Emoticon Rip Off

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2942482/EE-sends-mother-1-200-mobile-phone-bill-sent-smiley-symbols-weren-t-included-unlimited-31-month-contract.html

Heard about this years ago

From NRC http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/achievements/highlights/2005/sketch.html

3D Doodle Box

Very cool.  82 euro.

http://www.doodle3d.com

Arctic Startup

Great Game Blog http://arcticstartup.com

Good Housekeeping Top Toys 2014

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/product-reviews/childrens-products/toy-reviews/best-toys-2014#slide-1

Time's Top 10 Toys 2014

http://time.com/3582120/top-10-toys-2014/

Top 10 UK Toys 2014

http://downthetubes.net/?p=16641

Kik Announces Strategy

http://myfirstclasslife.com/top-10-youngest-billionaires-40/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral

How the BOOMLAGOON DUDES Did It

http://arcticstartup.com/2014/10/06/boomlagoons-second-title-monsu-hits-familiar-gameplay-mechanics

Monsu Mechanics

http://arcticstartup.com/2014/10/06/boomlagoons-second-title-monsu-hits-familiar-gameplay-mechanics

http://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/59394/all-boom-no-bust-how-boomlagoon-is-looking-to-make-its-mark-with-monsu/

BoomLagoon

Raises cssh and partners with Line http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/former-angry-birds-creators-raise-3-6m-for-boomlagoon-game-studio/

LINE Eyes IPO

After $177,000,000 2014 revenue https://www.techinasia.com/line-revenues-spiked-25-us177m-company-shotguns-ipo/

Canadian Kik Passes 200 million

Well done!

http://blog.kik.com  nice emoticons   http://blog.kik.com/stickers-smileys-all-in-one-place/

Emoticon Toys

IM Apps to Generate 75% of Mobile Traffic by 2016

But only 2% revenues says

http://www.juniperresearch.com/viewpressrelease.php?pr=431r

Price Points of Top Pay Per Play Game APPs

Around $2 per month ... http://thinkgaming.com/app-sales-data/top-paid-games/

All silly American-style $2.99, $1.99, $0.99 etc... 

Top Grossing iOS Games

Supercell's http://thinkgaming.com/app-sales-data/

 Clash of Clans and Boom Beach 1 and 5 respectively 

SEGA Axes 300 to Go Web & Mobile

http://www.pocketgamer.biz/job-news/60735/sega-sammy-restructures-for-mobile/

TenCent's WeChat vs LINE, WHATSAPP & KAKKAOTALK

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jlim/2014/05/19/wechat-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-apps/

India'S Flipkart & Jabong Utilize Chinese WeChat

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-01-20/news/58267815_1_messaging-app-whatsapp-messaging-feature

 What happenned Barak?

ANDROID at 84% Market Share

http://m.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2379036/android-hits-836-percent-marketshare-while-ios-windows-and-blackberry-slide

IM TOYS

Told you so 6 yrs ago ...http://thenextweb.com/asia/2013/07/12/stickers/

Best ANDROID Instant Messangers

http://www.androidpit.com/best-instant-messenger-apps-for-android

IMO, Finnish Jongla rules.
WhatsApp just got there 1st.

Jongla CEO Riku Salminen

A smart and nice guy with great practical advice for devs http://www.telco-ott.com/opinions/2014/05/qa-riku-salminen-ceo-of-jongla/

Jonga is ultralight butbheavy in features https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.apache.android.xmpp&hl=en

Very cool free chat app.  5 / 5 imo.

"Why I Hate Apple"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2930649/Evil-tax-avoiding-behemoth-force-good-ALEX-BRUMMER-SARAH-VINE-ten-reasons-love-hate-Apple-brand.html

Ditto.  Brilliant products.  Elegent functional beautiful design.  Yet, evil greedy ruthless and relentless at heart.  A rotten Apple under a glossy coat of white ceramic.

Sayonara LEGO's

http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/oddchester-coming-of-age-son-leggoes-his-legos/article_0368e59c-adb7-5f4c-ad8f-c2f658b82921.html?mode=jqm

$700 in used LEGOs?  Get real ...

Webkinz Hopscotch Game

http://kinzmet.com/webkinz-recess-hopscotch-fun-games/1828.html

Top 100 APPLE APPS

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/08/apple-10bn-payouts-ios-apps-2014

Android APPs Profitable as APPLE's

And beats APPLE for downloads http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/28/android-ios-app-downloads-revenues-app-annie-google-play-app-store

So $10 billion to iOS dev and $3 billion to Android.  http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/08/apple-10bn-payouts-ios-apps-2014

APPLE's App Store 70% Market Share

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/01/28/google-play-downloads-are-growing-but-apples-app-store-commands-70-of-revenue

GOOGLE PLAYs Editor's Choice 2014

https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/editors_choice?hl=en Personally like LEO's Fortune

and Hungry Shark ...

China Buying More iPhones Than US

Uh oh!  http://www.wired.com/2014/02/whatsapp-rules-rest-world/

LINE GLOBAL USEAGE

WOW,

http://www.wazzuppilipinas.com/2014/04/line-global-community-has-grown-400m.html

But WhatsAPP still rules especially in India, Brazil and Spanish market.  http://www.wired.com/2014/02/whatsapp-rules-rest-world/

Indian SmartPhone Penetration & Mobile Chat Landscape

https://www.techinasia.com/india-chat-apps-should-we-be-watching-quiet-innovation-india/

LINE Games

http://line.me/en/games powered by LINE Pay

22 Best Mobile Chat APPs

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/10/18/best-mobile-messaging-apps/25/

Mobile Games & Chat APPS HOOKUP

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/207131/Mobile_games_chat_apps_a_powerful_pair_says_game_investment_guru_Lasky.php

Game Mascots RIP

http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/what-ever-happened-to-the-90s-platformer-mascots-123

Top 10 Mobile Chat APPs & 9 Most Popular

http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-devices/10-mobile-chat-apps-that-beat-sms/d/d-id/1109729? And WSJ lists most popular http://wallstcheatsheet.com/technology/here-are-the-9-most-popular-messaging-apps-in-the-world.html/?a=viewall

Fresvii Mobile Game Chat

Brilliantly meshes with Unity Technologies Game Engine.  Wow!  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/topshelfhobby/top-shelf-hobby-scale-miniature-models-and-scale-r?ref=discovery

TwinSprite Brings Toys To Life

Disney Links Mobile Games to Toys

Told you so http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-04/disney-new-mobile-educational-game-apps-will-link-to-toys.html

Join Our Island Studio

Not as warm as NZ.  And no Kangaroos or Koalas.  But we do have Polar Bears.

Sick Pig

3 Little Pigs Bro

Great Place For 3D Art

http://www.3dartistonline.com/image/11565/rupus_the_warthog