GoMo update: Mobile marketing and advertising round-up

Mobile marketers in South Africa are expecting more help from the MMA, as well as hoping for a big boost from the World Cup next year. Mobile content provider Tapatap is lobbying in Washington for a bailout. Mobile advergaming company Greystripe has announced a new funding burst.

Playphone and Tapatap Utilize DeviceAnywhere for Mobile Games Development

(CTIA: San Francisco, CA) September 9, 2008 – Playphone and Tapatap, two major international mobile games publishers, have chosen DeviceAnywhere to help them test and develop their mobile games applications on actual devices, from remote locations around the world. In keeping up with growing demand from their mobile gaming consumers, DeviceAnywhere’s cost-effective solutions will help [...]

Tapatap launches mobile m.tapatap.com

Tapatap?
Tapatap is a mobile phone community game site.
A good one?
Well the stats are looking good.

Since launching in June 2007, Tapatap has achieved:
-2 million users
-180,000 photo submissions
-5,000 user-generated photo games and contests
-Over $50,000 in sponsor awarded prizes
-A youth community with 16-28 year old demographic
-A split of 55% female and 45% male members
From the press release
“After eight [...]

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