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Electronics Arts is making a big push for social gaming on the Apple iPhone, iPod touch and iPad by bringing its social-gaming Pogo business to iOS devices. The move shows that social gaming may be the next big wave in the mobile space and EA wants to dive into this space before companies like Zynga…
As the chatter about AT&T losing exclusivity of the Apple iPhone grows louder, AT&T is insisting that it isn’t worried about how it will compete without having Apple’s smartphone all to itself. At the D conference, AT&T’s Glenn Lurie reiterated that the company has other competitive advantages that go beyond just having the iPhone. He…
Skype is in the process of beefing up its mobile teams and this could lead to apps which include video calling. According to GigaOm, Skype is hiring 20-30 employees to improve its mobile engineering teams. As you know, the company already has a plethora of apps which will enable you to make free VoIP calls…
Android is nearly on par with the Apple iPhone in terms of ad impressions, according to Millenial Media. While this isn’t an exact measurement of market size, it is a strong indication that the little, green robot is picking up steam. The mobile ad network said it covers about 80% of the mobile Interent and…
While Android developers are receiving new guidelines for the Market to give it some overall polish, we can’t help but wonder what new features Google has in store for the end-user. We’ve heard whispers of many different things that may debut with the soon to be released Gingerbread update, but which ones will make the…
You may have heard that AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Discover and Barclay’s have formed a joint-venture called Isis to boost mobile payments through NFC technology but what does that really mean for you? Well, friends, we spoke with Isis today about how it could be different this time and about how your phone may finally become…
Apple said it will be handing the reigns over to Oracle for Java, as it will be contributing its key components of Java Mac OS X to the OpenJDK project. The move accomplishes a couple of things: it allows Apple to focus on its own software without having to preload Java and it could also…
I guess Microsoft wasn’t content suing Motorola once, as the software giant is suing the hardware maker again over patents the companies hold regarding 802.11n WiFi and H.264 video compression. Ars breaks down the suit and says that Motorola is essentially charging excessive patent fees for things related to H.264 compression and 802.11n WiFi. Microsoft…
AVG Security has just purchased the Android app maker DroidSecurity and the move is another indication that mobile security is becoming a big deal. Many of you may know AVG as a provider of desktop malware software and DroidSecurity is best known for its suite of Android-based security products. The move will help AVG target…
We knew this day was coming but the Skyfire browser is now available for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. That means you’ll be able to get Flash content on your iOS device. If you don’t know, Skyfire is a mobile browser which aims to deliver content to the handset with minimal bandwidth. Like Opera,…