Archive for August, 2010

A Week Off

August 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | Comments Off

This week, MGB is volunteering at a campsite to help children of poor families have a fun week in Holland. We will try to keep covering the biggest news, but probably don’t have time for that. We will be back in service on September 6th.

New Potato to Release their First iPad Pinball Add-On

August 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Following the release of several pieces of iPhone gaming related add-ons, Hard- and software vendor New Potato has now announced their first iPad gaming add-on.

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Reverb Settles with FTC over Review Scandal

August 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Reverb Communications has chosen to settle a lawsuit brought on by the FTC over the deceptive reviews the company wrote on Apple’s App Store.

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GetJar Does Virgin Mobile India Too

August 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | Comments Off

Earlier today we wrote that GetJar entered into a deal with Digi in Malaysia to offer their content directly to DiGi consumers. It turns out, a similar deal is in place with Virgin Mobile India.

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Palm Promotes Third Party Developers

August 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | Comments Off

Palm has opened up a new webpage to inform companies where to get good quality WebOS development done if they don’t have experience in-house themselves.

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Channel4 Pumps £1 Million Into App Strategy

August 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Deals | Comments Off

Uk broadcaster Channel4 has announced that it is investing £1.000.000 in mobile games with Dundee developers TAG Games and Dynamo. The games will be based on Channel4 IP.

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GetJar Opens App Store on DiGi

August 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | Comments Off

Malaysian operator DiGi and GetJar have announced a partnership in which GetJar is launching their App Store on the operators mobile internet portal.

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Android Piracy Heatmap

August 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | Comments Off

Android developer Keyes Labs has recently released an app called Screebl Pro. As most expect with Android Market apps, the app has been pirated a lot. In fact, there has been so much piracy, this developer decided to create a heatmap.

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iControlPad Finally in Production

August 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | Comments Off

It took them over 2.5 years, but it seems the highly anticipated iControlPad is finally ready for production and the company is planning support for additional devices as well.

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Gameloft Enter Android, Their Way

August 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | Comments Off

Gameloft het setup their own dedicated Android shop on their website that allows gamers to freely download trial versions of their games and pay for them when they want more.