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Games for mobile phones, tablets and social networks have managed to open gap in the leisure user, a trend at the fair GameStop, which offers new proposals and debate on the future of these platforms.

GameStop, the most important video game trade show in Europe, held in Cologne (Germany) until 21 August this year includes in its section of lectures and discussions to develop four new areas: mobile phones and tablets, e-communities “online”, independent games and social games.

Unlike other large trade shows like E3 in Los Angeles, where it is not hard to find games for major consoles, GameStop adapts to changing times and either to show their proposals to the public or to do business companies fined this a unique event.

That’s the feeling of Sine Kamala, communications director for the Woo go social game developer, announced the launch of Cologne “Magic Land”, a title that others will join the company and consolidated into Face book as the competition intelligence “Brain Buddies” or veterinary center “Happy Hospital.”

“We came to mass audiences, we fun and if you’ve never played a video game, three minutes after starting one of us, and having fun,” said Kamala on the key to success of titles for social networks, increasingly numerous.

One of the obstacles facing this type of game is that, as users do not usually spend money on them, they can abandon them after a while, so Kamala stresses the need to add updates “every week,” something to Woo go was reflected even in its workforce, which grows proportionally to the success of their products.

Their titles, translated into seven languages, already have a million users only in Spain and some of them, like “Monster World”, “Diamond Dash” and “Bubble Island”, are pioneers in making the leap to Google + by Woo go which has not reached the public GameStop to know them, but to do business in a field in which many companies are starting to take positions.

EA is a major developer who has recently joined the bandwagon of social gaming with classic tailored as “Social Sims.”

However, the spokesman Woo go says that while “interesting” to see what these large companies “in the social sphere,” in his firm are not “scared” and says the competition: “They are the ones who should pregnant seeing what we have achieved with so small a company with 100 workers.”

Bethesda is another company has adapted to changing times, launching a popular version of “Rage” for Apple devices, an initiative that has achieved 100,000 fans on Face book, the developer milestone that has rewarded allowing free download of the game for this week.

Sony does not want to be left behind: in addition to dedicate a space to your phone Experian Play-console, the “Uncharted: Golden Abyss” has been awarded as the best GameStop mobile game of the show.

The letter of welcome to visitors GameStop, the director of the German association of interactive entertainment software, Olaf Walters, also makes clear trend towards the new media of video games.

“The mobile games have become the new national pastime of the Germans and that is something that is reflected in GameStop,” said Walters about the dozens of exhibitors, especially in the business area of ​​the fair, dedicated this year trying to conquer the casual audience.

The players “hardcore” will continue to enjoy video games with the consoles, but the developers are now directed to capture the attention of women over 40 years and, in general, people with little free time, an open market for interactive digital entertainment via mobile, social networking or web browsers as follows developments GameStop offered.

Technology is advancing at a dizzying pace becoming obsolete today what yesterday was an indispensable tool of everyday life. Happened to the “walkman” with the CD and starts going through the text messages from mobile phones.

The progressive introduction of mobile internet browsing (3G) and the boom in the development of hundreds of instant messaging applications that allow users of these networks connect to their phones without having to pay each time they use these services are having a negative impact on the sums.

According to the Commission’s annual report of the Spanish Telecommunications Market, income from sums fell nearly 20 percent in 2010.

The main attraction of these applications is that, compared to the payment associated with each message traditional text, communications offered are free, sometimes you have to pay only a fee for your initial download, it is transmitted over the line phone data.

There are dozens of “apps” similar, but the most popular WhatsApp, compatible with the Android operating system, IOS, Blackberry and Simian.

Besides chatting with the contacts connected to WhatsApp, you can send images, videos and audio files, post the location where the user is and describe its state.

Share this spirit of instant messaging that goes beyond the limitations of SMS text and Kick Messenger Group I and limited to a single operating system and I Message Blackberry Messenger.

Even the social networks want to sink his teeth into this tempting apple.

Face book launched last August 9 an application that lets you send short text messages to mobile devices from Apple and those that work with Google’s operating system (Android), which is for practical purposes an extension of your chat to mobile intelligent.

Introducing your Face book user name, you can chat with contacts in both the social network as the mobile phone, either individually or in groups, and also send pictures and indicate its location.

Catalan companies linked to the mobile sector as a partner and principal have an ambassador in the Mobile World Congress at the Department d’Empresa I Occupation of the Generalist of Catalonia. The obvious interest aroused by the innovative initiatives and the need to support SMEs with a number of important projection in an extremely dynamic industry such as mobile phones, is adding the fate of the main global event happening in your industry in Barcelona. Twenty companies involved in the events organized collaboration between the public and private sectors. Catalan Pavilion: 7 host established companies and a technology center that will give your products and professional services to the public hall. The APP Planet: 10 start-ups involved in Catalonia, is the area for companies that develop applications for mobile phones and telecommunications. Mobile Venture Forum: One of the novelties of this year, a journey that will bring together investors and international mobile operators. 6 Catalan companies present their projects.Generalitat itself highlights the importance of four of these companies are clearly innovative and competitive in this global market:

- Itinetour is a relocation-based application that allows entertainment show route of a person. The application will be initiated by d’Ernest Beach, Pasqual Mara gall and a Barcia player, the name of which was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress. This social software, shows six preferred plans, such as his favorite restaurant where dinner, an evening activity, and so on. The application detects and shows where you are on a map how to get there to live the plan of the chosen person. Once you arrive, it activates an audio or video message from the person you’re still with exclusive information. Everyone can create your route and download it to your mobile.

- Zara, Gas EFE use the video sharing platform developed by the Catalan company Conair Mobile Video Technologies. The application can easily generate content with the company’s mobile and share them with all the users in order to “video assist” at any time. The company, based in Barcelona and with offices in Madrid and London, has developed a mobile video sharing platform that allows any person or company to communicate by video and photographs des live or recorded on a mobile phone. For example, the application can help construction companies to monitor and control the development of a work or phases of this certification. Distribution companies also can control and “video work” with the outlets to check or monitor remote windows reforms in stores, etc…

- Scrota, chosen as one of the 20 most innovative companies in Europe in ICT by the European Commission, has developed collaboration software with versions for Linux, Windows and Mac OS, the tool is designed to solve the main difficulties involved in working Group distance: the size and file format, and the need to stay connected to the network and enable the exchange, creation and editing of documents to several people who use office documents and software files specific to collective such as lawyers, architects and engineers. While much of the document-sharing applications are based on the Web, but Scrota communicates the users directly, without the need for connection to a server. Also, as this is not a product based on a website, your privacy is guaranteed. Currently, the company is in talks with Skype to include this phone platform and extend their usefulness as a tool for remote work. Given that the company already has software downloads from all five continents, the forecast for 2011 is to multiply by 10 the name of individual users of version.

-Finally, the company has developed the Vicar Immobile that allows reading and authentication of identity documents such as ID card, passport or driving license, with the camera of mobile devices. The Catalan firm specializing in systems for identifying people based on documents and digital images develop applications in next generation mobile devices. This is an application that allows reading and authentication of identity documents from images captured by the camera of a mobile device.