Archive for November, 2009

What’s up at Arphiola

November 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

We didn’t even finish our story on Youpark and already we received messages that a distributor called Arphiola is having problems paying bills and respecting contracts.

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What’s up at YouPark

November 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

YouPark is one of the bigger names in mobile games and applications might be in trouble. Shape Services just posted a message on LinkedIn in which they warm other developers to start chasing their money.

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Nintendo Evaluates Action toward Nokia’s N900

November 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | Comments Off

Last week, we reported that the Nokia N900 has several emulators on board that allow consumers to play games from consoles like the Super Nintendo and the good old Gameboy. Now it seems Nintendo might take action toward it.

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End2End Content Services Ends

November 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

End2End Content Services is one of the older mobile game and content distributors from Europe. The company that is specialized in mobile content just announced it will terminate (all) agreements with publishers and so, it’s core business

Xendex Raises $3.5 Million

November 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

Xendex disclosed a second round of funding for $ 3.5 Million led by Pontis Capital and a group of angel investors. This latest investment follows on a first capital raising of $ 3.6 Million in June 2008.

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Barroso Chose Neelie Kroes for Telecoms and ICT

November 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | Comments Off

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Mariah Carey Receives iPhone Makeover

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing, Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Following in the footsteps of Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey has also released her own Kareoke app. We foresee problems when blokes try to sing with a high pitch similar to hers.

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Konami Releases PES Fan App

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (PES) is one of Konami’s biggest titles this season. To support retail sales, the company has released a free PES card trading game on the iPhone platform.

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Bright AI Takes the Science Museum to the iPhone

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | Comments Off

The UK Science Museum is going mobile with their successful flash game Launchball. The game has been available on their site since 2007 and has been played over 2 million times.

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MiKandi Launches Naughty App Store

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | Comments Off

MiKandi has released a new Android based App Store to compete with the original Android Market. The big differentiator will be adult content as MiKandi promotes anything that is legally allowed.