Samsung's mobile sales jump 52% to $15.9 billion in Q4 2011
But firm withholds smartphone shipments
Spacetime Studios announces Vampire game Dark Legends
Due for Q1 2012 launch
Nokia receives payment of $250 million from Microsoft
A steady billion a year for 'platform support'
RealNetworks sells 360 patents to Intel for $120 million
Product development deal also signed
MGF 2012: XMG's Sharma on the potential for transmedia and kickstarting augmented reality gaming with Ghostbusters
#mgf2012 Who you gonna call?
SGVGF 2012: Kiip's Eamonn Carey on the potential for brands to tap into 'gaming moments that matter'
#sgvgf Linking up with in-game achievements
Ex-Rovio branding SVP Wibe Wagemans set to lead Big Fish Games mobile division
Flapping to Seattle
Nintendo fails to meet targets in latest financial report, posts predicted loss of $837 million
Cuts previous sales forecasts to stem the flow
Nokia posts 21% decrease in sales, down to 10 billion euros in Q4 2011 financial report
Still waiting for Windows Phone push
TapMob's Laith Clark on how Twitter boosted Dom's App beyond Angry Birds
Dom-inating iTunes
MGF 2012: Glu Mobile is working on subscription-based business model reveals EMEA GM Bernard
#mgf2012 Mix and match
SGVGF 2012: GREE's Margaret Tallman and RIM's Volker Hirsch on why social devs shouldn't give up on gifting
#sgvgf Simply hasn't been done well yet
Jetpack Joyride, Sword & Sworcery and Infinity Blade II among 30 IMGA award 2012 hopefuls
Winners announced at MWC in March
SGVGF 2012: Mobile Pie, FDG, Future Games of London and Tag Games on why the freemium debate is over
#sgvgf Now all about learning how to monetisation
MGF 2012: The future is browsers but HTML5 is 18 months away from prime time reckons DChoc's Unsworth
#mgf2012 It's got to be open
MGF 2012: Gamevil, InMobi, GREE, Papaya, TIMWE and Maysalward talk mobile games and emerging markets
#mgf2012 Covering the world
SGVGF 2012: Facebook the perfect launch platform for smartphone devs, claims partnership head Codorniou
#sgvgf Games help users 'tell their story'
MGF 2012: Google's Laurence Aderemi highlights improvements to Android payments with carrier billing and Google Wallet
#mgf2012 19 operators currently signed up
Jason Citron back in the game, advising incentivisation platform Gimmie
Super investor Peter Relan also involved
MGF 2012: Tapjoy's Bowen calls for industry standard analytics. Flurry's Firminger says that's us
#mgf2012 Tracking and targetting
Former PopCap man Roy Liu launches real rewards incentivisation platform Gimmie
$200,000 seed funding and beta underway
Apple appeals against lenient ITC decision in HTC patent infringement case
Only 1 out of 10 complaints considered by the courts
MGF 2012: NaturalMotion's Torsten Reil on 15 ways to make a successful iPhone game
#mgf2012 From Backbreaker to My Horse
Apple beats out Android to US smartphone market share in Q4 2011
iPhone 4S demand pushes Apple to the top
Sony claims its tablets had 26% of UK Android tablet market in October
Beaten back by Christmas discounting though
MGF 2012: Spilt Milk Studios' Andrew Smith and Stuart Dredge hail Twitter's PR prowess for mobile devs
#mgf2012 Journalists are nice people
MGF 2012: PlayBook downloads are taking off, says RIM's Ander Jeppsson on tablet panel
#mgf2012 Plus emerging markets and HTML5
NimbleBit's Ian Marsh offers Zynga 'congratulations' for cloning Tiny Tower with Dream Heights
Co-founder fires back via Twitter
Tapjoy repositions itself as Android publisher as it highlights monetisation network's 25 million MAUs
Its $5 Android Fund has funded 130 ports
Apple has paid developers $4 billion during App Store's lifetime
Net of its 30 percent cut
MGF 2012: Khronos' Neil Trevett on why augmented reality, computer vision and Kinetic-style features are the future for mobile
#mgf2012 Making use of the predicted 100-fold performance boost
Nokia pegs Series 40 handset sales at 1.5 billion
Landmark sale made in Brazil
MGF 2012: 30 million across EU5 play games on smartphones every day, says comScore's Jeremy Copp
#mgf2012 iPhone device of choice across Europe
MGF 2012: Platform debate sees Neon Play and Deemedya argue over whether Android or iOS is best
#mgf2012 Apples vs robots
Apple posts record financials, Q1 FY12 sales up 73% to $46.3 billion
Cash pile now $97.6 billion
With orders worth $17 billion, Apple is the world's top semiconductor customer, reports Gartner
Smartphone surge sees giant race ahead
Gameloft and GetJar Gold team up to bring Asphalt 6 to Android for free
Adding to $300,000 worth of daily giveaways
Neon Play celebrates 30 million downloads on iOS and Android
And 300 million game plays
University of Abertay's Quartic Llama scoops £6,500 as team triumphs at 2011's bada Student Developer Challenge
BAFTA HQ plays host to final showdown
Android version of Neon Play's Paper Glider Crazy Copter 3D accounts for 15% of downloads, but just 3% of revenue
Monetisation still the issue on Google's OS
King.com brings its popular web title Bubble Witch Saga to Google+
Adding to 4 million Facebook players
Switching to app and games, Mobile Streams sees half year sales up 40% to £7.4 million
Riding the Appitalism economy
Growth of Ultrabooks shipments will outpace tablets by 3 to 1 until 2016
But tablets will win out on volume
Steel Media hires Kristan Reed as Pocket Gamer editor-in-chief
Joins recent hires Owain Bennallack and Jonathan Morris
UK launch for Lumia 900 looking likely as Carphone Warehouse listing dates June debut
But handset's page quickly pulled
Microsoft touts 'design for discovery' as firm lifts lid on Windows Store UI for Windows 8
Making app browsing compelling
Tower Studios' Jon Hare on why knowing your limitations is the most important thing for indie developers
25 years of learning condensed
Babaroga's Maris Herrington on Windows Phone's potential
The delight of Xbox Live
Rumour: Microsoft Points to be phased out on Windows Phone Marketplace and Xbox Live in 2012
Microsoft looking to unify digital stores
Android to topple iOS as most important platform for developers by end of 2012, reckons Ovum
Windows Phone support also on the rise