Kleiner Puts $100 Million Towards iPad Investments, Mobile Social Games Developers Included
March 25, 2010 by admin
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Leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers is putting $100 million towards funding developers building for Apple’s forthcoming iPad device. This comes on top of the $100 million it has already put in to companies building for the App Store iPhone/iPod touch.
Sectors the firm will focus on include mobile healthcare initiatives, personalized media, mobile education and mobile commerce — and mobile gaming — partner John Doerr says. The so-called iFund has already put money in to familiar developer names like Booyah, Cooliris, Gogii, InMobi, Ngmoco, Pinger, Shazam, Shopkick, and Zynga.
Train Your Brain — and Compete with Facebook Friends — on iPhone App BrainBox
March 22, 2010 by admin
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Educational games have long been an untapped market. There have been a number of attempts to teach people meaningful information through video games, but more often than not, they have come off as boring. There hasn’t been much beyond Brain Age on the Nintendo DS that truly has hypnotized players since Carmen Sandiego. However, with new media comes new attempts, thus the guys over at Appbird gave it a shot with their iPhone application, BrainBox.
The game is a compilation of six mini-games meant to train your mind on the go. The focus is on mathematics, memory, and vocabulary. When players start it up, they are prompted with a login for Facebook. Seamlessly, BrainBox connects you to your account, and it’s time to play.
