PapayaMobile today announced that it has raised 18M in Series B funding. The round was led by Keytone Ventures and DCM and will help Papaya expand its developer ecosystem, as well as product offerings, in the U.S. and Europe.
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Amazon’s Appstore for Android launched in March 22 and currently has 4,000 apps. Amazon is in a strong position to be a major channel of digital distribution if it can overcome some hurdles.
PapayaMobile has recently partnered with global non-profit One Economy to empower mobile apps that serve a public purpose.
Android is rapidly growing. With over 300,000 handsets being activated per day, questions about fragmentation still remain. At GDC, Eric Chu of the Android team shed some light on developing for Android.
AT&T plans for serious investment in the Google’s Android platform and as a first step it will offer a new social gaming platform for Android phones. This move, by AT&T, seems to come as a rebound to a long-standing exclusive agreement to sell Apple Inc.’s iPhone, which is now also available through Verizon.
Mobile and social gaming company PerBlue has just raised $800K in a round Series A financing led by Golden Angels out of Milwaukee as well as some investments from other groups on the west coast. Founded in 2008, PerBlue has grown to a team of 9 full time employees and achieved profitability. Their flagship title, Parallel Kingdom, is essentially a location based virtual world layered on top of a real world map. Interview is after the jump. Read more
