The PG.biz Hot Five: iKamasutra puts Apple in a twist, War Balloon's Kickstarter woes, and ustwo loves Windows Phone UX
Last week's top five stories
AppyNation's Robin Clarke discusses the developer-owned publisher's revolutionary approach
By mobile game developers, for mobile game developers
Quality Index: The week's best Android games - Drag Racing: Bike Edition, Battleloot Adventure
Critically acclaimed
Quality Index: The week's best iPad games - Avernum: Escape From the Pit HD, Cubis Creatures
Critically acclaimed
Kickstarter set to distribute $300 million in 2012
Crowd-funder on track to triple past year's efforts
Mobile advertising revenue rose to $1.6 billion in 2011
Growing a triple-digit rate
Chipmaker Qualcomm warns over 32nm S4 Snapdragon chip shortage
Android and Windows Phones OEMs to be hit
Newzoo user survey suggests US Kindle Fire install base could be as high as 16 million
Numbers and comparative tricks
Halfbrick Studios on Kinect, plushies and why it travels half way around the world to meet the fans
Joining the line at PAX East
GREE part-owned developer Gumi opens Korean office
First step on international expansion
TinyCo says Kindle and Amazon AppStore have higher ARPU than iPad and App Store
Even Google Play is strong
Update: Dutch market research company says Kindle Fire sales break 10 million barrier
Lemons and Apples
First Intel-powered Android smartphone XOLO X900 heading to India
Atom chip boasts speed and multitasking
Speakers from Bioware, Epic, and Playdom talk social and mobile at East Coast Game Conference
Coming to North Carolina 25-26 April
GREE brings Lil' Pirates developer IUGO into the fold with minority investment
Canadian studio bulks out free-to-play capacity
We're the ones raising the bar in hardcore social mobile games says Funzio's Jamil Moledina
Not worried about the competition
Sony's open beta of PlayStation Suite SDK for Android and Vita games now available
Final SDK due later this year
As Facebook market slows, mobile social gaming companies now attract key investment
Digi-Capital forecasts 2012 as bumper year for M&A
Nokia rolls out Lumia 610 in 8 Asian territories including China
Budget Lumia targets young student audience
FourBros Studio earning $1,000 per day from Windows Phone game Taptitude
Ad impressions spike with the launch of Lumia range
Hook Mobile launches beta for its word-of-mouth App Growth Engine marketing tool
Uses phone number not Twitter or Facebook
Nokia's exceeding expectations in US but UK more challenging says CEO Elop
Will cut staff costs and increase advertising
Develop reveals sessions including speakers from DICE, Sony, Jagex, Microsoft and Mindy Candy
And Split Milk's 60 minute indie game challenge
Nokia sees Q1 2012 sales slide 29% as it posts a $1.8 billion loss
Confesses Lumia sales have been mixed
Engineous' Nitzan Wilnai on giving users the power of game creation with Sketch Nation Studio
Free for all
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on a Starck choice
Elegant design down the crapper
Qualcomm books record quarter with FY12 Q2 sales up 28% to $4.9 billion
$26.6 billion cash pile boosted by spectrum sell off
Engineous Games launches amateur game dev community for iOS
Sketch Nation Studio aimed at the green
Intel-powered Windows 8 tablets looking to cut iPad market share to under 50% by 2013
ARM devices coming later
Only 6% of UK consumers interested in apps on TV
But Apple TV could change things
MoMinis' Itzik Frid on building a sticky end-to-end Android gaming platform
Monetised by IAPs and 30 million daily ad impressions
More OMGPOP-sized deals to come from Zynga, says CEO Mark Pincus
Cottle leading acquisitions team
Temple Run tops 10 million downloads on Android
Total downloads pass 58 million
Windows Phone marketing manager Shane Kim quits post after 5 months
Eugene Ho takes the strain
Aeria Games scores strategic investment from Sony subsidiary So-net
Terms not disclosed
Ad exchanges will play significant role in sustainable UDID replacement says Nexage
Industry needs a solution that puts privacy first
RIM looking to license out BlackBerry software in strategic shift
Canadian giant weighing up options
Israeli Android gaming tools and platform outfit MoMinis raises $4.5 million in second funding round
Has pushed 16 million downloads in 3 months
No Windows Phone 8 update for existing handsets, claims insider
Microsoft to reset platform?
Apple and Samsung CEOs to enter into settlement talks over patent disputes
Firms to come together within next 90 days
Devs should 'embrace' the smaller smartphone platforms first, says Boonce's Rob Rule
'Intimidating' App Store not the only option
Keen Flare established as flaregames sets up majority-owned joint venture with keen games
One provides cash, one provides experience
Microsoft and Nokia 'should be lauded' for bringing Windows Phone to market, says ustwo
Risky venture a designer's dream
Fiksu claims Apple won't deprecate UDID until iOS 6, replacing it with a first party cookie
Cupertino rumour gaining steam
Apple's making a mess of its own App Store guidelines, says iKamasutra dev
Removed without just cause
Telefonica's new deal with EA sees O2 users get three months free access to all its games
Using games to increase loyalty
Amazon lifts $20 in-app limit following tightened parental controls
Drops 1-click for password
AppNation Mobile Summit NYC running from 15 - 16 May
Welcomes speakers from Zynga, Glu, Google and Flurry
Appsfire's Ouriel Ohayon on three steps to unlock Google Play's potential
Pricing, affiliate deals and metadata
Microsoft to save 35 of your precious seconds per app with context-based pre-loading
Falcon to make your Windows Phone smarter