Tameka Kee
Oct 28, 2009 2:15 PM
Samsung has partnered with mobile app developer Handmark, to launch the Global Venture Fund, a contest/investment fund aimed at getting indie game developers to create jazzy new apps for the next generation of Samsung phones. Participants are encouraged to build features that use location-aware technology, the accelerometer, the touch screen,…
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James Quintana Pearce
Mar 19, 2009 8:36 AM
One of the oldest app stores around is Handmark, formed in 2000 to develop and sell Palm (NSDQ: PALM) applications. It now covers Blackberry, Windows Mobile and the iPhone as well, and has expanded so that its business now is to “build apps, sell apps, aggregate audiences and bring brands…
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James Quintana Pearce
Feb 12, 2009 9:01 PM
Handmark has launched its Pocket Express mobile news and information service in Europe in eight languages (English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Finnish, and Swedish), with an on-device application store. The service includes news, information and entertainment feeds, and the store sells games and productivity applications. Content includes up-to-the-minute sports…
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Rafat Ali
Feb 5, 2009 9:53 AM
Handmark, the Kansas City, MO-based mobile applications and software firm, has acquired Freerange, the Portland, OR-based mobile RSS applications firm. No financial details were disclosed. Handmark’s flagship software Pocket Express is a MyYahoo-like portal that serves up customized news, weather and sports on wireless devices, including newer ones like iPhones…
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Tricia Duryee
May 16, 2008 1:49 PM
Douglas Edwards, the co-founder of Handmark, has been named CEO of uclick, a provider of digital content, including comics and games on the Web and mobile phone. Uclick is owned by Andrews McMeel Universal, a large publishing company. Edwards, who co-founded Handmark in 2000, was one of the the chief…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jan 7, 2008 11:16 AM
Kansas City-based mobile content and delivery firm Handmark will acquire Astraware, a developer and publisher of casual games for smartphones. UK-based Astraware will add titles such as Astraware Sudoku and Astraware Solitaire to Handmark’s existing catalog. The goal is to create synergies between Astraware’s collection of games and Handmark’s distribution…
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