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DOMK Receives Confirmation That 1st “SolaPad” Units Are Being Prepared for Shipment
25 May 2012 12:30 PM | No CommentsLONGWOOD, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DoMark International Inc. (OTCBB: DOMK) announced today that management of its wholly-owned subsidiary, SolaWerks, has confirmation from the manufacturer of the hot new “SolaPad” product that the first order...
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New Autodesk SketchBook Ink App Delivers Stunning Creative Tools for iPad
24 May 2012 12:59 PM | No CommentsSAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) launched Autodesk SketchBook Ink for iPad paint and drawing app, the latest release from the company’s popular SketchBook...
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Vegas Tech Start Up Questionable LLC Launches Questionable Friends iPhone App
23 May 2012 4:53 PM | No CommentsLAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Questionable™ today introduced Questionable Friends™ for iPhone®. Questionable Friends lets you send questions to your contacts and provides instant feedback as questions are answered. Answers can be ...
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Sidecar Revolutionizes Phone Calls by Bringing “Smart Calling” to Smartphones
22 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Launching today, Sidecar (www.sidecar.me) is a new mobile app that brings Smart Calling to smartphones. Smart Calling allows people to share live See What I See video, brilliant ...
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TransCore Launches Mobile iPad App for TransSuite Traffic Management System
21 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsWASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intelligent Transportation Society of America Annual Meeting – TransCore brings the ease of mobile computing to its TransSuite® advanced traffic management system (ATMS), launching its iPad® ...
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Social Gaming Archive
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Yazino updates Wheel Deal iOS – and instantly hits the top of the charts
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Streamzoo First Mobile Photo-Sharing App to Offer Social Gaming
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsSUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Streamzoo today announced v2.0 of its mobile photo and video sharing app, which enhances current features and offers unique social gaming components. A ... -
DeNA, ngmoco Expand Mobage Service to English-Speaking Territories Worldwide
Posted on July 27, 2011 | No CommentsTOKYO & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mobile social games leader ngmoco, a DeNA Co., Ltd. (2432.T) company, announced with DeNA today that its Mobage social games platform for Android has been released in... -
PlayPhone® Launches Hugely Successful iPhone Poker Game on Android Market™
Posted on May 19, 2011 | No CommentsSAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PlayPhone®, Inc. (www.PlayPhone.com ), the market leader in delivering mobile entertainment content to individuals and social communities worldwide, announced today the ... -
Nexon Giants, MapleStory, KartRider, Enter the Mobile and Social Game Space
Posted on March 3, 2011 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nexon is entering the mobile and social gaming markets with versions of two of its most popular worldwide titles, KartRider and MapleStory. Nexon has plans to publish KartRider Rush... -
Dentsu Announces iButterfly Plus, a Social Game for Smartphones
Posted on February 25, 2011 | No CommentsTOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dentsu Inc. (TOKYO:4324)(ISIN:JP3551520004)(President & CEO: Tatsuyoshi Takashima; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 58,967.1 million yen; hereinafter “Dentsu”) and Butterfly Corporation (President & CEO: Katsutoshi... -
The Iconfactory Announces Astronut 1.0
Posted on November 16, 2010 | No CommentsGREENSBORO, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Iconfactory, a graphic design firm specializing in icons and user interface design, today announced the immediate release of Astronut 1.0 for iPhone™ and iPod touch™. ... -
Quno First to Launch Social Games at UK Train Stations with SCVNGR
Posted on September 2, 2010 | No CommentsLondon, 2 September, 2010 – Quno.com, a web based rail search and booking service due to launch later this year, has announced it is releasing the UK’s first location-based mobile games at major UK rail stations. The games have been developed in partnership with... -
Japanese mobile gaming giant DeNA goes global with iPhone social network MiniNation
Posted on May 11, 2010 | No Comments
Japan has two listed mobile gaming companies with a multi-billion US-dollar market capitalization, GREE ($2.7 billion) and DeNA ($4.2 billion), with both companies offering services in Japan only. But DeNA just yesterday rolled out MiniNation on the App Store, a social network for the iPhone based around games and avatars that targets a global audience.
MiniNation started out with a total of four (free) games in English [iTunes link], all of which are based on popular titles found on DeNA's Japanese social gaming portal, Mobage-town (which boasts 18 million members). The avatar system is already in place, and according to DeNA, the first four games (Bandit Nation, Mini Solitaire, Mini BalloonHunt and Mini NumberPlace) are just the beginning.
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Playmesh Tops the Charts with #1 Game on the iPhone: iFarm downloaded 1 million times in 10 days
Posted on November 30, 2009 | No CommentsYou might find this suprising, but the top social gaming companies on the iPhone are not the same ones you know of from Facebook and MySpace. Zynga, despite $54.2M in funding, has hardly made a dent on the iPhone. Neither has Playfish, which was recently bought for $300M. Playdom hasn’t done squat, either. Although “the [...] -
Cellufun takes on Zynga and Playdom by providing social games on “non-smart” mobile devices
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsIn case you didn’t notice, social gaming is taking off. And despite mounting criticism, the market is continuing to grow and doesn’t look like it’s going to stop. But so far, most of the major players are either on the major social networks (i.e., Facebook, MySpace) or on the major smartphone platforms (i.e., iPhone, Android). [...]