mpowerplayer

mpowerplayer was a technology-startup company based in Reston, Virginia,{{cite web |url= http://mpowerplayer.com/?page_id=1554|title= Contact Us|accessdate=2008-09-28 |publisher= mpowerplayer |date=2008-09-28}} just outside of Washington, D.C. The company offers a solution for the video game industry (game publishers and mobile operators) to enable their customers to browse and demo mobile games on their web browser before buying them.{{cite web |url= http://www.mpowerplayer.com |title= mpowerplayer |accessdate=2008-09-28 |publisher= mpowerplayer.com |date=2008-09-28}} Customers include Sprint-Nextel, EA Mobile{{cite web|url= http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/09/10/mpowerplayer-raises-$2.5-million-online-mobile-game-demos|title= Mpowerplayer Raises $2.5 Million for Online Mobile Game Demos|accessdate= 2008-09-28|publisher= Digital Media Wire|date= 2008-09-10|archive-date= 2008-09-14|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080914003420/http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/09/10/mpowerplayer-raises-$2.5-million-online-mobile-game-demos|url-status= dead}} and Sega Mobile.

Technically mpowerplayer's platform is a Java ME emulator for devices capable of running Java SE. In May 2008, the company was awarded with the Duke's Choice Award in the mobile gaming category from Sun Microsystems.{{cite web |url= http://wireless.ign.com/articles/872/872508p1.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516080201/http://wireless.ign.com/articles/872/872508p1.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= May 16, 2008|title= Mpowerplayer Wins Coveted Duke's Choice Award at JavaOne Developer Conference|accessdate=2008-09-28 |publisher= IGN|date=2008-05-08}}{{cite web |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS169460+14-May-2008+PRN20080514|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080927045519/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS169460+14-May-2008+PRN20080514|url-status= dead|archive-date= 2008-09-27|title= INC.spire Client Mpowerplayer Wins Duke's Choice Award|accessdate=2008-09-28 |publisher= Reuters|date=2008-05-14}}

Funding

Following its launch from tech incubator LaunchBox Digital,{{cite web |url= https://techcrunch.com/2008/08/05/launchbox-unleashes-its-first-nine-startups/|title= LaunchBox Unleashes Its First Nine Startups|accessdate=2008-09-28 |publisher= TechCrunch|date=2008-08-05}}{{cite web |url= http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/east-coast-incubator-launchbox-digital-s-first-class-graduates|title= East Coast Incubator LaunchBox Digital's First 'Class' Graduates|accessdate=2008-09-28 |publisher= Silicon Alley Insider|date=2008-08-05}} on 11 September 2008 it was announced that mpowerplayer had raised $2.5 million in its first round of funding.{{cite web |url= https://venturebeat.com/2008/09/11/mobile-gaming-startup-mpowerplayer-raises-25m/|title= Mobile gaming startup Mpowerplayer raises $2.5M|accessdate=2008-09-28 |publisher= Venture Beat|date=2008-09-11}} Funding comes from New Atlantic Ventures, the Center for Innovative Technology GAP Fund and LaunchBox Digital. The company plans to use the funding to expand their presence and their widget-based mobile game catalog on more social networking sites.{{cite web|url= http://www.redherring.com/blogs/24878|title= Mpowerplayer Rings Up $2.5M|accessdate= 2008-09-28|publisher= Red Herring|date= 2008-09-10|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080915044956/http://redherring.com/blogs/24878|archive-date= 2008-09-15|url-status= dead}}

References

External links

[http://www.mpowerplayer.com/ mpowerplayer site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061104003452/http://mpowerplayer.com/ |date=2006-11-04 }}

Category:Java device platform

Category:Mobile game companies

Category:Mobile software

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