CES 2012: Samsung to release AirPlay for Android rival SwipeIt
Available for videos and photos, not yet games
CES 2012: Opera announces its HTML5-based Opera TV app store
Good for OEMs and developers
Learning Android Game Programming book aims to make Android development easy for beginners
With AndEngine framework and Java/Dalvik focus
Business Insider speculates that Microsoft is readying Xbox Live games for iOS and Android
Breaking down the walls?
Two more games for sale on eBay, though prices falling sharply
Bidders drying up
Apple set for combined iPhone and iPad sales of 170 million in 2012, predicts Canaccord Genuity
But Android device sales will be 335.5 million
Disney praises Android. Says holiday season saw it become a viable mobile gaming platform
Where's My Water? does 6 million downloads
No other handheld gaming device comes close to the PS Vita, reckons Icon's Hill-Whittall
And Sony the most developer-friendly platform holder
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Motorola estimates sales of $3.4 billion in Q4 2011 as smartphone shipments hit 5.3 million
Makes up more than half of all handsets
iPad 3 in March a reality, but October launch for iPad 4 'made-up nonsense' says Daring Fireball's Gruber
DigiTimes only half right
PG.biz week that was: Tiny Tower has 1M DAUs, Angry Birds does 6.5M downloads on Xmas day, Samsung booms and Nintendo shoots itself in the foot
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Facebook lightens up, enables offerwalls to use in-game currency
Additional flexibility alongside Facebook Credits
Bob Mobile plans for strong mobile and gaming future, buys Dutch rival CLIQ in deal worth $71 million
Also signs licensing deal with Vivid Games
Microsoft makes move on Asia as Windows Phone Marketplace preps for China, Indonesia and Malaysia
Argentina, Peru and the Philippines also on board
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Terra Noctis, Lumi for iPhone / iPod Touch
Critically acclaimed
NimbleBit's Tiny Tower tops 1 million DAUs, clocks up 10 million sessions a day
Lots of elevator music
PlayJam partners with GameHouse for its Smart TV gaming platform
RealNetwork division finds another channel
UK indie Icon Games changes focus to Sony after Nintendo's strong arm tactics
WiiWare download figures ban the last straw
Symbian named as most popular mobile OS in 2011 as BlackBerry falls away, reports StatCounter
Android and iOS neck and neck
27% of MocoSpace's female gamers over thirty play for more than 3 hours daily
And most play at home not on the move
Nokia buys turnkey OS outfit Smarterphone for undisclosed sum
Blurring the feature-smartphone gap
Apple readying two new iPads for launch in 2012, reckons DigiTimes
iPad 3 in March, followed by iPad 4 in September?
Nintendo tells UK indie to remove its WiiWare game download figures from blog
For the record, total was 40,810
Gameloft's looking to HTML5, Windows 8 and Smart TVs in 2012 says Gonzague de Vallois
Also has social network under construction
Following strong Q4 figures, bullish analysts predict Samsung could ship 170 million smartphones in 2012
Up from around 95 million in 2011
Rumours start up again that Microsoft will buy Nokia's smartphone division
Eldar Murtazin stokes the fires
Mobile dominates Developers Choice award nominees for best handheld game
Only Mario can compete
Despite a Q4 decline, HTC sees 2011 sales up 67% to $15.4 billion
Income up 60% to $2 billion
Inspired by $16,000 sale of Buckshot, Simon Papineau puts 3 apps for auction on eBay
Going twice...
Credit Suisse upgrades Nokia to outperform on back of smartphone growth
But global mobile device shipments growth will slow in 2012
Myriad partners with AppCarousel to serve up Android app platform for internet-enabled TVs
From showcasing to billing
Fast growing but still loss making mobile ad network Millennial Media files papers for potential IPO
Nine month revenue was $69 million
Ansca partners with Appsfire to offer discounted push and App of the Day promotional campaigns
If you're using the Corona SDK
Rovio setting up new development studio in Tampere
Headed by ex-Universomo co-founder Atte Kotiranta
Infinity Blade's franchise earnings top $30 million in first year
Sequel tops $5 million in little over a month
Darkness falls on Bright Light as sources claim EA closed its UK studio before end of 2011
Talent spread across Criterion and Playfish
Mind-controlled zombie spoon-bending game 28 Spoons Later out for iOS
Uses NeuroSky's PLX XWave headset
Rumour: Apple poaches Adobe VP Todd Teresi to head up iAd
Goal to kickstart moribund ad network
Barnes & Noble considers spinning out $1.5 billion Nook business
International expansion also coming
User acquisition tool Playerize secures $1 million in first funding round
Connecting players with F2P social and mobile games
Acer deals with new tablet price reality - 10-inch Icona A200 starts from $330
Or $350 for more capacity
Epic takes a Rein check on Mobile Games Forum, Unity steps up for closing keynote
Rival switch
PS Vita outsold 3 to 2 by PSP three weeks after Japanese launch
Re-invigorated 3DS top charts
Mobile dev tools should help studios cut costs, not deliver fancy graphics reckons AppFurnace's Tom Melamed
HTML5 tech good for location-based games
Snapdragon GameCommand promo app to hit Android in North America on January 10
Set to coincide with CES 2012 keynote
Gingerbread on more than 50% of Android devices for the first time
ICS makes its first entry with 0.6%
Developer sells ownership of scavenger hunt game Buckshot on eBay, price up to $15,100
Buckshot app now going for major bucks
2011 in review: Torsten Reil, CEO, NaturalMotion
Free-to-play will get richer experiences, deeper gameplay
App downloads on iPad top 3 billion in 20 months, says ABI Research
Accounts for 19% of Apple's total