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Glu Mobile Inc. has launched Transformers G1: Awakening, a mobile strategy game based on one of the most recognizable and hugely popular entertainment franchises, Transformers. Transformers G1: Awakening follows the highly successful 2007 mobile game Transformers and is the second title Glu has developed and published from Hasbro’s Transformers franchise.
Originally posted on November 13, 2008 @ 6:41 am
Chat is the favorite way of communication for millions of teenagers and even smartphones support instant messaging today. “Hiogi for Skype” is the world’s first question and answer service that enables users to ask for advice by simply typing a question into their Skype chat window. Each question receives an accurate answer from the online community.
“Hiogi for Skype mobile is the easiest way to receive quick answers while traveling,” says Bjoern Behrendt, CEO of hiogi. “It’s like chatting with a good friend, who is always willing to help and who knows everything.”
This is how it works:
Add the Skype name on the site and approve hiogi to be added in your contact list. Afterwards any question can be send to hiogi directly on Skype by writing the keyword ASK in front of the question. The answer plus references or comments show up in the Skype chat window minutes later. A list of all functions can be requested by typing in the keyword HELP into the Skype chat window.
Originally posted on November 10, 2008 @ 6:47 am
AdMob announced that it has achieved cash flow positive results and secured a new $15.7 million Series C investment round, led by Sequoia Capital’s Growth Fund with existing investor Accel Partners participating, to expand its global leadership position. The company has experienced strong growth over the past year, more than tripling the number of ads served on a monthly basis to 4.5 billion in September 2008.
Fueled by this funding, AdMob will make significant strategic investments to increase the company’s clear lead in mobile advertising, including:
• Accelerating the growth of worldwide operations by hiring local staff in key markets and adding new language interfaces, with an emphasis in Western Europe, India, South Africa and Japan;
• Deepening the investment in the company’s mobile technology platform, including its targeting, optimization and ad serving algorithm;
• Expanding the breadth of offerings for both publishers and advertisers; and
• Increasing leadership position in the U.S. by growing AdMob’s sales and business development teams
AdMob also announced that its publisher network now includes more than 6,000 partners worldwide giving it an unmatched scale. New publishers in 2008 include MySpace and MovieTickets.com.
Originally posted on October 22, 2008 @ 6:59 am
Social music site imeem has launched imeem for Android, a new application that brings free streaming music and personalized radio to T-Mobile’s G1 with Google. The application will be available as a free download through the phone via the Android Market.
imeem for Android helps people easily discover music that matches their tastes. The application enables users to create custom Internet radio stations by searching for specific artists, discover new music through personalized recommendations and listen to the most popular artists in the imeem community. The application also gives people the ability to purchase DRM-free downloads by linking to the Amazon MP3 application on Android.
imeem for Android seamlessly integrates with features on imeem.com. The music people listen to on the go will influence the recommendations they receive on imeem.com, and vice versa.
If users discover new artists while listening to imeem for Android, they can “favorite†those artists and automatically become fans on imeem. Similarly, if they become a fan of an artist on imeem, a station for that artist will automatically be available to them through imeem for Android. A user can also find a record of their mobile listening history by logging in to their imeem account, where all those songs are available for free on-demand streaming.
Originally posted on October 23, 2008 @ 8:02 am
MySpace announced a new mobile experience customized for Android and available via the Android Market.
“MySpace users will love the new Android integration with cool features like instant photo uploading and access to the latest shows from their favorite bands,†said John Faith, vice president and general manager of Mobile for MySpace. “We want to ensure that all users have access to their global MySpace network while they’re on-the-go, and we believe Android is a natural fit for an optimized MySpace Mobile experience.â€
The MySpace Android application lends itself to a personal, unique MySpace experience and allows for a deep integration with the device including:
The MySpace Android application is integrated exclusively with Shazam, the mobile music discovery provider. The integration allows MySpace users to identify music by holding the phone towards an unknown song and connect to the artist’s MySpace page. From there you can see band information, check out photos of the band or artists and even check Upcoming Shows schedules.
Originally posted on October 22, 2008 @ 10:51 am