News tagged with mobile games
SKorea's LG touts Optimus 3D smartphone for gaming
(AP) -- LG Electronics is touting 3-D smartphones as an alternative to dedicated handheld game devices.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Social gaming a big winner in smartphone boom
More virtual livestock looks set to be traded and petulant fowl hurled at targets as social gaming takes hold in the booming mobile phone market, industry experts say.
Jun 26, 2011 |
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While consoles slug it out, mobiles games zip in
The big three game console makers brought their latest kick-ass wares to the industry's annual get-together this week, but some question their future amid an explosion of super-nimble mobile gaming.
Jun 10, 2011 |
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RIM buys mobile social game developer
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion announced Tuesday it has purchased Scoreloop, a Germany-based company which makes a toolkit for developers to add social features to mobile games.
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Robots learn to create language
(PhysOrg.com) -- Communication is a vital part of any task that has to be done by more than one individual. That is why humans in every corner of the world have created their own complex languages that help ...
May 17, 2011 |
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Finland's 'Angry Birds' shoot to global fame
Spectators fall silent as Jonas Koivula slingshots a boomeranging parrot over enemy lines in a devastating flanking manoeuvre during Finland's national Angry Birds championship finals.
Apr 08, 2011 |
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US video game sales up 3 percent in February
U.S. retail sales of video-game hardware, software and accessories edged up 3 percent in February compared with the same month last year, helped in part by strong sales of Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game system ...
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Mobile gaming dominates Game Developers Conference
(AP) -- With retail video game sales smacked down by the rough economy and ever-growing competition in the crowded social and mobile game marketplace, it seemed like attendees at this week's annual Game Developers ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Disney buys Web game platform maker Rocket Pack
(AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. has acquired a Finnish company as part of its renewed focus on social and mobile games.
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Facebook to require games to accept its 'credits'
(AP) -- Facebook will require all games on its site to accept payments through its own virtual currency system beginning July 1.
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Culturally inspired mobile phone games help Chinese children learn language characters
Mobile phone-based games could provide a new way to teach basic knowledge of Chinese language characters that might be particularly helpful in underdeveloped rural areas of China, say researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Georgia Tech mobile phone game trains players to make healthier diet selections
With Halloween and the holiday season fast approaching, many people will be watching their waistlines as they're tempted by a cornucopia of sugary and savory foods. Meanwhile a Georgia Tech College of Computing ...
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Electronic searching aid for parents
Just a short call and the "Kidfinder" lets you know where your child is right now via SMS. It can be built into a game console and the locating unit even combines GPS position fixing with GSM tracking. In the best-case scenario, ...
Oct 01, 2010 |
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How do we talk about our town?
University of Melbourne researchers have developed a mobile phone game that will help ensure computers better understand the way we talk about our towns.
Aug 16, 2010 |
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As phones get smarter, game makers ring the changes
Tetsuya Ide doesn't own an iPhone, but the teenage computer boffin is betting that Apple's hit gadget is the key to having a new generation of video game players in the palm of his hand.
Sep 29, 2009 |
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