Mobile Lowdown 6-1-11: WHO Cell Risks; Tapjoy; Moto; eBay; Apple iCloud
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: a scary cell phone warning from the World Health Organization; Tapjoy dishes the dirt on… Read more »
Europeans Cash-Up In Social Games Rush
In social gaming, it’s not all about Zynga and Playfish. Berlin-based Wooga (World Of Gaming) is raising $24 million, one of the year’s bigg… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-31-11: Apple Suits; Appsfire; Google iOS Search; AT&T/T-Mo
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) moves to have its Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) case reopened while Samsung pushes… Read more »
What’s In An App Name? The Most Popular Words And A Meteoric Rise For Birds
photo: Angry Birds Rio Trailer
With half a million apps and counting out there, and problems discovering the good ones, it’s likely that we are going to start to see some… Read more »
No Mouse Required: Tablet Games For Cats On The Rise
In some ways, it makes a lot of sense: cats appear in approximately 138 percent of popular Internet videos, but face an appalling shortage o… Read more »
Report: Zynga Ready For IPO As Social Gaming Cashes In
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Your friend Zynga has shares of its company that it would like to share with you. The creator of Farmville, Cityville, Mafia Wars, and sever… Read more »
Tale Of Two Products: Microsoft’s Berkes, Father Of Xbox, UMPC, Moving On
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One of the fathers of two important Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) projects that eventually met completely different fates is moving on. Otto Berkes… Read more »
Half A Million iOS Apps = The Longest Infographic You May Ever See
It looks like Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has passed another milestone in its march on the mobile industry. Three players in the app ecosystem have c… Read more »
Social Games Developer CrowdStar Raises $23 Million From Time Warner, Intel
CrowdStar, a social games developer that has attracted past attention of Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), has closed its first-ever round of institut… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-23-11: Foxconn; iPhone 5 Curve; Rooted Android; Paramount
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: more details on the Foxconn factory explosion; reports of a curvaceous future for the i… Read more »
Warning: We May Need To Move On From The Android vs. iOS Debate Soon
New research released at Wednesday’s paidContent Mobile from the app analytics company Flurry spells out the force of apps in the mobile wor… Read more »
@ pcMobile: Best Global Strategy Means Local Partners And Low Prices
photo: Tom Krazit
“Globalization is now not just for Foreign Affairs magazine,” said Chrystia Freeland, editor of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) Digital, in this… Read more »
Warning: We May Need To Move On From The Android vs. iOS Debate Soon
New research from the app analytics company Flurry spells out the force of apps in the mobile world today pretty clearly: there are 500 mill… Read more »
@ pcMobile: Angry Birds Hits 200 Million Downloads With Help From Fox
One of the greatest mobile gaming hits ever just keeps on rolling: Angry Birds has hit the 200 million-downloads milestone, Rovio’s Mighty E… Read more »
Zynga Makes Yet Another Buy; Picks Up DNA Games
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Zynga has made its 14th acquisition in a year, picking up DNA Games, the two-year-old studio best known for Facebook game Casino City. Zynga… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-18-11: Ericsson/Nortel/Clearwire; Apple Trademark; Lodsys
Our look at some of the stories in mobile today: As news hits of a new outsourcing deal with Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) c… Read more »
We R Interactive Raises $5 Million To Make Online Games
Less than a year after taking its first venture funding, We R Interactive, a would-be web game maker, is taking a $5 million second round fu… Read more »
Playdom Settles FTC Charges It Mishandled Childrens’ Private Info
Even though no comprehensive online privacy law has yet been passed by Congress, the Federal Trade Commission has gotten busy in the last ye… Read more »
WebMediaBrands Buys Inside Network For $14 Million
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WebMediaBrands (NSDQ: WEBM), which has built up a portfolio of social media-focused news sites and conferences over the last several years,… Read more »
CEO: Disney Interactive Media Group Is A ‘Work In Progress’
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Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger used the corporately correct equivalent of ‘take the needle out of your arm’ when an analyst on today’s earn… Read more »
Once The Belle, Disney Disappoints; Interactive Losses Grew
The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) brought in more than $9 billion in revenues last quarter but that number — and earnings — were lower than… Read more »
Social Games Developer Funzio Raises $20 Million
Funzio, a social games developer best known for its hit title Crime City, has raised $20 million in a first round of funding led by IDG Vent… Read more »
Electronic Arts Buys Mobile Games Maker Firemint
Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) has made another mobile-related acquisition, picking up Firemint, a mobile games developer known for hit iPhone… Read more »
What Next? Sony Admits Even Bigger Security Breach: 25 Million Accounts
Those clouds over Sony (NYSE: SNE) are getting darker. The company has admitted yet another compromise of people’s private information, with… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 05-03-11: RIM Balsillie; Mobile Gaming; HTC; More
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Balsillie takes on marketing at RIM; (NSDQ: RIMM) a new mobile gaming forum breaks grou… Read more »
PopCap Buys Social Games Startup ZipZapPlay
PopCap Games, which is best known for casual games like Bejeweled but has been launching some very successful Facebook titles, has bought up… Read more »
Game Group Tries To Grow Digital Sales
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Game Group is locked in a classic digital migration story that is all too familiar to publishers and fellow entertainment retailers alike. Read more »
PE Firms Buy Controlling Stake In Online Game Firm Bigpoint
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Two PE firms — Summit Partners and TA Associates — have purchased a controlling stake in online games company Bigpoint for $350 million. N… Read more »
Zynga Hires EA’s Schappert As COO
Another high-profile hire for Zynga representative of how fast the social games company has grown: John Schappert, the COO of video game gia… Read more »
Electronic Arts Hires WildTangent’s Madden To Head Ad Sales
Long-time WildTangent executive Dave Madden is leaving to take the top job at Electronic Arts’ global media sales group. In a short intervie… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-25-11: Amazon; T-Mobile; iPhone @ Work; Android Fund
Our look at some of the stories in mobile today: Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) looks at service and device bundles; T-Mobile reportedly testing iPhone… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-22-11
photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Inc has completed work on an online music storage service and is set to launch it ahead of Google Inc. (NSDQ… Read more »
Infographic: App Usage Soaring, Apple Disproportionately Huge
There were 5 billion apps downloaded in 2010, with that number predicted to balloon to 21 billion by 2013. The infographic below details how… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-21-11
photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi
» Tina Brown’s Newsweek a Hit on Newsstands (but what about those sluggish ad sales?) (Adweek)
» In Online Games, a P… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-20-11: Groupon; News.me; Digital Chocolate/Appitalism
photo: Pelago
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Check-in service Whrrl to shut down as part of Groupon’s acquisition of Pelago; News.me… Read more »
Two-Way Media Financed By Ingenious To Make Social TV Games
TV games maker Two Way Media says it has done a “development and funding deal” from the Ingenious Media investment and advisory firm to fund… Read more »
Is Apple Changing How It Ranks Popular Apps?
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Looks like Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) might be putting a more sophisticated — and potentially more helpful — spin on how it ranks the most popular… Read more »
MocoSpace: Gamers Are The Most Social Of All; MySpace Off The Cards
We’ve heard a lot recently about gamification and adding game elements to non-gaming content to improve user engagement. Now, a new study fr… Read more »
Jay Walker Goes Nuclear: Priceline Founder Sues More Than 100 Companies
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Is Jay Walker jealous of Paul Allen? Allen got a lot of press when he sued 11 big internet companies last year, essentially saying he patent… Read more »
TeePee Games Gets Strategic Backing From Turner Broadcasting Europe
TeePee Games, a games portal still in beta, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Turner Broadcasting Europe, the European wing… Read more »
