ZeptoLab's Semyon Voinov on why deeper social integration should be Apple's next step with iOS 5
Cut the Rope studio wouldn't cut a thing
GDC Online 11: Our focus on metrics and monetisation is killing mobile games, rants Graeme Devine
#gdc_online Shout, shout, let it all out
GDC Online 11: Zynga With Friends' Thakkar on why the studio forces users to update their games
#gdc_online Rules from the cross platform trenches
Mobile ad startup Tap.Me appoints digital media guru Matt Spiegel as CEO
Founder Hernandez to serve as exec VP and chairman
Union's refocused not derailed; our commitment to developers is even stronger, says Unity's Erickson
First games for Nokia N9 have gone live
AdColony unveils self-serve HD mobile video ad platform for iOS
Express service pitched at TV advertisers
GDC Online 11: Funzio, Pocket Gems, TinyCo and Storm8 talk user acquisition, Facebook and the race to a billion dollars
#gdc_online Masters of the social mobile universe
Confusion over Unity's Union program as Brett Seyler and Brian Bruning leave
Getting out of the custom aggregation business?
Android Market's monthly downloads to overtake App Store's after June 2012, reports Xyologic
3.2 billion downloads apiece by next summer
iPad accounts for more than 97% of all tablet internet traffic in US, reckons comScore
Android, BlackBerry making little impression
iOS 5 a far bigger leap for developers than any Android update, claims Bolt Creative CEO Castelnuovo
Would be disrespectful to ask for more
CrowdStar and YouWeb's dev fund StarFund pays out $1.5 million to social studios
$250,000 each and looking to add more at GDC 2011
Rumour: HP to debate webOS sell off or spin off in a matter of hours
Company wide meeting likely on October 12
Jetpack Joyride downloads jump past 600,000 mark on iOS
Halfbrick scores another successful franchise
Ansca Mobile's 5 title strong 99c Corona Indie Bundle goes live on iOS and Android
17% of proceeds going to charity
Halfbrick's Phil Larsen on the opportunities of a market that enables global blockbusters like Fruit Ninja and very profitable niches like Jetpack Joyride
There are more options today than ever before
Android's low barrier to entry is flooding marketplace with low quality apps, reckons Appscribe CEO John Tipton
Discovery becoming bigger and bigger issue
Mobile ad firm 24MAS acquires UK-based sports game dev P1 Sports
New games Android and iOS bound
Tak Fung on the thinking behind Supermono's ultra-neon, free-to-play, online, collaborative, endless racer Forever Drive
Pedal to the metal
Our time at Tapulous gives us the edge over other promo platforms, reckons Chartboost CEO Alegre
Tap tap tapping up the ads
Magic Land Island hits Facebook's HTML5 app platform as social studio wooga signs up
'One of the most sophisticated HTML5 games ever'
Social studio Storm8 launches World War, iMobsters and Vampires Live on Facebook's web app for mobile
Project Spartan filling up
GDC Online 11: Developing and distributing games for China, Korea and Japan panel
#gdc_online Looking for Eastern opportunity
Facebook's Project Spartan is go as social network finally unveils HTML5 app platform
Updated web app adds games to roster
GDC Online 11: Android's piracy and compatibility issues mean it's not a viable platform for us says Appy's Sargent
#gdc_online Piracy rate was 70:1 compared to 3:1 on iOS
GDC Online 11: PopCap's Contestabile says Android ARPU could rise from 20% of iOS to 50% by end of 2012
#gdc_online Following the green robot
Glu, Digital Chocolate, NaturalMotion and EA on board for MGF 2012
Early bird tickets available for £849 + VAT
Droid HD and Xoom 2 hype builds as Motorola and Verizon invite press to view 'innovations' on October 18
New York to play host to unveiling
Students serve up 85 games in 48 hours at XGM Studios' Great Canadian Appathon²
Winners to be announced November 4
Mobile ad network madvertise closes $10 million strong funding round as firm targets UK market
Berlin-based outfit planning to expand Euro footprint
iPhone 4S already a record breaker as 1 million pre-orders placed in first 24 hours
Beats out iPhone 4's tally of 600,000
Kindle Fire sales to top 15 million in 2012, reckons Barclays
But tablet will fall behind 24 million plus eReaders
The PG.biz Hot Five: HTML5 10 times faster on iOS5, iPhone 5's no-show and Infinity Blade 2 on iPhone 4S
Last week's top five stories
Hard Lines goes free for a day on iOS as Spilt Milk Studios partners up with OpenFeint
Dev looking for 'longer term success' this time
Nevermind social features for users, iOS 5 should sport a social network for developers argues Angry Mob's Bogdan Iliesiu
Linking up studios would aid cross-promotion
Game Center upgrades could be as significant an innovation as Xbox Live, reckons Spilt Milk's Andrew Smith
Apple learning from old adversary Microsoft
RIM acquires white-label cloud content specialist NewBay for $100 million
Looking to compete with iCloud
Why Apple and RIM were the big news at London Android show Droidcon 2011
Sitting in your rivals' shadow
Glu's Mike DeLaet on how the publisher is preparing for Apple's living room invasion post iOS 5
Learning the home console's DNA
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on what Flash 11, HTML5 and WebGL mean for native apps
More the merrier
Apple should ape Nintendo and implement greater user customisation in iOS 5, reckons Crescent Moon's Josh Presseisen
Wii still the standard bearer
iOS 5's AirPlay Mirroring will be the beginning of the end for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, reckons Mobile Pie's Will Luton
Consumers go where gaming is convenient
iBlast Moki 2, Infinity Field, and Jetpack Joyride are the top-reviewed iPhone games of Q3 2011
Critical acclaim
PG.biz week that was: Steve Jobs passes away at 56, Apple both excites and disappoints with iPhone 4S, and BlackBerry set for wipeout in US
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
RIM was drumming up support for PlayBook's Android player at Droidcon
Boosting BlackBerry App World inventory
Berg Insight predicts 98 billion mobile app downloads in 2015
But most will be free
Nexus Prime and Android 4.0's CTIA launch postponed
New date and venue will be shortly announced
Gameloft retrospectively turns Brothers in Arms 2 and Fishing Kings into free-to-play titles
Buy weapons and equipment to go faster
Samsung's Galaxy Nexus Prime specs leaked ahead of official announcement on October 11
ICS running device to be a Verizon exclusive in the US
At the present rate, RIM could lose its US user base by the end of 2012 reckons analyst asymco
1.2 million subscribers currently lost every month