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Nexon Acquires inBlue

June 28, 2012

JUNE 28, 2012 • Looking to bolster its social mobile game development holdings, Nexon Co., Ltd. acquired all outstanding shares of inBlue,inc, which creates content for the GREE and Mobage platforms in Japan. The acquisition comes after the recent purchase of Moyasoft Co., Ltd., a Korean social game deve.....

Google Shows Off Nexus 7 Android Tablet

June 27, 2012May 12, 2023

JUNE 27, 2012 • During its Google I/O developer conference, the search giant introduced a $199 1GB quad-core Android tablet with a seven-inch screen, the Nexus 7, due in July. More of a direct challenge to Amazon’s Kindle Fire and the Barnes & Noble Nook Color than Apple’s iPad, the deviceR.....

Interview: Qualcomm Is Still In the Game

May 21, 2012February 17, 2023

MAY 21, 2012 • It is easy to loose track of all of the game related initiatives that have been born at Qualcomm during the last decade. The company has been prolific at leveraging its mobile chipset technology to encourage and facilitate mobile phone gaming. The downside of this wealth of activity is.....

Interview: Appy Entertainment Rides A Mobile Wave

May 20, 2012

MAY 20, 2012 • The mobile game space is evolving at a dizzying pace. Carlsbad, Calif.-based Appy Entertainment has only been in business since 2008, and already the studio has radically shifted its business model away from paid downloads to a free-to-play virtual ite.....

Rock Band iOS to be Shut Down

May 2, 2012

MAY 2, 2012 ● Owners of the Rock Band iOS version were notified in-game that the title will no longer be playable after May 31 when the servers would be turned off. A fuller explanation of the closure also appeared on the title’s online FAQ page. The next day EA announced the.....

Barnes and Noble Spins Off Nook Tablet

April 30, 2012

APRIL 30, 2012 ● Barns & Noble plans to spinoff its Nook tablet business into a separate company in order to better compete with Amazon.com’s Kindle products. To that end, Microsoft Corp. is investing $300 million into the new company, and will own 17.6%. The partners hope to speed up of the launch of the Nook bookstore worldwide, as well as intoducing more Nook e-readers and tablets on a faster basis. In related news, Target Stores.....

Nokia India Loses Market Share in India

April 27, 2012

APRIL 27, 2012 ● Indian research firm CyberMedia estimates that Nokia India market share in the country was halved between 2008 and 2011, with major competition from Chinese handset makers. Last year, CyberMedia said Nokia phones accounted for 31% of the 183 million handsets sold. India is t.....

U.S. Families Fond of Apple Devices

March 28, 2012

MARCH 28, 2012 ● In a telephone poll of 836 households, the CNBC cable channel’s All-America Economic survey extrapolates that half of all U.S. homes have at least one Apple device. In those homes that have Apple devices, the average number owned is three. Impact: Apple really is sitting on top of the world. Its devices are in demand, and each of those devices cross-pollinates easily wit.....

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