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Apple’s tills ring to the sound of app downloads
More than $10 billion (£6.2 billion) has now been spent on iPhone and iPad apps since Apple launched its App Store back in July 2008, the Californian giant has revealed. Continue reading
Posted in App stores, Apple, Mobile applications, Samsung, mobile news
Tagged angry birds, Apple, apps, ReThink Recruitment, rovio, Samsung
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iPad apps for nothing, and Angry Birds for free
Rating: Get yer free iOS apps from FreeMyApps whilst they’re still hot
If you manage to fork out $800 for the new iPad next week, here’s a way to save a bit of money – get your apps for free. Yes, a site called FreeMyApps offers iOS the chance to obtain genuine prepaid apps for free – just by agreeing to download and try out other apps (again for free). These aren’t naff apps, either. The list includes GarbageBand, Fruit Ninja, Cut the Rope and, of course, Angry Birds. The site has been created by Fiksu using the same technology it invented to power Fiksu for Mobile Apps. The idea behind FreeMyApps is simple. Advertising is expensive and this site can drive traffic to your paid for apps. Simples. Continue reading
Posted in App stores, Mobile applications, iOS, mobile developers
Tagged angry birds, Cut the Rope, fiksu, FreeMyApps, Fruit Ninja, GarbageBand, Jeffrey Glueck, Micah Adle, skyfire
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Samsung boosted by Rovio’s Angry Birds
Samsung has revealed the key highlights from its Christmas promotional campaign, which featured Angry Birds, one of the most popular mobile games of 2011.
Angry Birds players’ enjoyed 25 new levels of Winter Wonderland, as well as a special Samsung GALAXY Note level that was available from December 5th 2011.
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Samsung leverages Andry Birds brand for handset giveaway
Rating: Play special version of game to with Samsung Note
Samsung seems very chuffed with itself that it has managed to put a deal together to create a special version of Rovio’s Angry Birds to coincide with the Xmas season. The company claims that it is the first time the Finnish game studio has ever allowed an Angry Birds-branded game and add-ons so a significant move for the brand. The good news for any games playing GoMo News readers is that the first three prizes involve winning a Samsung Note Android handset. Continue reading
Posted in Games, Mobile Ad&Mktg, Mobile Devices, Mobile applications, Samsung, android
Tagged android, angry birds, Game, Gingerbread 2.3, Peter Vesterbacka, rovio, Samsung, winner, YH Lee
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Mobile apps will conquer the world says Answer
Rating: You bought the game now buy the cook book and watch the film
It seems that the world has genuinely gone mad. As a result of creating what is probably the most successful mobile app ever – the Angry Birds game, its creator, Rovio, is diversifying so widely it is almost unbelievable. For starters, there seem to be a whole raft of Angry Bird films in the making. And who does Rovio hire to create these new films – David Maisel? Like us, you’ve probably never heard of him, but Maisel is responsible for creating a stream of smash hits including Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger. And what has Maisel done now? Well, he’s only just joined to Rovio as a special advisor. All of this from just a mobile phone app. Continue reading
Posted in Games, Mobile applications
Tagged angry birds, Answer, Captain America: The First Avenger, Consulting, David Maisel, Hulk, iron man, iron man 2, Kombo, rovio, Steve Dobson, Thor
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Text’n'Drive gets more hits than Angry Birds
Montreal based Text’nDrive announces the release of Text’nDrive 2.2.2 for iOS. Designed to help reduce the number of accidents caused by drivers distracted by their cell phones, Text’nDrive uses an intelligent, multilingual text-to-speech technology allowing motorists to listen to texts and emails. Text’nDrive is now the 13th most downloaded free app on the US Appstore ahead of apps like Angry Birds Free, Facebook and Groupon App. Continue reading
Angry Birds wants to be the next Super Mario
For the last three decades, Nintendo has been thrashing out games featuring it’s world famous Italian plumber, Mario. From platformers to racing games to RPGs, and more, Mario has sold an insane amount of produce for Nintendo. Peter Vesterbacka, “Mighty Eagle” of Angry Birds, explained how Rovio intends to pursue the same model as Nintendo have, using the Angry Birds characters to brand completely different kinds of games. Continue reading
Posted in Games, mobile news
Tagged angry birds, mario, mobile, mobile games, Mobile Gaming, Mobile World Congress, MWC, Nintendo, rovio
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Angry Birds chases Tetris at the Mobile Premier Awards
Telefonica is hosting the Mobile Premier Awards (MPAs) in its new building in Barcelona this year – you can still smell the fresh paint! The MPAs are the culmination of the amazing number of App Circus events around the world during the year – and we’ll get to see some of the coolest innovations in mobile apps from the year. Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Mobile applications, mobile news
Tagged angry birds, mobile app, Mobile applications, mobile premier awards, Mobile World Congress, mpa, MWC
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Smartphone games will go console & vice versa
Rating: we’ll sell 100 million copies of Angry Birds says Rovio
Very interesting remarks made by Ville Heijari, a vp with Finland’s Rovio, makers of the addictive game Angry Birds. Talking to the Sunday Times, Heijari says that his company’s game engage “with people who don’t normally play games at all.” Yet Rovio is planning to do the exact opposite and produce version of Angry Birds which will run on the PS3, Xbox and Wii plus the Mac and PC. All strong games platforms. So the two worlds – dedicated games consoles and smartphones – are already colliding. What’s going to happen next? Console games are going to go smartphone while smartphone games go the other way. Continue reading
Posted in Games, Sony, nokia
Tagged angry birds, console, ericsson, nokia, rovio, smartphones, sony, Ville Heijari, Z1
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MMA fiddles while news wires burn
Rating: Consumer transparency? We’ve heard of it
Talk about attempting to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted. The MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) has suddenly announced an initiative on ‘mobile privacy’ guidelines. Apparently the objective of these guidelines is to address the need for marketers and consumers to have “a transparent, accepted understanding.” This would cover how information collected from consumers is used “for the purposes of relevant value exchange within a mobile marketing context.” So this would have nothing to do with the fact that the Wall Street Journal investigation, then? Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Mobile Ad&Mktg, android, iphone
Tagged angry birds, Boca raton, consumer best practices, greg stuart, mma, PhonepayPlus, privacy, Wall Street Journal
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Mobile advertising and marketing hot news: Admob, Angry Birds and Adenyo
Want to catch up quick on the latest mobile marketing and advertising news? Here’s the GoMo News round-up, with news from Google, Admob, Angry Birds, TMSway and more… Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Ad&Mktg, Mobile Marketing, mobile news
Tagged adenyo, admob, advertising, angry birds, google, marketing, mobile, mobile advertising, Mobile Marketing, mopub, shortcodes
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There’s no money to be made selling Android apps says NY Times
Rating: In-app advertising may be the answer
A recent article in the New York Times (here) confirmed our suspicions that there’s no money to be made just selling apps on the Android Market. It quoted one software developer, James Englert, as saying he rakes in $1 to $2 per day. “That’s pretty good money,” he told the NY Times. One problem is that the Android market is fragmented – unlike the Apple market where you’re basically dealing with just three devices – iPhones, iPods and iPads. The “clunky” payment mechanism within the Android Market is another factor in holding down revenues. Payments for apps from the Android Market are available in only 32 countries whereas with the Apple iTunes App Store that figure is 90. Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Mobile applications, android, google, iphone
Tagged android, Andy Rubin, angry birds, Checkout, google, iphone, James Englert, market, New York Times, paypal, rovio
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Angry Birds for Android hits GetJar before Market
Rating: Unlike Microsoft, it’s actually approved
I can’t resist this story. The full Android version of Angry Birds, the incredibly successful touch-screen game, has launched on GetJar. And this is its debut – it is on GetJar before the Android Market! Continue reading
Posted in Games, Mobile applications, android, mobile news
Tagged android, android market, angry birds, App, application, gaming, getjar, mobile, mobile app, mobile application, Mobile Gaming, rovio
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