Tag: Games
Angry Birds sling its way into the bank
It looks like Angry Birds have another target in sight. The popular computer game which has taken the world by storm is planning an Initial Public Offering (IPO) at the Hong Kong stock exchange. This move does not come as a surprise considering that the game which was introduced in Apple’s App Store in 2009 has managed to [...]
Games Industry Explodes Down Under
The success of animated feature films such as Avatar and renewed interest in the online games industry by investors has helped fill the sails of digital game developers across New Zealand. Chairman of the New Zealand Games Developer Association, Stephen Knightly recently reported that the local industry grew by 46% and created over 100 new [...]
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4 biggest news you (might) have missed this week [Apple, Groupon, Google+]
A tremendous week for Technology, business and the internet itself. Follow us through this short article on the most interesting news throughout the week. 1. Apple becomes most valuable company in the world Still think petroleum is the biggest business in the world? Then, you would probably need to read this. On Tuesday, Apple became [...]
Tweet Hunt: Kill those Tweet!
The number of people using Twitter around the world are only growing with 140-character status keep revealing every major and minor happening in every person’s life, every minute. Now, iPhone and iPad allows you to “fight” back at those tweets, with a bit of Angry Bird style. You can see a bunch of Angry Birds’ [...]
Malaysian, Singaporean game developers urged to take outsourcing opportunity
“Sometimes, there just isn’t enough content developers within the United States to fulfill the demand, hence the need to outsource,” – Kaj Swift. Kaj Swift, outsource manager at Backbone Entertainment, is currently in a visit to Malaysia looking for suitable and capable game developers to work with. Swift is a renowned game developer with a vast [...]
BlackBerry App World downloads reaches 1 billion
Here’s what you don’t expect to hear about. Research In Motion’s BlackBerry App World has reached a new mark. According to the mobile company, 1 billion applications have been downloaded from its mobile marketplace. The marketplace offers application for RIM’s Blackberry smartphones and its recently-launched Playbook. It was launched in April, 2009 and now has [...]
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Path to IPO: Zynga is going public [infographic]
Zynga, a social network game developer has finally filed it’s S-1 to go public, yesterday, after months of speculation. The company reveals that it has 60 million daily active users, 232 million monthly active users and a 2010 revenue of close to $600 million. Based on AppData current record, Zynga has 279.9 million total players and the [...]
Breaking the mobile market with your apps
It’s an extremely crowded market for mobile apps, the barrier to entry is low but the barrier to success is very high. If you’re planning to create an app, you could create a program for just about anything. However, if you’re actually planning to make money out of the app, you need to think real hard. [...]
10 million users in 9 days: Zynga’s Empire & Allies
With nearly a quarter billion monthly users, Zynga is more successful than any other game developer in the world in terms of users engagement. Casual, light-hearted and cartoonish is pretty much Zynga style, captured many users attention across the wide-web. The number or its users is almost half of Facebook registered users, as reported by [...]
Sony is hacked again: extending loss to 27 percent
A hacker group has yet again claimed to have broken into a Sony company network, stealing the personal data of more than a million users, including passwords and email addresses. The chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Michael Lynton, said that Sony has confirmed that a breach has occurred and have taken action to protect against [...]
Kabam: Social games company makes it big
Kabam Inc., formerly known as Watercooler, has confirmed that it would be getting $85 million from Google Ventures in a report recently. Kabam, similar to Zynga, combines social media with gaming. They both are using Facebook as main platform. The difference is Kabam makes multiplayer games similar to pc games for the hardcore gamers while [...]
