http://tech.peekbase.com Peek technology in one base Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://tech.peekbase.com/indiagames-to-launch-new-cricket-gaming-iphone-app http://tech.peekbase.com/indiagames-to-launch-new-cricket-gaming-iphone-app#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:00:07 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/indiagames-to-launch-new-cricket-gaming-iphone-app December 24th, 2009 One of India’s most popular gaming platforms Indiagames is launching a nifty new Cricket iPhone app, called Cricket T20 Fever. Cricket is hugely popular in India and the new app will be a feature rich gaming app that will aim to simulate the experience of playing the sport and competing against other ... 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Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/gwallet-reveals-secret-weapon-for-virtual-currency-platform-gltv/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/tapulous-making-a-million-a-month-off-the-app-store http://tech.peekbase.com/tapulous-making-a-million-a-month-off-the-app-store#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:20:02 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/tapulous-making-a-million-a-month-off-the-app-store December 21st, 2009 Well, even with rampant piracy, review craziness, and that funky approval process, it’s good to hear that someone can still make a truckload of cash on the App Store. According to Reuters, that someone is Tapulous, who is apparently making almost a million dollars a month thanks to twenty million downloads of ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/tapulous-making-a-million-a-month-off-the-app-store/feed 0