December 1, 2011 Evolve London 2011: Tag Games' Paul Farley on freemium ethics, and its naivety when it launched Funpark Friends #evolveconf Changing shades of grey
December 1, 2011 Sega partners with PapayaMobile to bring social play to Android RPG Fallen Realms Will launch on Papaya's network
December 1, 2011 PlayHaven opens mobile marketing platform up to iOS publishers and third-party providers Tap.Me TeleSocial and PressOK on board
December 1, 2011 Evolve London 2011: Tequila opens up its 4 million-strong Tequila Planet mobile gaming platform for third party developers #evolveconf Doing a GREE
December 1, 2011 Rovio links up with Wonderful Pistachios for branded Angry Birds browser game, The Hunt for the Golden Pistachio Includes real reward element for US residents
December 1, 2011 Evolve London 2011: Google's Paul Kinlan on why iOS and Android developers should also be targeting the Chrome web store #evolveconf 200 million users, 95:5 revenue share
December 1, 2011 Nintendo 3DS outpacing predecessor as 8 month total tops DS's year one tally, claims Reggie Fils-Aime An expected recovery?
December 1, 2011 Atari hires Marvel man Gui Karyo as EVP as firm's mobile move marches on Breakout: Boost set for iOS splash
December 1, 2011 HP to decide future of webOS within next two weeks, claims CEO Whitman To sell or not to sell
December 1, 2011 Promo site Appvent Calendar rolls out third annual free app giveaway Launches official iPhone app
December 1, 2011 AR specialist metaio adds Unity3D support as mobile SDK version 3.0 gears up for December 8 launch Designed for 'natural AR experiences'
December 1, 2011 Evolve London 2011: Gareth Davis on how Facebook will unpin the future of multi-platform gaming #evolveconf And why HTML5 is the current hot topic
December 1, 2011 Burstly secures $5.5 million in funding to launch offer mediation tool Burstly Rewards for iOS, Android Opening up the monetisation options
December 1, 2011 Gameloft releases UNO for Free on Android, backed by in-app ads and incentivised downloads Experimenting with $2.99 of virtual value
November 30, 2011 Kontagent hires ex-Google Docs lead Evin Levey to head up kSuite user analytics platform Looking to scale up
November 30, 2011 Backflip partners with mobile ad specialist Nexage to monetise its 27 million MAUs on iOS Hooking into real-time bidding and mediation platform
November 30, 2011 Free app downloads on US App Store jumped 70% over iPhone 4S launch weekend reckons Fiksu Handset triggered 'frenzied' activity
November 30, 2011 Brightcove unveils cloud-based mobile app platform App Cloud for iOS and Android HTML5, CSS and JavaScript support on board
November 30, 2011 Benchmark Games iTunes promo highlights most innovative iOS games Innovative, Intuitive, Stunning, Quick and Hardcore
November 30, 2011 W3i's Ryan Weber on spending its AppX 'real cash' $10 million user acquisition warchest across 50 games Size reflects company's and market's profitability
November 30, 2011 Neon Play CEO Oli Christie named entrepreneur of the year by National Chamber of Commerce Picks up tenth award in 6 months
November 30, 2011 Unity's Helgason looking at HTML5, but not convinced it's game ready 'Cool demos' but held back by performance
November 30, 2011 DeNA and Daum target 10 million South Korean Mobage users in 2012 To be branded Daum Mobage
November 30, 2011 Nielsen studys shows 83% of all US app downloads are via iPhone or Android From 71% ownership base
November 30, 2011 AppNation to launch app incubator thanks to strategic investment by Black Ocean Looking to pick out talent entrepreneurs
November 30, 2011 Zynga prepares for IPO: investor roadshow kicks off next week Now planning for mid-December listing?
November 30, 2011 Marmalade updates SDK to add support for Ice Cream Sandwich, Kindle Fire and bada 2.0 Pushes joint deployment across iOS and Android
November 30, 2011 W3i announces $10 million AppX game developer fund for user acquisition on iOS and Android Gain more, better monetised users faster
November 29, 2011 FreeAppADay pushes virality, virtual rewards and app discovery with its iOS FunChat-powered social app Due to launch 6 December
November 29, 2011 Windows 8 has missed window of opportunity in tablet market, reckons Forrester Consumer interest falling steadily
November 29, 2011 Unity now has 750,000 registered developers Of which 26% of which are active monthly
November 29, 2011 Futuremark to create first gaming performance benchmark for Android tablets in 2012 3DMark standard extending to Google OS
November 29, 2011 Nival invests undisclosed sum in HTML5 specialist Bytex Firms come together on collectable card game
November 29, 2011 Kiip CEO Brian Wong on how its 'non cannibalistic' reward network boosts gamer engagement and retention GameSalad integration is the first step of master plan
November 29, 2011 SCEE announces sponsorship as Game Connection unveils final 15 in indie games competition Winner to be announced at December event
November 29, 2011 Nintendo delays upcoming 3DS system update until 8 December Data transfer to be enabled
November 29, 2011 Oli Christie on a day in the life at Neon Play Behind the scenes of 26 million downloads UK indie
November 29, 2011 Android Market games category ban lifted in South Korea Surge in purchases expected thanks to carrier billing
November 29, 2011 Sony Ericsson adds WebGL support for Android web browser to Xperia handsets First devices to support 3D graphics tech
November 29, 2011 Samsung launches metal-cased, 1.4 GHz processor-packing, 4-inch Super AMOLED-boasting Wave 3 First in France, then Germany, Italy and Russia
November 29, 2011 Promising flagship products, HTC expects smartphone shipments to jump 80% to 45 million in 2012 Up from 25 million this year
November 29, 2011 Analytics specialist AppFigures adds Android support Provides data on sales, downloads, ranks and reviews
November 29, 2011 Apps World 2011: Samsung predicts 17% of its UK handsets shipping in 2013 will run bada With Windows Phone 17% and Android 66%
November 29, 2011 PapayaMobile's Oscar Clark on the market's move from 'pay at the door' to 'buy at the bar' How freemium equals freedom
November 29, 2011 Mobile rewards ad network Kiip integrates with GameSalad Creator Expands model to 200,000-strong community
November 29, 2011 BoardGameGeek undertakes State of the Industry report for iOS board, card and dice game categories Drilling into a niche
November 28, 2011 Samsung expects to beat 2011 smartphone sales target as Galaxy S II continue to soar Looking for record quarter
November 28, 2011 Kindle Fire is Amazon's top selling product for the eighth week Kindle device sales up four fold year-on-year
November 28, 2011 Zynga's sausage machine reputation to blame for failed PopCap and Rovio deals says New York Times Post-IPO staff exodus also rumoured