Big publisher involvement in advertising apps in Apple App store market place is a fair enough strategy to promote the apps, but using their weight and money to leverage getting onto the top download lists is a compelling reason for game developers to cartel in order to take the reins back. Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz, Ian ...

In the midst of takeover talk and ongoing failures in its US mobile sector penetration, here comes another blow to RIM as hundreds of thousands of users of Blackberry smartphones are unable to receive service.  Servers in an RIM data center in London have gone down, making it impossible to access Blackberry services whether in Europe, ...

Sony is looking to buy out its mobile partner Ericsson’s share of mobile phone business, ending a partnership established in 2001.  According to reports, Sony is in the advanced stages of finalizing the deal. The deal would give Sony complete control of the Sony Ericsson brand, and would open the door to fully integrate its ...

ComScore released data on the U.S. mobile market for the month of August 2011 and the results show that Android’s still growing and Apple basically stable. New data from comScore for the U.S. market in August 2011 for Android continues its relentless march, reaching 43.7% of the smartphone market, mostly at the expense of RIM. ...

Microsoft has announced today the expansion of its television offering through Xbox Live, including 40 new suppliers. This update of the TV service will arrive in the next three months (possibly by mid of November) with the updated dashboard of Xbox 360. The updated service will be available on leading TV and entertainment  suppliers, including ...

Microsoft is really cranking up the news this week, especially in the mobile space.  The tech company is focusing more towards Windows Phone software with plans to kill its Zune HD player.  And in its desperate attempt to catch up with Android and iOS, Microsoft and Nokia promise to launch their first Windows based smartphones ...

Patents are increasingly becoming the currency in the fight for rights, to increase revenue and to build a stronger market share.  And every week, suits and countersuits are spinning around software patents apparently being infringed upon by Android-based smartphones and tablets. Sony Ericsson, however, isn’t worried about defending its own products and could manage to ...

Every year during the MAX technology conference, the latest technology trends and new products are showcased. And at the start of this year’s event, Adobe didn’t disappoint. First the company announced the acquisition of privately held company Nitobi Software. And second, the company is unleashing the third public preview version of the new generation of ...

There’s been a few notable developments this week in the world of big data, some centering around the consumer end, others appealing to the enterprise.  From cutting edge news delivery methods to a furthered exploration of open cloud services, big data is finding its way into every industry, benefitting every aspect therein.  Here’s some of ...

It seems ever since iPhone 4 was launched by Apple a year back, there have been all kinds of rumors about Apple’s next model, notably called the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S.  And as people get more and more excited about Apple’s iPhone announcement next week (October 4), it’s time to catch up with some of ...