Archive for May, 2010

Glu Closes UK Studio!?

May 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

Glu (GLUU) is shifting its focus more toward smartphones and that seems to have a direct effect on its developers, marketers and financial specialists in the UK if rumors are right…

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MU: Milq Media, The Confession

May 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Milq Media took the stage to tell the experience they have had with their app Confession. Confession is a little confession box app on the iPhone which allows users to submit their confession anonymously.

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MU: Roomloaded – Call ‘n Play

May 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Events & Conferences | Comments Off

Ronald Siebes from Roomloaded has taken the stage to explain a bit more about gaming on urban screens with your phone, technology made possible with a Dutch open source project called RoomWare.

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MU: Zeemote, Taking Control of the Game

May 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences, Gaming Gear | Comments Off

Ken Takagi, the COO from Zeemote took the stage to introduce Zeemote and of course Aplix (which bought Zeemote when it went bust) to the developers at the Mobile Unconference.

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MU: PavingWays’ Next Generation Comic E-Reader

May 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 1 Comment »

Rocco has taken the stage to present their ideas on next generation comic e-readers. PavingWays ltd (Germany) is currently working on a special e-reader called Panda Tosho.

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MU: Microsoft, The Windows Phone 7 Experience

May 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences, Platforms: Windows Mobile | Comments Off

Matthijs Hoekstra from Microsoft explains that Microsoft is ready for a new start with the new Windows Phone 7 platform. He noted that a ‘next’ version for Windows Mobile was dropped for Windows Phone 7.

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MU: Scoreloop, Increasing Interaction with Social Gaming

May 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Events & Conferences | Comments Off

Christian van der Leeden kicks off with a presentation of Scoreloop. After a small introduction to the company, he explains how networks like Scoreloop can increase engagement between developer and player.

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Samsung Gold Sponsor Mobile Unconference

May 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | Comments Off

As most of our readers know right now, tomorrow we (MGB and partners) are organizing the Mobile Unconference. We are proud to announce that Samsung Mobile is the gold sponsor for the event.

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MGB On Hold (Untill mid-June)

May 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in About Us | 2 Comments »

For today we could have written a dozen of stories, but we won’t. Want to know why? Click further.

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Steve Ballmer’s iPad Review

May 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Funbox, Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Steve Ballmer has taken the time to review Apple’s iPad. Though the video is meant as a joke, there are some aspects in this review that are pretty serious in regards to web functionality.

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