RIM Offering Free PlayBook Tablets to Woo Android Developers

Developers will have to hurry, though, as only those who port their app by Feb. 13 are eligible for the offer.
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Ex-PopCap Developer Looking for New Ways to Monetize Mobile Games

One of PopCap’s lead developers is starting a company that has come up with a new way to make money using incentives in free mobile apps.
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Disney’s Playdom Publishes Third-Party Social Game Title Triple Town

Seeking a larger audience to play its game, Spry Fox is partnering up with Disney to publish its social game Triple Town on Facebook.
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eBay Is the Most Recent Bay Area Transplant to Seek Access to Seattle’s Talent Pool

The e-commerce giant has joined a growing list of companies willing to brave the rain in order to gain access to a deep pool of technology engineers in Seattle.
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Sony Ericsson Asks Game Maker The9 to Manage Its App Store in China

The9, which is known for helping to bring games from the U.S. to China, is announcing a partnership with Sony Ericsson to operate its mobile app store there.
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App Developers Skirt Apple’s Limits With Work-Arounds

The cat-and-mouse game between the Bay Area’s legion of mobile developers and app kingmaker Apple Inc. is heating up.

An Honest-to-Goodness App Store You Can Walk Into

Nope, it’s not owned by Apple, Google or even Amazon.
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Facebook Loses “The Godfather” Exclusive to Google’s Game Network

Is Facebook losing some of its game? Kabam has chosen to exclusively launch its new big social title on Google instead of Facebook.
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Visa Names Its New PayPal-Like Digital Wallet Service “V.me”

The brand that consumers will see when Visa’s digital wallet launches early next year won’t be the Visa logo.
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Developers’ Interest Growing in Windows Phone, Waning in BlackBerry

Interest is also high in Amazon’s Kindle Fire, now seen as one of the most attractive tablets for developers.
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