Glu Mobile launched the latest game in the best-selling Age of Empires® franchise, Age of Empires ® III: The Asian Dynasties for mobile phones. The title was developed and published through Glu’s exclusive worldwide relationship with Microsoft Corporation and is based on the award-winning real-time strategy (RTS) franchise for the PC developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties is now available on all major carriers worldwide on platforms including Android, Blackberry, Brew, J2ME and Windows Phone.

Features include: New Locations- Play as India, China or Japan; Personal Customization- Play a skirmish or campaign game, a short fight to the death or an extended campaign with a developing storyline; New Game Modes- King of the Hill and Regicide; Assorted Challenges- Complete challenges using different tricks and game play elements; More Awards- Wonders to build for each civilization.

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eBay launches two iPhone© selling apps, one for the eBay.com global marketplace and one for eBay’s new classifieds site, eBayClassifieds.com. With the new eBay Selling and eBay Classifieds mobile apps, consumers can easily photograph and list an item in 60 seconds or less. And consumers can now list for free in eBay’s auction format, reaching 90 million active eBay users around the world, or in eBay Classifieds, to reach buyers in their local communities.

eBay Selling app features: Point, shoot and click to list an item from their iPhones in 60 seconds or less; Research sales trends and price ranges on eBay and list similar items for sale; Easily and clearly view the status of items for sale; Share listings with Facebook and Twitter social networks; Quickly link to other eBay and PayPal iPhone apps.
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LinkedIn today announced the launch of the LinkedIn application for BlackBerry® smartphones. This application complements LinkedIn’s other mobile offerings for the iPhone® and Palm Pre™ to give members more choices on how to use LinkedIn away from their offices and computers. Key functionality includes: Search, Messages, Network Updates, Connections, Invitations, and Reconnections.

“The LinkedIn application leverages the always-on capabilities of the BlackBerry platform to enable easy and timely access to information for mobile users. Deep integration between the LinkedIn app and core communications apps on the BlackBerry smartphone also allows for a very productive and intuitive user experience,” said Tyler Lessard, vice president, global alliances and developer relations, Research In Motion.

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TOUCHOTEL today announced the launch of its version 2.0. ToucHotel allows users to reserve Hotels, from 1 to 5 stars, Bed and Breakfasts and Apartments in the main worldwide destinations. A wide selection of over 70,000 online bookable accommodations is offered. New features and upgrades of the TOUCHOTEL 2.0 iPhone app include: Hotels sorting by price, popularity, star rating, customer reviews; Filters to better select type of properties and star rating; Search by address, zone, area code, hotel or chain name; Based on iPhone GPS technology to locate users and find hotels around them.

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Vlingo Corporation announced version 4.5 of Vlingo, offering a new, free feature that gives users more “hands-free” control of their BlackBerry® smartphones and helps deter driving while texting (DWT). SafeReader, a free feature available immediately to all users of Vlingo for BlackBerry smartphone users, provides drivers with a safer, easier way to consume incoming text and email messages. Rather than fumbling to retrieve and read messages while on the road, SafeReader reads them aloud so drivers never have to take their eyes off of the road or hands off of the wheel. Vlingo 4.5 for BlackBerry smartphones with SafeReader can be downloaded for free on BlackBerry App World™ (www.blackberry.com/appworld) or directly from Vlingo (www.vlingo.com).

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Avistar Communications Corp. introduced six packaged editions of Avistar C3™ platform at VoiceCon Orlando 2010. Avistar’s premier communication and collaboration platform, Avistar C3™, blends a mastery of visual communications technology with a keen understanding of what desktop videoconferencing customers, channel alliance partners and OEM technology partners need and expect from an optimized desktop visual communications experience.

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BlueAnt announced the BlueAnt Q1 Android™ application. The application is the first of its kind to allow text messages to be concisely and discretely read aloud directly into a headset. The application also helps Q1 users by providing pairing and connection guidance, support information and a direct link to BlueAnt Customer Service. The BlueAnt Q1 Android application is available April 1, 2010 as a free download from the BlueAnt website, as well as from the Android Market.

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Glu Mobile Inc. today announced the availability of its How to Train Your Dragon: Flight of the Night Fury app on the App Store. The app, for iPhone and iPod touch, is based on the upcoming DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. film, How To Train Your Dragon, which will be released in theaters on March 26, 2010. This marks the third mobile game to be developed and published by Glu based on DreamWorks Animation’s hit films, following the releases of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Monsters vs. Aliens. The How to Train Your Dragon: Flight of the Night Fury app is available for $2.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. Features Include: Flight, Exploration, Achievements, 3D World, and Unlockable Extras.

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