments »

Following the recent release of the Tizen SDK’s, Samsung has now started to show off the first hardware running the new Tizen operating system. Tizen is based on Linux and originated from MeeGo (Intel and Nokia) and Bada (Samsung). Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung Preparing for a Mobile Acquisition!?

May 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Samsung is planning to take over a mobile company. Though it is unknown which company Samsung is to acquire, it won’t be RIM. Or at least that’s what Samsung’s mobile president J.K. Shin said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Read the rest of this entry »