Ad-supported game distributor Greystripe pocketed $8.9 million in a second round of funding led by The Walt Disney Co.'s venture capital arm.The San Francisco-based startup, which offers more than 800 free mobile games via the online and mobile portal GameJump.com, claims to have delivered...
Say goodbye to the lily-pad carpet. Leap Wireless International Inc. is redesigning its new retail stores, hoping to appeal to an audience beyond its budget-conscious core demographic. The existing stores will stay as is, according to Leap officials, but going forward new stores will...
PopCap Games announced it hired Andrew Stein, who most recently served as the senior marketing manager of games for AT&T Mobility's Media Mall. The move is the latest in the ongoing executive shuffle at the nation's largest carriers.PopCap said Stein would take over the...
LAS VEGAS-With more than 6 million users already on board in the United States and year-over-year growth of 188 percent last year, according to Telephia, mobile television is a force to be reckoned with-so much so that it got its own standout show at...
The turbulent world of mobile content was highlighted once again last week as one well-known firm filled its coffers and another continued to fight for its life.CellFish Media raked in another $10 million in venture funding, topping off a first round that saw the...
Trip Hawkins is at it again.The CEO of Digital Chocolate is proselytizing, pushing what he calls "Mobile Games 2.0"-an effort to create next-generation titles that incorporate familiar themes like community, user-generated content and viral marketing. And in the process, he's pointing out some of...
The mobile gaming world is targeting mass-market users with "one-thumb" casual offerings that are simple to understand and easy to play. But one Orlando developer is hoping to find an audience with a line of sophisticated games that use GPS technology.Your World Games Ltd....
Regional, flat-rate carrier Revol has started testing an advertising-supported wireless service that allows users to get a discount on their bills if they agree to receive content, advertising and promotional offers on their phones.Privately held Revol said it initially plans to trial the service,...
Regional, flat-rate carrier Revol has started testing an advertising-supported wireless service that allows users to get a discount on their monthly bills if they agree to receive content, advertising and promotional offers on their phones.Privately held Revol will initially trial the service for 60...
The animated character that made spinach a mystical elixir will continue battling his arch-rival Bluto on his lasting quest to win back his sweetie for years to come, thanks to a new deal to bring the classic arcade game Popeye to the mobile environment....
SAN FRANCISCO-TRIP HAWKINS last week sounded more like an exasperated coach than a mobile gaming executive. And he wasn't alone. "We just keep selling to the same customers," the CEO of Digital Chocolate told software developers during his keynote address at GDC Mobile. "Clearly,...
The opening day of the 2007 Game Developers Conference was all about 5 percent.While U.S. consumers increasingly use their phones to send photos and experiment with the wireless Web, mobile gaming continues to lag. Less than 5 percent of all wireless users download a...
Glu Mobile said it will publish games for Nokia Corp.'s N-Gage platform, which is set for a public unveiling next week.The handset maker is preparing to dust off the familiar-but tarnished-brand next week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, expanding the N-Gage...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Further proof that technology is surpassing people's ability to comprehend it. Some rocket scientists moonlighting as thieves were arrested in New York after authorities activated the signal...
Content providers and application developers often cite fragmentation as their most difficult and costly challenge. But like a handful of other startups, Mobile Complete sees the issue as an opportunity.The 3-year-old San Mateo, Calif.-based startup is gaining attention with a virtual handset testing service...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics' Chris Ambrosio, Ovum's Roger...
The Fox network has opted for a new dance partner to handle its wildly successful "American Idol" text-message voting campaign, according to sources familiar with the deal.The News Corp. subsidiary will no longer use Mobliss Corp. but has tapped VeriSign Inc. for the popular...
The Fox network has opted for a new dance partner to handle its wildly successful "American Idol" text-message voting campaign, according to sources familiar with the deal.The News Corp. subsidiary will no longer use Mobliss Corp. but has tapped VeriSign Inc. for the popular...
The worldwide base of mobile gamers will more than double by 2010 as publishers develop better games and carriers market the offerings more effectively, according to a study from iSuppli Corp.The market research firm predicts revenues from mobile gaming will grow from $3.1 billion...
Mobile gaming in the United States will gain steady ground over the next several years even as titles get more expensive, according to new figures from IDC.The market research firm predicts the number of wireless gamers will grow more than 16 percent annually during...
Wireless publisher Glu Mobile Inc. hopes to raise as much as $92 million with a long-awaited initial public offering, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The firm looks to become the second pure-play mobile game maker to go public, following...
Christmas came a little early for Nortel Networks Ltd. in the form of a $2 billion contract from Verizon Wireless for CDMA equipment and related services as the carrier beefs up its network capacity and footprint in the face of increasing data and video...
