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A new casual online games portal has emerged driven by a host of industry veterans. TeePee Games will allow users to pull in games from Facebook, smartphones, websites and elsewhere, and customise their own individual homepage. The company and self-titled website has already secured $500,000 in seed funding, and is …
Read More »Sony admits to developing smartphone product
It’s clearly not yet ready to talk openly about either the PlayStation Phone or the PSP 2, but Sony has at least gone as far as to confess that it is developing a smartphone product in correlation with Sony Ericsson. As for the new PSP product, as mentioned, I know …
Read More »Android 3.0 PlayStation Phone underway?
Sony Ericsson is planning to launch an Android-powered gaming smartphone which may carry PlayStation branding, according to a report on tech blog Engadget. Citing a ‘trusted source’, the report claims that the device could be revealed as early as this October, running the as-yet unreleased Android 3.0 operating system. The …
Read More »Android 3.0 PlayStation Phone incoming?
Sony Ericsson rumoured to be at work on touchscreen gaming smartphone
Read More »Miniclip confirms continuing recruitment drive
Games portal continues to welcome new staff as it eyes increased mobile sector presence
Read More »Nokias fall from grace continues
It was once the global leader in the mobile phone market, but the rise of competitors such as Samsung, Apple and Google has seen Nokia’s grip on the sector reach a new low. Research firm IDC claims that Korean tech giant Samsung has now become the leader in the ‘featurephone’ …
Read More »Microsoft calls time on Kin
Just weeks after it made its debut in North America, Microsoft has announced that it has pulled the plug on its social-media orientated Kin mobile handset, meaning the European launch planned for later this year will not now happen. All staff previously assigned to Kin development will not be shifted …
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