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Sulake's LaFontaine: Product integration key to cross-platform retention
Habbo Hotel boss says "We view Facebook as a channel where we acquire users"
20th January 2012 @ 9:36am
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DeNA and NetDragon Websoft to form new company
Will localise mobile and social titles for Chinese market
17th January 2012 @ 9:18am
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Business
Rovio aiming for Hong Kong IPO in 2013
Angry Birds dev believes it can be as big as Disney
Short Fuse
INTERVIEW: Jon Walsh of Fuse Powered on a journey from indie retailer to mobile publisher, via Facebook and gambling
30th November 2011 @ 7:55am
Mobile
Business
Android gaming network Mobage completes beta
DeNA and ngmoco's service preparing for full launch
3rd November 2011 @ 8:59am
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Business
4m sales in 3 days make 4S fastest selling phone ever
25 million customers now using iOS5 as 4S double 4's 3 day total
Crowdstar invests $1.5m in six mobile devs
Startups receive $250k each from $10 million Starfund
11th October 2011 @ 9:38am
Mobile
Business
Publishers
UK starts 4G trials
Cornwall chosen as test area for new 4G broadband network
10th October 2011 @ 11:12am
Mobile
Business
Mobile developer Gamerizon nets $5m investment
Plans to employ 100 new staff over 24 months
16th September 2011 @ 7:13am
Mobile
Business
CocoaChina raises $14m in funding
Chinese mobile dev will use funds for new games and to build dev community
25th August 2011 @ 11:14am
Mobile
Business
Android increases US market share to 52 per cent
NPD data indicates growing lead over Apple iOS, Blackberry market share tumbles
Zynga acquires Astro Ape Studios
Social giant looks to grab another mobile games developer
Google acquires Motorola for $12.5 billion
Deal will "supercharge" Android and boost Google's patents library
Angry Birds maker Rovio values itself "north of PopCap"
But admits there's never "been a relevant discussion of whether somebody is going to buy us"
GREE buys OpenFeint for $104 million
Cross-platform social network sold to Japanese social business
26th April 2011 @ 11:43am
Mobile
Business
War in the Pocket
EDITORIAL: Microsoft has a new ally in attempts at a mobile foothold - but this is only the first step
Nokia and Microsoft form mobile partnership
Windows Phone, Bing and adCenter to be integrated into Nokia handsets in the future
Phone-maker HTC buys $40m stake in OnLive
Taiwanese firm buys 5.3m shares in cloud-gaming service
8th February 2011 @ 8:21am
Mobile
Business
9/10 most-downloaded paid iPhone apps ever are games
Doodle Jump, Angry Birds, Tap Tap dominate
iOS device owners download an estimated 60 apps each
Apple's store approaches 10 billion downloads
Amazon to launch own Android app store
Rival mobile service to offer approval system and alternate pricing
Location game dev SCVNGR lands $15m investment
Google, Balderton funding marketing-backed Foursquare rival
5th January 2011 @ 9:46am
Mobile
Business
Epic's Infinity Blade turns over $1.6m in 5 days
Unreal engine game is fastest-grossing App ever
Rovio creates own micropayments platform
Angry Birds dev creates 'Bad Piggy Bank' for store-bypassing payments
13th December 2010 @ 11:57am
Mobile
Business
ngmoco to launch Mobage mobile game network
Service will mirror DeNA's hugely successful Mobage-town platform in Japan
24th November 2010 @ 8:45am
Mobile
Business
DeNA linked to $400m ngmoco acquisition
Japanese firm rumoured to consider buying Neil Young's iPhone business
8th October 2010 @ 9:22am
Mobile
Business
Jobs' Game
EDITORIAL: Steve Jobs has finally embraced gaming as a key part of Apple's business. Nintendo and Sony should be seriously worried.
HTML5 to be "very popular with gamers" - SPIL
Casual games company taps mobile market with open standard; offers $50,000 in prizes to devs
Google acquires SocialDeck
Shake & Spell developer is added to internet giant's roster for undisclosed fee
31st August 2010 @ 8:15am
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