Year: 2010

MySpace launches MySpace Neon iPhone app

At this week’s at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, MySpace (http://www.myspace.com) announced the MySpace Neon iPhone application, giving users access to their MySpace games on the iPhone.

MySpace also showcases new social games including Fish Isle (IGG), Hoop Fever Live (TheBroth), Kingdoms of Camelot (Watercooler), Paradise Paintball (CMUNE), SPP Ranch (Slide), Warlords (BitRhymes), Wild Ones (Playdom), and Zombie Revenge (DeezGames).

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Icarus game developer launches Mac compatible MMO platform

Game developer, Icarus Studios, has announced the beta release of its Mac-compatible platform and the Fallen Earth MMO. The software, compatible with Intel Macs, will allow players to connect to the same live server as PC users with game features optimized for their resident operating system.

Fallen Earth, co-developed by Icarus Studios and Fallen Earth, is Icarus’s first title to support the Mac. With plans to keep the post-apocalyptic momentum going, Icarus Studios is utilizing the open source software Wine (http://www.winehq.com) to launch the Mac-compatible version of the game.

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Razer reaffirms commitment to support Mac users

Today at the Game Developers Conference, Razer (http://www.razerzone.com), a manufacturer of high-end precision gaming and lifestyle peripherals, announced an effort to increase support for Mac users by issuing driver support for all upcoming Razer products, including the Razer StarCraft II peripheral suite.
 

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SiteGrinder 3.0 adds Commerce and Control optional add-ons, more

Media Lab has released SiteGrinder 3.0 (http://www.medialab.com/sitegrinder/overview.php) , an update of its web site production plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, which lets you build a web site via the addition of one-word hints, such as “rollover” or “menu,” to the names of layers in a Photoshop design file. Its developers say it sports over 300 new features and supports two new optional add-ons: Commerce and Control.

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iPhone could overtake Blackberry in market share next year

New data from Trefis (http://www.trefis.com), a new financial platform that allows you to see how a company’s products impact its stock, says the iPhone could overtake the Blackberry in market share in 2011.

As reported by “Forbes” (http://blogs.forbes.com/greatspeculations/2010/03/05/iphone-could-overtake-blackberry-market-share-in-2011/), Trefis says RIM’s market share lead over Apple has been shrinking and Apple will be able to overtake RIM market share by early 2011. Trefis believes sales of the iPhone will eventually outpace BlackBerry sales for the following reasons:

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