San Francisco, <keyword id="6355629" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="google">Google</keyword> has announced that around 400 new games are on the way for its <keyword id="10329143" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="stadia-cloud-game-streaming-service">Stadia Cloud game streaming service</keyword>. In an interview with <keyword id="10329144" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="mobilesyrup">MobileSyrup</keyword> on Tuesday, <keyword id="5797513" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jack-Buser">Jack Buser</keyword>, Stadia Director of Games, said most of these games would be arriving in 2021 and beyond. The number of games on Stadia's roadmap gives evidence that Google is intended to run the service for a long period of time. "We are looking many years out into the future. Gaming is one of the biggest businesses at Google, which is why you see us investing so much time and energy to support all these hundreds of <keyword id="6357020" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="developers">developers</keyword> building all these games. We have a very exciting year ahead of us. And, in fact, we have very exciting many years ahead of us," Buser was quoted as saying. Having 400 games from so many different developers on the Stadia roadmap shows both how much Google is pushing the platform. The company has made some big hires as part of its first-party development efforts, including ex-Ubisoft and EA producer Jade Raymond and ex-Sony Santa Monica studio head Shannon Studstill. Meanwhile, Google announced that its cloud gaming service will come to iPhones and iPads in the near future through an upcoming web app. Google said it has been building a progressive web app version of Stadia that will run in the mobile version of Apple's Safari browser, similar to how Microsoft intends to deliver its competing xCloud service on iOS sometime next year.

Google announces 400 new games for its Stadia Cloud game streaming service

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<a href="http://pocketnow.com/2013/02/11/droid-and-galaxy-are-killing-android#!prettyPhoto">Android-Powered Devices Are Suffering From An Identity Crisis</a> (PocketNow) <keyword id="6355645" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="android">Android</keyword>-powered smartphones and tablets are suffering from a brand identity crisis. Despite the fact that Android has over 50 percent of the market, it’s not really Android that can claim that crown. Instead, the statistics would better reflect the percentage of <keyword id="10591" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Samsung">Samsung</keyword> Galaxy devices, DROID devices, and then everything else that’s powered by Android. If you were to do that the numbers would be significantly lower than 50 percent.
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Does it matter? Look at the chart. <keyword id="6354427" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Apple">Apple</keyword> and <keyword id="10387" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Microsoft">Microsoft</keyword> are brand names, and while Research In Motion is now BlackBerry, it's still a strong brand. Android, however, is an architecture and ecosystem that powers devices by various manufacturers. Each of which has their own brand name. And brand fragmentation ultimately leads to brand irrelevance. <a href="http://pocketnow.com/2013/02/11/droid-and-galaxy-are-killing-android#!prettyPhoto">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2013/02/11/usage-data-indicates-nokia-controls-roughly-75-of-the-windows-phone-market/">Nokia Controls ~75 Percent Of The Windows Phone Market</a> (TNW) Usage data from AdDuplex, an ad network for <keyword id="6354717" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Windows">Windows</keyword> Phone, indicates that <keyword id="6354716" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Nokia">Nokia</keyword> controls around 75 percent of the smartphone platform’s OEM market. It’s not surprising that Nokia is as dominant as it is, given its close work with Microsoft, home-grown, and well received applications, and strong hardware.
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The same data set indicates that Windows Phone 8 is present on roughly 25 percent of all Windows Phone handsets, leaving Windows Phone 7 and it variants with a roughly Nokia-esque majority. <a href="http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2013/02/11/usage-data-indicates-nokia-controls-roughly-75-of-the-windows-phone-market/">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/research/14747.html">Mobile Will Aid 79 Percent Of Valentine’s Day Shopping</a> (Mojiva via Mobile Marketer) In Mojiva’s latest study, In Love with Mobile: A retail m-commerce snapshot, the company looked at how consumers plan to use their mobile devices to help with Valentine’s Day shopping this year. According to Mojiva, 79 percent of the consumers surveyed said that they had engaged with a mobile ad in the past six months. This is split between 80 percent of men who said that they had interacted with a mobile ad and 77 percent of women. Forty-seven percent of the consumers said that they would choose to shop via mobile instead of going into a bricks-and-mortar store to find a Valentine’s Day gift. <a href="http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/research/14747.html">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2013/industry/mobile">The World's Top Innovating Companies In Mobile</a> (Fast Company) Put together by the Fast Company staff, here are the top innovators in mobile:
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<li><keyword id="1042120" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Uber">Uber</keyword></li>
<li>Evernote</li>
<li>Kiip</li>
<li>Azumio</li>
<li><keyword id="688028" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Square">Square</keyword></li>
<li>SwiftKey</li>
<li><keyword id="6357395" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="eBay">eBay</keyword></li>
<li>Voxer</li>
<li>Gigwalk</li>
<li>Apptopia</li>
</ol>
Look at eBay go. One of the only companies that has been around the block. <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2013/industry/mobile">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/in-depth-digital/only-16-of-marketers-have-mobile-strategy/4005602.article">Only 16 Percent Of Marketers Have A Mobile Strategy</a> (CMO via MarketingWeek) The CMO Council’s latest <a href="http://www.cmocouncil.org/download-success.php?id=252&amp;doc=full">mobile advertising report</a> reveals that mobile relationship marketing (MRM) was “the single most investigated, tested and piloted” marketing activity of 2012. However, concerns over the ability to measure the effectiveness of <keyword id="691908" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="mobile-marketing">mobile marketing</keyword> activity has raised doubts over its ROI according to the poll of over 550 senior brand marketers. The CMO Council, whose 6,000-strong membership controls $300 billion in annual spend, also highlights research stating that only 16 per cent of client-side marketers have a mobile marketing strategy in place. Meanwhile, the majority of marketers (77 percent) report a key impediment to investing more on mobile is the lack of case studies demonstrating best practice available to them. <a href="http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/in-depth-digital/only-16-of-marketers-have-mobile-strategy/4005602.article">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2013/02/11/apple-cheaper-iphone-coming-this-year-topeka-capital-asserts/">Cheaper iPhone Coming This Year</a> (Topeka Capital via Forbes) Apple will launch a lower-priced <keyword id="6354606" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="iPhone">iPhone</keyword> in 2013, according to Topeka Capital analyst Brian White. He says a cheaper version of the phone will open up "attractive new growth opportunities in China and elsewhere around the world." White writes that he is “now confident that a lower-priced iPhone will be launched by Apple in 2013, possibly as early as June." He suggests the phone could be called "iPhone mini" or "iPhone Air." White adds that the new phone could have an unsubsidized price in the $250-$350 range, which is well below the $649 price for an unlocked 16 GB iPhone 5. Doesn't Apple already have a cheaper iPhone in the form of earlier models? <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2013/02/11/apple-cheaper-iphone-coming-this-year-topeka-capital-asserts/">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-resale-market-helps-apple-in-developing-markets-2013-2">iPhone Reselling Helping Apple In Emerging Markets</a> (Business Insider) <div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/51140d38ecad04785e000002-629-798/googlesurveyongazelle.jpg" border="0" alt="google survey on gazelle" width="400" height="507" style="float: right;" /></div>Gazelle</div>Israel Ganot, the CEO of Gazelle, a startup that buys used iPhones tells Business Insider that people are surprised to find out their old iPhone is actually quite valuable. His company's research shows 51 percent of people just stick their iPhones in a drawer or a closet. Another 31 percent give away their phones or recycle them. But in emerging markets, even a used iPhone can be more expensive than a new Android phone. A used iPhone is an iPhone. It's still a status symbol. And it still works as well as an Android, and it's much better than a Chinese clone knock-off of an iPhone. This phenomenon is giving Apple an entry to markets it's currently limited in. While it might not be hundreds of millions of users, it's thousands of new iPhone users who are signing up for iTunes and getting locked into Apple's ecosystem. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-resale-market-helps-apple-in-developing-markets-2013-2">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/02/11/whats-wrong-with-ios-6-1-a-lot-according-to-carriers-and-consumers/">There's A Lot Wrong With iOS 6.1</a> (MobileSyrup) According to several carriers and thousands of users, <keyword id="1050076" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="iOS-6">iOS 6</keyword>.1 is causing connectivity and battery issues for people with iPhone 4S’ and iPhone 5′s. A couple European carriers have even warned iPhone 4S users against updating to <keyword id="75489" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="IOS">iOS</keyword> 6.1 as Apple works on a fix for spotty 3G connectivity. While that particular issue seems to be limited to certain European 3G bands, users across the world, including many in Canada, are exasperated over battery issues with the new software version. <a href="http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/02/11/whats-wrong-with-ios-6-1-a-lot-according-to-carriers-and-consumers/">Read &gt;&gt;</a>

Android Is Suffering From An Identity Crisis

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<a href="http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/advertising/15133.html"></a><a href="http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/advertising/15133.html">Google Exe</a>c: Mobile Is Biggest Revolution Since Internet (Mobile Marketer) A Google executive who keynoted the ad:tech San Francisco 2013 conference said that mobile is a critical piece in revolutionizing the advertising industry and the company is constantly rethinking everything it does because of the ever-changing and emerging space. During the Google keynote presenter was Susan Wojcicki, senior vice president of advertising at Google. She talked about how the advertising space has changed over the years. Not only is the space changing quickly, but marketers need to implement a user-first mentality to drive participation. “If you fast forward 10 years, there are going to be even more interesting and more exciting things then the last 10 years,” she said. “There’s going to be more change and more dynamic." <a href="http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/advertising/15133.html">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://money.cnn.com/gallery/magazines/fortune/2013/04/11/iphone-killer.fortune/">The Android That Could Crush The iPhone</a> (CNN Money) Technology reviewers are running out of superlatives to describe just how good it is. But they're not talking about the latest from <keyword id="6354427" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Apple">Apple</keyword>. They're talking about an Android, the <keyword id="952146" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="HTC-One">HTC One</keyword>. <keyword id="16129" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="HTC">HTC</keyword>'s new flagship phone is out on April 19, and will cost $199 with a contract. By many, many, accounts, it is one the best phones ever made. And possibly the model that is finally better than an iPhone. Take a close look at what everyone is raving about. <a href="http://money.cnn.com/gallery/magazines/fortune/2013/04/11/iphone-killer.fortune/">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57579030-37/apple-could-unveil-killer-app-this-summer-says-analyst/">Apple Could Unveil Killer Payments App</a> (Morgan Stanley via CNet) Apple may shake up the next version of iOS with the introduction of a true mobile wallet, forecasts Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty. Dubbed a "killer app" by the analyst, the mobile wallet feature would surface as part of iOS 7, which Apple is expected to preview at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Huberty's prediction echoes that of fellow Apple analyst Gene Munster, who also thinks a digital wallet is in Apple's future. However, Munster believes the technology won't surface on iOS devices for another year or two. <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57579030-37/apple-could-unveil-killer-app-this-summer-says-analyst/">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/04/11/mastercard-launches-masterpass-payment-platform-to-facilitate-shopping-on-the-web-or-mobile/">MasterCard Launches MasterPass Payment Platform</a> (MobileSyrup) <keyword id="6368201" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="MasterCard">MasterCard</keyword> has launched its long-awaited payment platform, MasterPass, to facilitate <keyword id="583485" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mobile-Payments">mobile payments</keyword> on the Web and mobile devices. At its core, MasterPass is a locker, able to hold the information of up to 25 credit cards, even from issuers other than MasterCard. MasterPass can enable any number of payment methods, from single sign-in on partner site Grocery Gateway, to NFC- or Bluetooth-based mobile processing like Rogers’ Suretap product. “The goal is to make every connected device a commerce device,” says Jason Davies, Vice President of E-Commerce for MasterCard Canada, emphasizing that MasterPass is a fully-realized payment ecosystem rather than a mobile payment processor or end-of-transaction security verifier. MasterPass will first launch in Canada. <a href="http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/04/11/mastercard-launches-masterpass-payment-platform-to-facilitate-shopping-on-the-web-or-mobile/">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/11/backed-by-google-ventures-greylock-sold-launches-a-mobile-service-that-takes-the-hassle-out-of-selling-online/">Sold Launches A Mobile Selling Service</a> (TechCrunch) Rather than creating a new marketplace, Matthew Blackshaw, Tony DeVincenzi and Dávid Lakatos — straight outta MIT Media Lab — decided that the best way to add value in eCommerce is to fix the selling experience. So, the three amigos developed Sold, a startup and iOS app, to do just that. The startup aims to create a service layer on top of existing marketplaces rather than create a new one from scratch, while trying to simplify the way we sell online. <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/11/backed-by-google-ventures-greylock-sold-launches-a-mobile-service-that-takes-the-hassle-out-of-selling-online/">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/foursquare-nabs-41m-fuel-mobile-advertising-ambitions/2013-04-11">Foursquare Nabs $41 Million To Fuel Mobile Advertising</a> (Fierce Mobile Content) <keyword id="76575" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Foursquare">Foursquare</keyword> has secured $41 million in financing from private equity fund Silver Lake Partners and venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and Spark Capital. A multiyear loan from Silver Lake makes up the bulk of the money - the remainder is convertible debt that can later be swapped for shares. By assuming debt instead of giving investors equity stakes, Foursquare can delay discussions about its true market value. Previous investment rounds valued the mobile social networking startup at $600 million, although a source familiar with Foursquare's finances reveals the company raked in just $2 million in revenue in 2012. <a href="http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/foursquare-nabs-41m-fuel-mobile-advertising-ambitions/2013-04-11">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/nvidia-returns-1-bn-to-shareholders-mobile-flat/articleshow/19502151.cms">Nvidia Sees Flat Mobile Growth</a> (The Economic Times) <keyword id="113675" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="nVidia">Nvidia</keyword> Co-founder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang Huang told investors his company has sacrificed some sales of its Tegra mobile chips in the near term in order to focus on integrating Long Term Evolution (LTE) features on upcoming versions, making them compatible with high-end carrier networks. Combined with a slumping PC industry, that strategy is putting pressure on Nvidia in the first half of 2013, Huang told analysts at a conference. "We're confident that as we go into the second half, growth will return," he said. "How do we feel about the Tegra business? This year Tegra will be about flat." <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/nvidia-returns-1-bn-to-shareholders-mobile-flat/articleshow/19502151.cms">Read &gt;&gt;</a>
<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/10/has-facebook-quietly-acquired-osmeta-a-stealth-mobile-software-startup/">Facebook Acquires Mobile Software Startup Osmeta</a> (TechCrunch) While <keyword id="6354576" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Facebook">Facebook</keyword> is building out a bolder role in mobile in the form of Facebook Home, it looks like it is also continuing to make acquisitions that will help bolster that strategy overall. We have learned that in the lead-up to the launch last week, the social network picked up Osmeta, a mobile software startup. Osmeta had yet to launch a commercial product, and it is not completely clear at this point if this is an acqui-hire or a technology deal as well. <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/10/has-facebook-quietly-acquired-osmeta-a-stealth-mobile-software-startup/">Read &gt;&gt;</a>

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