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Apple announces new OS Lion will act more like their mobile devices

October 21, 2010

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(WSJ) Apple Inc. moved to infuse its Macintosh computers with popular features from its newer iPhones and iPads, including a new online store for Mac applications. The company also introduced a restyled version of its ultrathin MacBook Air notebook. Like the iPhone, the new notebook uses chips known as flash memory rather than a disk drive […]

Intel Capital invests in OpenFeint cross platform mobile social gaming network

October 21, 2010

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Like this commentator has said, social gaming is a hot target for investors. (Release 10-21) Aurora Feint, creator of the leading cross platform mobile social gaming network OpenFeint, announced today that it has closed its recent round of funding ($8 Million bucks worth) with a strategic investment from Intel Capital, the global investment organization of Intel.  The investment will […]

Nokia names Qt (cute) as sole APP dev framework for ease of deployment to Symbian and MeeGo platforms

October 21, 2010

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Even though Nokia has announced 1800 job layoffs in the next few months, don’t count them out quite yet. Nokia Blog GLOBAL – Today, Nokia is making moves to streamline its development environments across device platforms, focusing squarely on Qt. Although Nokia has long been a Qt (pronounced “cute”) advocate, today, the company is making […]

Samsung working on unifying software platform for mobile phones and TV’s

October 21, 2010

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Samsung, as has been reported, is one of the few companies with global reach and vertical manufacturing in electronics. Keep a watch on what Samsung is doing, it will have an impact on hardware and, critically the software operating systems that these form factors will use (have you looked at Bada lately?). (Reuters) – Samsung […]

EA snaps up Angry Birds publisher Chillingo

October 21, 2010

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The M and A market has been booming for companies in social gaming and gaming in the mobile space for the past few months. EA picks up Angry Birds (7 million downloads and counting) as well as Chillingo’s  global network of independent development studios, leveraging its marketing and publishing channels to distribute games across platforms including […]

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