Mobile Games Get Fancier, More Social
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Who says "Solitaire" must be a lonely endeavor? Games tailored for cell phones are increasingly adding community-oriented elements, such as tournaments for top scores, head-to-head combat or chatting with other players.
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Social networking features are popping up on auction and shopping sites, allowing visitors to compare notes and turn e-commerce into a social experience.
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Gametap puts hundreds of titles at your fingertips and connects you to gamers worldwide. By Chris Kohler from Wired magazine.
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Who needs postcards? With a mobile blog, cellphone auteurs can take everyone along.
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Thanks to powerful mobile processors and graphics chips, more hard-core gamers are moving away from desktops.
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The millions who play Internet-based adventure games like World of Warcraft don't just log on to fight orcs and demons. The games also help them hang out with old friends and meet new ones. They're social networking services - Facebook with broadswords.
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RIM jazzes up its line of handhelds with fun colors and Facebook links.
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Sandy Pentland is using data gathered by cell phones to learn more about human behavior and social interactions.
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The gaming industry is increasingly pursuing casual or coffee-break gamers, those who indulge in short-term play of games including puzzles, solitaire and mah-jongg.
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From ringtones to bloglets to short-blast video games, today's amusements comes in bite-size morsels. A tasty Wired magazine report on instant entertainment.
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The growing popularity of small-screen video devices is ushering in a new era of content to go with them.
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Mobile dating is on the rise this Valentine's Day. That's because of the immediacy of cell phones communications, plus better displays, cameras and broadband connections and Internet communities that attract other singles.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 18  - Video game developers,  eager to please all consumers, are increasingly including  features that let gamers play with or against their friends.
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The rise of social networks such as Facebook and wireless gadgets such as the iPhone has set off a small stampede of companies hoping to build on or replicate their success. Many are counting on advertising to pay the bills.
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As video games become more popular than ever, hard-core gamers and the old-school critics who represent them are becoming an ever smaller part of the audience.
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Location-based services are trying to revamp the Web experience to be less cumbersome on mobile devices.
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Although it grew up on desktop PCÂs, instant-messaging software has gone mobile Â and it looks more and more as if it has outgrown its roots in teenage chatter.