Daily Blips: Game News from May 8th, 2009
With the news about various websites using Konami’s classic cheat code yesterday, it’s only fitting that a blip this morning involves the game that...
Daily Blips: Game News from May 7th, 2009
Today’s news is dominated by Activision Blizzard. Heard of them? They make games. And sequels. Lots (and lots) of sequels. They recently had an...
Among Thieves: Why Piracy Never Feels Wrong
Editor’s Note: We’re not big fans of piracy under any circumstances, but we thought Allistair’s post was a good conversation starter…. -Demian I have...
Daily Blips: Game News from May 6, 2009
We here at Bitmob know it’s difficult keeping up with the fast-paced, new-post-every-second videogame blogs. So we’re making it easy: Instead of sifting through...
iPhone devotion blinds Silicon Valley app developers
The rush to develop iPhone applications is blinding Silicon Valley software developers to other platforms with potentially wide global audiences, most notably Nokia’s Ovi...
DEMO: Coveroo lets you personalize your cell phones with laser imagery
At DEMO today, Coveroo is launching a service to personalize cell phones and other gadgets with laser imagery. Now you can have anything from...
Alarm.com buys out its owners for $27.7 million
Web-based security firm Alarm.com said today it has completed a $27.7 million management buyout of the company’s majority owner, MicroStrategy. The buyout was led...
Tzero Technologies shuts down; that’s the end of ultrawideband
Goodbye to another ultra-wideband company. Tzero Technologies has shut down its business of making wireless chips for transferring high-speed video from one consumer electronics...
Mixm8 developing a virtual world for music lovers
Outso is developing a new virtual world dubbed Mixm8 for music lovers. In the world, you can meet friends, organize and attend music gigs,...
Independent Games, Bitmob, and Me
Editor’s note: Obviously, I have my bias. But I really do think that Bitmob promotes the same rough-and-tumble attitude that many indie developers do....