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Scoreloop Broadens Gamer Networks to Samsung’s bada Platform
Scoreloop has teamed up directly with handset maker Samsung to bring its Social gaming SDK to the bada platform, as well as its infrastructure to the World Cyber Games. With this deal, Scoreloop’s SDK will be available to Samsung’s deveopers, offering up bada integration for those publishers that already support the Scoreloop platform. The native ...
Samsung, LG Among First to Launch Windows Phone 7 Devices
Windows Phone 7 should be here any minute, and handset makers are all ready for the new Microsoft mobile launch. Samsung and LG are both reportedly launching their first cell phones running the Windows Phone 7 OS next week, according to PCWorld. For the mobile phone manufacturers, you should see Windows handsets in France later ...
TubeMogul’s $10M Funding Round, Analytics and Ads of Video’s Future
Online video and related analytics are really starting to pay off. Video advertising and analytics startup TubeMogul has landed a $10 million Series B financing, led by Foundation Capital. Existing investors Trinity Ventures and Knight’s Bridge Capital Partners also participated in the round. With a previous round of $5.4 million, TubeMogul is seeing steady support ...
Microsoft Gets Palm License. What’s it Mean for Windows Phone 7?
Microsoft wants a frictionless entry into the mobile market for Windows Phone 7 next week, at least that’s how things would appear, as the software giant buttons up a licensing agreement from Acacia for Palm, reports Ars Technica. Though unrelated, the news comes shortly after Microsoft and Motorola put their differences aside (at least some ...
Twitter is the Real Global Social Network: Report
We’re becoming quite a global market, and it seems that the mobile industry is only speeding up the process. It’s reshaping the web, while in many ways picking up where PCs left off. And the true leap into the future will be determined by the ways in which our mobile technology is incorporated into our ...
If Facebook Were Russia, Where Would Twitter Be?
Social media metrics just aren’t what they used to be. We can’t determine the success of a social networking campaign, or fully measure the influence of one outlet or another based on the basics like size, or number of hits. Consider other things, like link-sharing and blog posts. A virtual handshake is turned into a ...
Adobe AIR on Android Needs Developers in Fragmented Mobile Space
Adobe has brought AIR to Android with a runtime app acting as a workaround of sorts, for apps that include AIR. With this, developers can publish ActionScript3 projects to run as native apps on Android, and delivered through the Android Market without having to rebuild the app. From Adobe’s blog: Developers can write new code ...
Google and Microsoft Don’t Have to Buy Adobe to Dance with Flash
Sure, there’s been a lot of haggling over Adobe’s future, who loves it, who hates it, and where it belongs in the mobile market. But a sudden upsurge of acquisition rumors has perked up Adobe discussions (and shares) even more, as the week comes to a close. A spotting of Steve Ballmer at Adobe’s office ...
iPad Needs Support from Apple to Hold 50% of Tablet Market
There’s been a lot of hype around Android and its takeover of the mobile market. Google’s glorious strategy seems divinely directed, and Apple’s reign over mobile devices is finally coming to an end. But Android as a platform still has a ways to go, and much of the build-up around Android is based on very ...
Nokia Making Handsets for LightSquared’s Rescued 4G Network
LightSquared just got an $850 million bailout to build its 4G network, and venture, started by Phillip Falcone, isn’t wasting any time. The broadband and satellite network is teaming with Nokia, which will be manufacturing phones to work on LightSquared’s service, writes Bloomberg. Nokia will be providing “branded, data-centric” products on LightSquared’s 4G network, with ...
