Why Are Free Games More Popular On iPhones Than On Android Devices?
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Some research out from Xyologic today on app store download trends in 2011 indicates that while games have remained a popular category acros… Read more »
Streaming The Super Bowl Is No Big Deal (For Now)
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The NFL and NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) garnered a lot of attention yesterday with news that the Super Bowl (along with the Pro Bowl and two Wild Card… Read more »
Distimo: Apple's App Store Still Beats Android On Revenues; Freemium Rules
Android’s Market and the App Store from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) may be getting ever-closer to being level in the number of apps on offer, but whe… Read more »
AOL Ponies Up For Appssavvy's $7.1 Million Round As Social Ads Make Friends
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One of the consequences of the growth of social media has been the rise of that category of digital, interactive advertising referred to as… Read more »
Game On Or Game Over? Zynga Opens Above IPO Price But Then Drops
photo: Zynga / FarmVille
The long-awaited IPO of social games giant Zynga has finally arrived, but those hoping for quick, early flips of the stock may end up having… Read more »
Rovio Still Talking Up A Mickey Mouse IPO, Now In Hong Kong
Is Rovio’s floatation ever going to happen? For some time now, we’ve been reading chatter about an imminent IPO.
The latest date is 2013, t… Read more »
Zynga IPO Could Challenge Google's High Score
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Zynga, the social gaming company behind Farmville, Words With Friends and other online games, is preparing to go public on Friday in what co… Read more »
Nielsen: Android And Apple Dominate The App Space But Mobile Browser Rules
Apple’s and Android’s stronghold on the U.S. smartphone market has been the case for many quarters already, and figures out today from Niels… Read more »
Pontiflex/Harris Survey: Incentive And Video Ads Turn Off Mobile Users
Mobile ads today make up less than one percent of all money spent on media advertising, and a poll just out from Harris Interactive, commiss… Read more »
Apple's Leagues Ahead In App Downloads: 18 Billion To Android's 10 Billion
A timely news announcement from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) one week after Google’s own Android apps milestone: Apple says that 500,000 apps have now… Read more »
Games Take Largest Share Of Android's First 10 Billion Downloads
Android games have notched up more than 2.5 billion downloads since the launch of Google’s Android Market store, taking a 25.6 percent share… Read more »
Updated: Apple TV Streaming Quietly Goes International
Back in August, we wrote about how Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) had started to offer U.S.-based users of its Apple TV device the ability to stream sho… Read more »
Xbox 360 Leads The Way To Engaged TV
photo: Microsoft Xbox Kinect
Interactive TV, a phrase still used but painful to hear, grates like the name of an old girlfriend, conjuring up hopes long since unfulfille… Read more »
Zynga To Raise $1 Billion From IPO
Facebook games maker Zynga plans to raise $1 billion (£630 million) in its initial public offering, valuing the fledgling internet firm at… Read more »
James Frey's Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland
photo: Glu Mobile
When we last heard from James Frey, he was releasing a YA novel with a soundtrack. Now his book packaging company, Full Fathom Five, is laun… Read more »
Report: Apple To Give 4G A Shot In Arm With Next-Generation iPad, iPhone
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We’ve seen some significant strides for LTE in the past year — with some big names like Verizon and AT&T (NYSE: T) getting behind the fast… Read more »
Russia's Yandex Searches For Mobile Growth, Buys SPB Software
Taking a page from its search counterparts in the East and West like Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Russia’s Yandex has scooped… Read more »
How Will Facebook's Buffy Phone Look? There's An App For That
Facebook has not approached anything resembling a confirmation of the reports that it is developing its own phone with HTC, code-named “Buff… Read more »
Apple Approves, Then Rejects, iOS App That Allowed Games Via Subscription
In its usual quiet fashion, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has removed an iOS application designed to let users subscribe to games through in-app purcha… Read more »
Windows Phone Marketplace Is Riding High On Free Content
Last week, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) revealed on the anniversary of the Windows Phone Marketplace that the app storefront now has some 40,000 a… Read more »
The Latest Chinese Export: Tencent's QQ Mobile Browser, Via GetJar
We’ve observed a lot of western companies looking to cash in on the explosive growth of China’s mobile population by taking their products i… Read more »
Game Hurt By Worsening Consumer Outlook But Digital Sales Growing
The market for boxed video games is turning down in a troubling consumer economy, according to one retailer’s experience. Read more »
Call Of Duty Maker Booms As Vivendi Sells A Stake To Buy EMI
When Vivendi (EPA: VIV) announced it was buying EMI’s recorded music division last week, it cryptically said the deal would see it sell “500… Read more »
Wee Motion Plus: Digital Marketing In The Men's Room
Eat your heart out, Kinect, Move and Wii – the list of new video game controllers just got its weirdest addition yet. Read more »
WPP Re-Invests In Chinese Video Game Ads Company
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WPP and Revolution Capital are making a second investment in InGameAdvertising, the Shanghai-based Chinese in-game advertising network. Read more »
AP Begins HD Video News Rollout With Entertainment
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The Associated Press is launching its high-definition AP Entertainment news service as part a “multi-million” dollar upgrade that will make… Read more »
Ideal Binary Takes Funding For Its Fairy Tale Book-App Ambitions
Irish developer Ideal Binary has raised €750k (around £642k) to fuel its ambitions in the increasingly competitive book-apps market. The… Read more »
Iger: NBA Strike Won't Hurt ESPN; This Is The 'Pre-Season' Of Digital Video
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The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) pulled in a pretty solid fiscal 2011 and FY Q4, but a number of challenges have emerged that could threaten… Read more »
How Come 'Modern Warfare 3' Is The Most Hated Game On The Web?
photo: Call of Duty
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has attracted near-universal critical acclaim. It is a slick, well-constructed and generously proportioned in… Read more »
More Proof Of A New Nook Tablet–And It's Priced $50 Above The Kindle Fire
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) has been widely expected to reveal a new tablet at an event to be held in New York next Monday, and now we are st… Read more »
@ pcE11: The Intersection Of Gaming And Gaming
We’re going to see new combinations of video games and old-fashioned board games and gambling, panelists said in “The Accelerated Evolution… Read more »
Five Ways Barnes & Noble’s New Nook Could Compete With The Kindle Fire
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There’s this little tablet called the Kindle Fire that has been getting some press recently, but Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is forging ahead… Read more »
Education App Publisher Mindshapes Raises $5 Million, Inks Content Deals
It has become something of a meme that young kids take to smartphones and tablets like fish to water. Today sees a development that could fo… Read more »
Squawk! Angry Birds/Fruit Ninja ‘Rip-Off’ Reaches Number-One In App Store
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but this may be stretching the expression a bit too far. Cut the Birds, a game release… Read more »
Gamestop Tries Its Hand At Android Tablets With Gaming Devices For Holidays
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Android partners have been mighty quiet about their plans for second-generation devices leading up to the holiday season, but a newcomer is… Read more »
Is Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5 Arriving Next Year?
Rockstar has officially announced Grand Theft Auto V. The latest title in the multimillion-selling crime adventure series has no official re… Read more »
PlayJam Takes $5 Million To Go Global With Its Connected TV Games
PlayJam, which distributes its own and now third-party casual games to TVs in Europe, is taking a $5 million first investment round to help… Read more »
Microsoft Earnings On Target As PC Business Still Stagnant
The PC business is not the most dynamic place to be these days, but fortunately for Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) it has a growing presence in the… Read more »
Industry Moves: HealthiNation; Machinima; Vevo; Ai; Starz
– HealthiNation: Anthony Dunaif has joined HealthiNation as SVP of syndication and strategic partnerships. Previously, he was CMO of Inform… Read more »
RIM’s Compensation: $100 In Free Apps For The Siri-ously Curious And Gamers
During the three-day outage last week that affected data services for millions of BlackBerry users, RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) executives were focused… Read more »
