Archive for August, 2011

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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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…

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SonyEricsson Tests 3D Screens!?

August 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

Following HTC and LG, SonyEricsson is rumoured to be testing new autostereoscopic 3D screens for its mobile phones. That step would be late, but logical since SE’s objective is to offer the best entertainment experience.

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Italians Develop Android Watch

August 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | Comments Off

It seems like Android developers have to take care of yet another form-factor as Italian designers have developed a new watch based on Google’s Android operating system.