Archive for June, 2011

THQ Closes Two Studios

June 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

Maybe not mobile related, but for some of you that are working with THQ it might be interesting to know the company has closed down two of their gamestudios.

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RIM Preparing Playbook for Global Launch

June 11th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | Comments Off

While our readers in the US probably already have a Playbook laying around, RIM has now announced in which countries their tablet computer will be selling next.

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Nokia Starts Windows Phone Training for Symbian Developers

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Phone | Comments Off

Nokia’s Czech department has started to invite Symbian developers to the Microsoft offices. There, the companies will help developers in their transition from Symbian development to Windows Phone.

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E3: Sony Details Playstation Vita

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | Comments Off

In a press conference earlier today, Sony detailed the Playstation Vita. The Playstation Vita follows in the footsteps of the PSP and is said to bring Playstation 3-like content into your hands.

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RIM Acquires Scoreloop

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

Research in Motion just announced that Scoreloop will become part of the Blackberry Developer Team to bring in their experience in creating social gaming networks.

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Nokai Adds S40 Support to App Wizard

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Web Apps | Comments Off

Nokia has announced a new update for the Ovi App Wizard. The App Wizard is used mainly by non-developers to create Symbian apps based on RSS feeds. Our app is an example of that.

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John Chasey Joins The Board at Metaflow

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | Comments Off

Digital content management specialist Metaflow today announced that long-time industry veteran John Chasey is joining their board of directors.

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WWDC: iOS 5 & Stats

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

For all those that missed it yesterday, here’s the recap of the most interesting bits that Apple exposed during their WWDC event.

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Video Outlines iOS 5 Features

June 6th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Today we received a tip on new iOS 5.0 functionality. It seems Apple really went for augmented reality on this one. Check the video after the jump for all the details.

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Windows 8 a Lot Like Windows Phone 7

June 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | Comments Off

Microsoft has put a video on YouTube detailing what Windows 8 will be looking like. The first thing that comes to my mind is “Windows Phone 7”, and that’s not far sought.