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Apple Just Sold Its 15 Billionth App

And it has made close to $1 billion in revenue from app sales. Its dominant spot in the smartphone and tablet industries looks more secure than ever.READ»

Andreessen Horowitz, TinyCo Unite On $5 Million Fund For Gaming App Mastery

TinyCo already makes top-selling iOS and Android games. And now, with the help of a billion-dollar venture capital firm, it's formed an investment fund to help more mobile game coders write hit apps. Gamers turned entrepreneurs--it's the new digital economy.READ»

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Hidden iPhone Gestures, Winklevii Lose Again, Ashton Kutcher Tackles Sex Slavery, and More...

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Finally, "Paperboy" and "Airwolf" Maker Brings 8-bit Games to iPhone, iPad

The ZX Spectrum Elite App, from the company that kicked off the 1980's home computer revolution, reinvigorates the 8-bit games rage for the Apple generation.READ»

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Apple Game Center for iPhone Beats Xbox Live to the Mobile Punch

Along with Microsoft's Xbox Live for Windows Phone 7, Apple's new Game Center is going to change the very nature of portable gaming. READ»

How the iPhone Caught Pac-Man Fever

Jonathan Kromrey General Manager, Apple Games Namco Networks San Francisco, California Jonathan Kromrey, 41, worked at Apple as an iPod and iPhone games producer and designer before helping to create Namco's new games team ...READ»

Addicting Games Takes on the Teen Market

Kate Connally Vice President, AddictingGames MTV Networks San Francisco, California Kate Connally, 37, manages AddictingGames, the largest free online-games site for teens, with 3,500 titles and 15.3 million monthly ...READ»

iMo Controller Turns the iPhone Into a Portable Console

Himanshu Baweja Cofounder, iMo Controller DelHi, India Himanshu Baweja, 25, created the iMo Controller with cofounder Pankaj Meena. The app, which won best demo at the TechCrunch50 conference this fall, lets users play ...READ»

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Ngmoco Socializes iPhone Gaming

Neil Young and Alan Yu left Electronic Arts to start Ngmoco, a company focused exclusively on iPhone games. Its social network, Plus, creates new revenue streams for game developers.READ»

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How The iPhone Accelerometer Game Tilt Taps Into Users' Emotions

Nicole Lazzaro, 44, has studied emotion and player experiences in video games for 20 years and is the designer of Tilt, the first iPhone accelerometer game. Her firm helps the likes of Sega and Ubisoft create games that resonate with iPhone users.READ»

Sony "Fun" Phones To Have Wii-like Motion Gaming

The mobile phone rumor mill is churning with word about Sony Ericsson's [NYSE: SNE] new F-series phones -- many bloggers have theorized that the "F" moniker stands for "Fun" -- which will boast increasingly ...READ»

AMD Announces "Puma" Notebook Chips

Today AMD made official its line of "Puma" notebook processors, which are AMD Turion X2 Ultra dual-core mobile processors with ATI Radeon HD 3000 graphics baked in. That's a mouthful, sure, but it translates into a ...READ»

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Sony Releases GPS Dongle for PSP

Almost two years ago, Japanese Sony (NYSE: SNE) PSP owners saw the availability of GPS dongles for their devices, capable of providing interactive maps and turn-by-turn directions. Now the dongle appears ready for delivery to the US ...READ»