Tagged: mobile games

What turns gamers into buyers? PayPal study seeks answers

IT World Canada Staff

Published: September 24th, 2018

How to make an MMO like Pokémon Go

Since its July release, Pokémon Go has proven to be an effective exercise app, foot traffic generator for small businesses, booster of workplace productivity, and even an effective sales tool. It's also been

Published on: August 24th, 2016 Eric Emin Wood

How to ensure Pokémon doesn’t make your workplace productivity Go down

As Pokémon Go continues to surge in popularity - its daily user base recently surpassed Twitter's, and the average player is now spending more time with it than Facebook - it's likely that

Published on: July 15th, 2016 Eric Emin Wood

How Pokémon Go is helping small businesses catch ’em all

After learning how they can take advantage of Pokémon Go, small businesses might be looking forward to the official Canadian release of Nintendo's wildly popular augmented reality game even more than nostalgic millennials.

Published on: July 13th, 2016 Eric Emin Wood

Is Pokémon Go a huge security vulnerability for your business?

This probably isn't what Nintendo Ltd. had in mind when its marketing wizards created Pokémon's slogan, "Gotta catch 'em all." The celebrated video game developer and publisher, which has risen in market value

Published on: July 12th, 2016 Eric Emin Wood

What makes an app developer successful: Robleh Jama of Tiny Hearts

When news broke that one of the world’s most successful mobile games - Flappy Bird - was being shut down, it left other game developers and marketers collectively scratching their heads. Why? Well,

Published on: April 3rd, 2014 Karim Kanji

Three things digital marketers should know, according to Kiip’s Brian Wong

Marketing doesn’t have to be all about ads - at least, that's according to Brian Wong, the co-founder and CEO of Kiip, a mobile rewards network. Instead of serving up ads, the startup

Published on: October 1st, 2013 Candice So

A mobile gaming matchmaking service

While you could call it a mobile gaming matchmaking service, Lab Partners doesn't aim to find love connections for Angry Birds players. Rather, the program seeks to bring independent mobile game developers together

Published on: February 22nd, 2013 Jeff Jedras
Gaming incubator welcomes “crazy talented” first cohort

Gaming incubator welcomes “crazy talented” first cohort

A new Montreal-based gaming incubator and go-to-market accelerator has welcomed its first group of game development teams ready to push the boundaries of video gaming in Canada.Execution Labs describes itself as a “first-of-its

Published on: January 24th, 2013 Jeff Jedras
Startup news round-up: May 24, 2012

Startup news round-up: May 24, 2012

The C100, a non-profit organization representing accomplished Canadian entrepreneurs, has selected the companies and announced plans for the next California visit.Valley bound businesses The C 100 program called 48 Hours in the Valley,

Published on: May 24th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff
Gree invests in Vancouver’s Iugo Mobile Entertainment

Gree invests in Vancouver’s Iugo Mobile Entertainment

Global mobile and social gaming company, Gree Inc., has made a minority investment in IUGO Mobile Entertainment Inc., a Vancouver-based game developer. Under the new partnership, Iugo and the Japan-based Gree will co-develop

Published on: April 19th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff
Toronto students improve retail marketing, email encryption with cloud computing

Toronto students improve retail marketing, email encryption with cloud computing

A mobile app that tracks your exercise goals and rewards you with discount coupons from a local sports stores, a map-tool that presents a visual representation of trending topics on Twitter for a

Published on: April 18th, 2012 Nestor Arellano
Vancouver mobile game startup gives back to community

Vancouver mobile game startup gives back to community

Vancouver gaming startup Pepperdev Studios is using the power of crowdfunding to raise funds for a local hospital. The studio launched the fund raiser following the lunach of its first title: Hungry Fins.After

Published on: April 12th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff
Tablet gaming market to reach $3.1B: Juniper Research

Tablet gaming market to reach $3.1B: Juniper Research

The hot mobile device market will propel the tablet gaming market to a mammoth $3.1 billion by 2014, according to a study by mobile analyst firm Juniper Research Ltd. By the year 2016,

Published on: March 22nd, 2012 ITBusiness Staff
Ideal Rebels, PGA Tour create social game

Ideal Rebels, PGA Tour create social game

Vancouver-based digital marketing firm Idea Rebel has partnered with professional golfers' organization PGA Tour Inc. once more in developing a golf-themed social game for Facebook and mobile devices. The 2011 Matchups Game featured

Published on: March 1st, 2012 ITBusiness Staff