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Leave Game Developers Android

ponselandroidSupply games for Android mobile platform will certainly dwindle from Gameloft, one of the largest game developer applications for mobile phones, retreating footsteps of other developers.

The reason the company presented the French game developer is none other because of business factors. According to Alexandre de Rochefort, Finance Director, Gameloft, to develop games for Android is not profitable.

“We have reduced our investments for Android operating system, as well as with several other developers. Until now Google’s operating system has not attracted many consumers,” he said.

This statement is clearly surprising. Because, as is known, the operating system Google’s products so popular due to the nature of the openness of its software based on open source, making it easier for application developers to more freely sparked his ideas.

But the reality is not so. Gameloft and other gaming developers admitted the difficulty to develop mobile games for Android platform. That’s why, they plan to leave the development of the Android mobile phone games besutannya range.

“Game on Android is not as good as the iPhone. Google’s not too smart attract consumers to buy products. In Android, no one who managed to get significant benefits,” said Rochefort.

From the stock iPhone gaming application, Gameloft get 13% share of profits from all sales. While the Android, recognized the executive, is still below 1%. “We can sell 400 times as much on the iPhone than on Android,”.

Smiling on Facebook, Women Lose Insurance

facebookSince posting photos while on the beach to Facebook, Nathalie Blanchard had to lose because the insurance would no longer pay for health benefits. A Canadian woman was caught smiling happily in these photos.

It turned out that Blanchard was in the treatment of depression he suffered. In addition to a long leave of absence from his job at IBM, he was also entitled to receive a monthly medical allowance of insurer Manulife.

Well, the insurance company apparently caught Blanchard pictures at the beach, which looked very happy, far from the impression of depression. He looked so happy sunbathing and dancing. From here, Manulife rate that Blanchard had recovered its customers to stop payment on it.

Manulife refused to explain details of this incident. “We will not avoid or stop a valid claim is solely based on information published on sites like Facebook,” the statement Manulife.

But they acknowledge that the information from Facebook and related resources, are often used to study the clients.

Colorful Tamagochi Can Now Download

tamagochiTamagochi remember? In the era of the 1990s had a popular game among teenagers. Although it’s a lot of ‘forgotten’, was a simple gadget that is still being developed.

Bandai Tamagochi will circulate the new version. Tamagochi ID, so this toy is called,
a few updates over the past versions.

The first thing that looks different is the LCD screen is now Tamagochi color. The second thing, the content therein accessories can be added as the player desires.

Additional content can be downloaded using the phone for later transferred to this egg-shaped object through the infrared.

Tamagochi ID became available in Japan on November 23, 2009 with the equivalent price range Rp 550.000. Available colors are pink, blue, green, purple, yellow and white.

For those who do not know, Tamagochi is a pet simulation game ala Pet Society on Facebook. These gamers are asked to care for virtual animals from egg to adult.

Constant attention needed to make Tamagochi owners are emotionally attached to pets. In the era of the 1990s players usually bring Tamagochi pet to school for fear of being neglected or death if left at home.

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