Rim Mixes BB OS and QNX Into BBX

October 19th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | Comments Off

At BlackBerry DevCon, RIM announced their newest OS called BBX. A rather unexpected move as most of the world was still expecting QNX (running on the PlayBook) to be ported straight to RIM’s smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »

Intel Drops MeeGo for Tizen

September 28th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Linux, Platforms: MeeGo, Platforms: Tizen | Comments Off

Following partner Nokia, Intel has now announced it is to abandon the MeeGo platform as well. Instead, it will be working on a new mobile platform with Samsung that’s called Tizen. Read the rest of this entry »

IBC: Liberty Global/UPC Unveils App Store Plans

September 9th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Web Apps | Comments Off

Yesterday, UPC owner Liberty Global announced a new settop box called Horizon. Though the system is mainly advertised as ‘the’ new way to experience TV, the new box will also hold an App Store. Read the rest of this entry »

Baidu Announces Own Android OS Fork

September 5th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | Comments Off

Chinese search giant has finally announced its own mobile operating system. To be specific, the company is launching their own version of Google’s Android OS, called Baidu Yi. Read the rest of this entry »

LG Announces 3D Game Converter

August 30th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

Its always nice to be the first with new technologies like 3D.It is the content however that puts the fun and excitement in 3D. LG must have experienced the same with the Optimus 3D hardware. Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung Considers WebOS TakeOver!?

August 30th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | Comments Off

While Samsung’s Bada OS is slowly fading from our memories and the Korean government issued LG and Samsung to work on a new mobile OS to secure their markets, rumours now say Samsung is eyeballing HP’s WebOS division. A logical step as it would bring Samsung a well designed operating system. Read the rest of this entry »

EA Acquires Bight Games

August 16th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

EA has bought yet another mobile developer. This time it’s the studio that has already developed several games for EA Mobile (NBA Jam, Fleeced). Read the rest of this entry »

10 Year Old Detects Exploit in Social Mobile Games

August 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Over the past two years, there have been lots of developers that created Farmville-like mobile games. A 10-year old kid showed how to manipulate those games at Defcon. Read the rest of this entry »

Patrick Mork Moves to Google

August 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | Comments Off

Following his career at Glu and then GetJar, Patrick Mork is now moving to Google as their new Marketing Director for Mobile Applications. He announced his move on his own blog. Read the rest of this entry »

Former Gameforce CEO Starts Mobile Studio

August 4th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

A new mobile development studio has entered the arena. This time it’s Flaregames, headed by former Gameforge CEO Klaas Kersting. He’s not the only big shot stepping in though… Read the rest of this entry »