November 2010
9 posts
“The Rovio team produced 51 other games, many for Nokia handsets, before Angry...”
– `Angry Birds’ Spread Wings as Finland Seeks New Nokias to Revive Economy - Bloomberg
For DecorMyEyes, Bad Publicity Is a Good Thing -... →
Every now and then it’s good to get a reminder of how unexpected / unintended consequences can play out on the Internet.
Preview: Zynga’s CityVille for Facebook Is an... →
Little noted fact - they only launched two major games in 2010 thus far (FrontierVille and Treasure Isle).
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/17/the-staggering-size-... →
Good article on why games have taken off on iOS devices.
The staggering size of iOS's game collection →
In case you didn’t know, games are a big deal on iOS devices.
“A more optimistic eye can see that the IPO data is actually improving. This...”
– Silicon Valley’s IPO anxiety - Fortune Finance
Dear Foursquare, Gowalla: Please Let’s Stop... →
The bear case for location based services.
A VC: Storm Clouds →
After reading this post, it feels kind of censored. I wonder if it’s actually worse than Fred mentions in this post.
Why Google can’t build Instagram — Scobleizer →
Maybe they shouldn’t be working on products like this.