Zynga Earns Double Platform Score From Words With Friends On Facebook
Zynga has been trying to broaden its gaming strategy over the past year, trying to bring as many of its Facebook-oriented social games over… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 7-28-2011: iPhone Rumors, ‘Impossible’ Data Speeds, BBM 6
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Most Mobile Games Revenue Is Now In-App
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In-app purchases have grown to account for 52 percent of the revenue of 200 top-grossing iOS games – up from just eight percent a year ago. Read more »
Electronic Arts Reports Higher Digital Revenues, Raises 2Q Outlook
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Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) topped Wall Street expectations for its last quarter, sending the company’s shares up as much as two percent af… Read more »
Mobile Game Prices Falling But Revenue Up From In-App Purchases
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Mobile games remain one of the best ways to make money from mobile applications, according to a new report from mobile app researcher Distim… Read more »
Lolapps, 6waves Merge For Social Games Heft
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Polaris- and Ron Conway-backed social games maker Lolapps of San Francisco is merging with Hong Kong-based counterpart 6waves, as each plays… Read more »
Microsoft Posts Strong Q4 Earnings While Windows Division Was Flat
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) topped analyst estimates for both revenue and profit during its fourth fiscal quarter, perhaps calming fears that a P… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 7-21-11: Nokia; AT&T; LulzSec; Mobile Games; Mobile Ads; CNN
A look at some of the top stories today in mobile:
– Nokia (NYSE: NOK), AT&T earnings: The Finnish handset maker is due to report earning… Read more »
Latino Social Net Quepasa Buys myYearbook For $100 million
Teen-focused social net myYearbook is being bought by Quepasa, the Spanish and Portuguese community site and social gaming operator, for $10… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 7-20-11: Lenovo; T-Mobile; Smartphones; Sprint; Apple Lion
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– Lenovo: Two new Android tablets and one based on Windows 7 are hitting the market thi… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-20-11
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» James and Rupert Murdoch Have Lunch At Parliament: A Grilling And Some Pie (paidContent)
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In-Game Ad Provider SupersonicAds Raises $4.2 Million
Social gamer SupersonicAds has raised a $4.2 million first round as the company looks to continue it international expansion and the growth… Read more »
EA Gets Bejeweled; Buys PopCap For $750 Million In Digital Platform Push
Video game giant Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) is spending $750 million to acquire PopCap Games, the maker of Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombie… Read more »
BBC Worldwide Will Rent Out ‘Doctor Who’ Episodes Via Facebook Credits
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Facebook Credits today got another vote from the media industry as a currency for paid digital content: the BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldw… Read more »
Carmack: Mobile Gaming Power Growing With ‘Good Enough’ Approach
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It’s fashionable in the video games industry to proclaim the death of PC gaming in favor of the console experience. John Carmack, founder of… Read more »
We Got Game: Nielsen Figures Show Games Are The Most Popular Mobile Content
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If the rankings you see of most popular apps — and the IPO filing from mobile and social gaming giant Zynga and Tapjoy’s recent $30 million… Read more »
Zynga Files For $1 Billion IPO; Revenue Grew 392 Percent Last Year
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Zynga filed IPO documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday stating its intention to raise $1 billion in an initial public… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 7-1-11: TouchPad; China Mobile TV; Papaya Mobile; Path
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– TouchPad: Dethroning Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) as the king of the tablet market is not HP’s… Read more »
Barnes & Noble: Buy A Nook, We’ll Give You Some Lame E-Books
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Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), which is struggling with lower in-store sales, has a new promotional offer: Bring an old e-reader into a store,… Read more »
Russian Game Reviews Site Kanobu Sells To Portal Publishers
In Russia, the Afisha entertainment publisher and Rambler web portal, which were last year merged by their respective owner ProfMedia, are b… Read more »
Free Credits For Some AT&T Users Playing Zynga Games Under New Deal
Perhaps just hours away from revealing its finances in order to become a public company, Zynga has signed a major deal with AT&T (NYSE: T) t… Read more »
World Of Warcraft Flips Freemium Tactic To Seek More Subscribers
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A few weeks after Twitter’s co-founder suggested services flip from time-based free trials to use-based ones, one of the world’s most succes… Read more »
Google’s New Swiffy Turns Flash Files Into iPad-Friendly Code
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) unveiled a tool Tuesday that could help developers and content creators live more easily on both sides of the mobile deb… Read more »
Is Zynga’s $15-$20 Billion IPO Valuation Crazy? Maybe Not
When Zynga, the booming online video game company, goes public over the next few months, it could find itself valued at $15 billion to $20 b… Read more »
Don’t Stop Playing Grand Theft Auto, Kids-The Supreme Court’s Got Your Back
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The Supreme Court ruled today that a California law that would have banned the sale of violent video games to minors is unconstitutional, be… Read more »
Update: Facebook Shuts Down Apps In Abrupt Policy Switch. Spartan Prelude?
Facebook may be gearing up for a big, new attack on the mobile market with the so-called Project Spartan, but first, a little housekeeping.… Read more »
More Gaming Features Coming To Windows Phone 7, But Where’s Multiplayer?
Mobile gaming is one of the most lucrative and popular activities on the iPhone, but hasn’t made as much of a mark with Android. Microsoft (… Read more »
MocoSpace Reaches 20 Million User Milestone, Launches New Games
These days the words “social network” are all but synonymous with Facebook, but there are a number of other players, especially on mobile, t… Read more »
Game World Maker Mind Candy Valued At $200 Million
The maker of the kids’ game site and virtual world Moshi Monsters is now valued at $200 million, after Spark Ventures sold half of its stake… Read more »
Yahoo Board Backs CEO Bartz Amid Questions From Testy Shareholders
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The big question at Yahoo’s annual shareholder meetings over the last couple of years has been when the clock will run out on Carol Bartz. T… Read more »
Study: Mobile Apps Have Overtaken Web Usage; People Consume Apps Like Tapas
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Looks like we might be at a tipping point in the market for mobile apps and how they are becoming the go-to place for digital content. A new… Read more »
Outfit7 Pulls A Rovio, Signs William Morris Deal For Films, TV And More
Looks like Rovio is not the only mobile content company that wants to catapult itself into being the next Disney of the entertainment world.… Read more »
Take That, Apple: Tapjoy Lures Developers To Android With $5 Million
Tapjoy, one of the mobile advertising companies that has made the pay-per-install incentive scheme a cornerstone of its business model, got… Read more »
Facebook Mobile Web Project Could Have Ripple Effect For App Makers
Facebook could be hedging its bets on the future of mobile applications versus the development of the mobile Web with a secret project to bu… Read more »
¡Hola, Nokia! Symbian Enjoys Huge Smartphone Lead In Spain, Says Nielsen
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If you can’t quite understand why it is that Symbian is still continuing to occupy a strong position in the overall worldwide smartphone mar… Read more »
Zynga’s Next Mobile Step: Crossing The Border With ‘CityVille Hometown’
It was only two weeks ago that Zynga gave us a peek at its new push into social mobile gaming, with its new release of the hangman-inspired,… Read more »
Angry Birds Is Prepping Its First Book: A Cookbook About Eggs
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Rovio, which has made a small fortune spinning out products from the wild success of its “Angry Birds” mobile games, is now moving into book… Read more »
RIM Buys Scoreloop To Grow In House Social Gaming Expertise
More evidence of RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) meaning business when it comes to social media and consumer apps, and a possible sign of how it might pote… Read more »
Zynga Builds Out Its Social Mobile Game Plan With ‘Hanging With Friends’
Zynga may be next in line for the IPO rollercoaster, but for now it’s continuing methodically to build out valuable real estate in the mobil… Read more »
E3 Looks To Apps Amid Blockbuster Games Slump
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The troubled games industry will try to shake off its worries over falling sales this week at the American E3 games event, by showing off Ni… Read more »
