Archive for the ‘Industry’ Category

Google jumps into the casual gaming market by acquiring Labpixies

Google went shopping recently and added Labpixies to its repertoire of acquired properties. For those unfamiliar with the small start-up out of Israel, Labpixies is a development company that has produced a plethora of casual games and applications/gadgets for Facebook, Android, the iPhone OS, and more....
April 28th, 2010 | Industry | Read More

IGN’s Nintendo Know-it-all Becomes Global Editorial Games Editor at Apple

I thought this was kind of interesting. Matt Casamassina, an editor over at IGN (with deep knowledge of all things Nintendo) has announced that he’s left his post to join Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) as their new global editorial games director for the App Store. For real. Here’s a snippet regarding the new...
April 27th, 2010 | Industry | Read More

Samsung Has a Symbian Device in the Works

Samsung continues to surprise. While there’s been all sorts of rumors around the mill lately that Samsung would halt support of Nokia’s Symbian platform, all of that could be hogwash if an unnamed employee is to be believed. And while many considered the rumor of axing Symbian to be true, considering...
April 26th, 2010 | Industry | Read More

AT&T to Stop Airing Anti-Verizon Ads, Verizon to Keep Airing Anti-AT&T Ads

Looks like AT&T is keeping their word when it comes to changing things around. As we reported earlier, the second largest wireless carrier is cleaning house, tagging a new “Rethink Possible” slogan, and getting a new color scheme. Apparently in the midst of all that, though, they’re also going...
April 23rd, 2010 | Industry | Read More