2011 Winter holidays saw US tablet ownership almost double reckons Pew Internet
Up to 19% of Americans now own a tablet
Our failure is our communication with our fans, says Gameloft's De Vallois over freemium backlash
Experiments are what the market demands
Nokia's Lumia range shifted 1.3 million units in first 2 months, reckon analysts' average
Highest estimate comes in at 2 million
PocketGems, Spacetime Studios and Digital Chocolate join Heyzap's 800-strong developer community
Social discovery network boosts scale
Sulake CEO Paul LaFontaine on why mobile games are important to retain and extend the Habbo community
Play outside but always come back
RIM founders Lazaridis and Balsillie step down as co-CEOs, replaced by former Siemens man Heins
Duo to continue to serve on board
The PG.biz Hot Five: 3DS dominates Japan, ustwo on the death of premium and Sony bigs up Vita prospects
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Zynga not losing money, but rather making $30 on every new paying user, reckons NaturalMotion's Torsten Reil
Don't forget about churn
Appssavvy president Michael Burke on why activity is driving the next wave of mobile advertising
Monkey see but mobile consumer do
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Run Roo Run, Jazz: Trump's Journey
Critically acclaimed
PG.biz week that was: Nokia to knock out iPhone, developers get a lock on location, Whale Trail's woes and Sony falls in love with 3DS
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GREE partners with RightScale to offer developers multi-cloud management system
Adapting to the changing social gaming market
Android Market game recommendation tool Hooked looks to track 250,000 titles
Discovery platform boasts advanced algorithm
Kongregate takes first step as mobile publisher, launches flash-based /Escape\ on iOS and Android
Incredible Ape the lucky dev
Zynga losing $150 on every new paying user it attracts, reckons Sterne Agee analyst
Suffering social gaming slowdown
Square Enix picks up KooZac for iOS and Android as creator Cusack joins to head up mobile division
Flash award winner to hit smartphones and tablets
Appitalism adds Android Market support to marketplace bypass tool App Concierge
Rolls out platform to third-parties
Mojang's Kaplan reveals Minecraft downloads have passed 700,000 across Android and iOS
That's 5,000 downloads a day
Lumia love to push Windows Phone past iOS in smartphone race by 2015, reports IHS iSuppli
Microsoft set to grab 16.7% share
Disney partners with Conservation International to raise profile of Fresh Water Initiative with Where's My Water?
Giant makes $50,000 donation
Android passes 250 million activations as Android Market tops 11 billion downloads
Google's quarterly earnings pass $10 billion for first time
Seasonal success of 3DS signals consumer want for handhelds, reckons Sony's Andrew House
PS Vita to follow in Nintendo's footprints
PS Vita sales drop below 19,000 a week in Japan, but handheld closing in on PSP
All hardware suffers slump
Check out of your half-way houses and embrace the 'brilliant' location scene, says Mobile Pie's Will Luton
The golden age is already here
Sony Ericsson sees sales down 17% as it posts a 247 million Euro loss for FY2011
Future growth reliant on Xperia success
Whale Trail gobbles up 1,500 Android sales on launch day
3.3 percent of the way to success?
New devices, platforms and app stores are everywhere, but developers need to be disciplined to take full advantage, warns consultant Kevin Dent
A Vegas-inspired story of high rolling success
Zynga confirms purchase of ZombieSmash studio GameDoctors, plus acquisition of 3 other mobile outfits
Page44, HipLogic and Astro Ape bought out
Apple files 2 new lawsuits against 15 Samsung smartphones and tablets in Germany
Looking for legal line in the sand
Booyah looks to take location-based play in fresh direction with launch of Pet Town on iOS
Real world entertainment the focus
Asymco unveils first 'modern market analysis' conference, bound for Amsterdam on 13 April
Event a 'participatory experience'
Location-based play is no silver bullet for mobile games, says Massive Damage's Ken Seto
Gameplay comes first, location second
Location-based games should never be limited by location, reckons PerBlue CEO Justin Beck
You might be there, you might not be
Gbanga's Chris Solarski on why location-based games are ready for a web 2.0 style revolution
Apps need to make use of extended capabilities
Ogmento CEO Brian Selzer on why the next leap forward in location-based play will come from hardware, not software
Checking-in to check out
Developers need to avoid check-in friction when launching location-based games, reckons Booyah's Brian Cho
Players need to feel comfortable with sharing data
Grey Area's Ville Vesterinen on why 'clumsy' location-based games need to better scale their experience for users
Industry still in its infancy
Red Robot's CEO Mike Ouye on filling core gaming's mobile gap with location-based experiences like Life is Crime
Plus future publishing plans
Despite the death of the check-in, developers herald the rise of Location-Based Gaming 2.0
X marks the spot
Qriously looking to enhance mobile advertising with 'user sentiment measurement' products Censio and Tactus
Asking the right questions?
More than a third of Neon Play's 30 million downloads made at the weekend, reveals CEO Oli Christie
Accounts for almost 39% of all profit
AdColony's Will Kassoy on how its mobile video ads are up to 10 times more effective than online
Plus you can hook into virtual currency incentives
MeeGo still alive as Nokia preps developer version 1.2 update
Version 1.3 also on the cards
Chartboost expands Asian operations, localising website for China, Japan and Korea
Direct-deal mobile game ad network looks east
Apple Game of the Year award lifts Tiny Tower by 16,000 daily players
Total downloads over 9 million
6waves Lolapps builds up its mobile capacity, acquiring Escalation Studios
Facebook outfit looks wider
44% of users only spend on IAPs after they've played a game 10 times, reports Localytics
User engagement the key
New IDC study predicts mobile and portable gaming worth $20 billion by 2015
Expects portable console bounce of 20% in 2012
Nokia beats out LG, Samsung, and Sony to be named as India's most trusted brand
Trust Research Advisory honours Finnish giant
Samsung plans record-breaking $41 billion investment during 2012
OLED displays and mobile chips in the pipeline