Recently, I've noticed that more and more iPhone games are starting to use the crafty money-making tactics of the "freemium" business model, while also sporting an upfront price tag. Freemium, of course, refers to games that are given away for not...
One unique aspect of a trademark license agreement is the requirement that the license contain provisions allowing the trademark owner to dictate the quality level of the goods and/or services offered by the licensee under the trademark. The chall...
January 11, 2012 11:01 AM Eastern Time ngmoco Extends Quality Lineup of Freemium Games on MobagePartners with Glu Mobile to Bring Gun Bros to Mobage’s Unrivaled Lineup of AAA Mobile Freemium Games for the Western MarketSAN FRANCISCO--( BUSINESS WI...
Though there are more smartphone users on Android-based devices than iPhones in the U.S., Apple's App Store for iPhone generates four times as much revenue than the Google Android Market, according to a Wednesday report from Distimo. Apple iPad an...
Android’s Market and the App Store from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) may be getting ever-closer to being level in the number of apps on offer, but when it comes to making money for developers, it looks like Apple’s iPhone app storefront is still very much i...
December 07, 2011 08:00 AM Eastern Time PopCap Games Launches All-New Adaptation of Bejeweledand Standalone, Freemium Edition of Bejeweled Blitz Both for iPhone and iPod Touch#2 All-Time Best-Selling Mobile Game Gets a High-Res, Next-Generation Ma...
Many of you may not be intimately familiar with Glu yet, but my aim is to make you all expert in the next 20 or 30 minutes. I’ll be pausing everyone for a while to show you few demos by video of our games, which I think, all of you will enjoy, bec...
Japanese social game giant DeNA has made good headway in the Chinese market, as freemium games become the dominant business model for iPhone and Android games. But DeNA Mobage division project manager Sun Kang told Gamasutra at GDC China that cult...
Sramana: It seems like your core markets would be North America, Western Europe and Japan. Is that where most of your revenue comes from? Niccolo de Masi: We do generate a lot of revenue there as well, especially for the smart phones. We also do v...
[4:17] Andy Sack explains the rest of the time is for networking/drinking at the bar. Afterparty to follow. Thanks to everyone.[4:10] The live stream went down on TechStars' end. We will publish a recap of the last three presentations [ Vizify, Gr...
I'll admit it right off the bat: Phil Libin (CEO of Evernote) is one of my favorite entrepreneurs. I consider myself an actual "fan" of very few living business men, but he's one of them. Phil joined Sarah Lacy on stage today at Disrupt Beijing fo...
Everyone believes that consumption is out of control. But is it? From food to paper and water, Britain has gradually been guzzling less over the last decade. Why?The year 2001 was more eventful than most and, a decade on, we're inundated with anni...
