HTML5 needs an Angry Birds-style hit to validate the platform reckons FunMobility's Daniel Pfeiffer
Stamp a mark
Submissions for Smart Content 2011 Awards close 29 September
Part of the Smart Content show running 2-3 November
Appsjunction Matchmaking event taking place in London on 29 September
Aimed at developers, investors and entrepreneurs
Foursquare reaches 1 billion check-in milestone
Lights up the globe with weekly check in video
Nokia appoints research head Henry Tirri as CTO as Richard Green departs
Elop broom still sweeping
Middle class Americans poised to spend $481 per annum on Apple products by 2015
Emerging markets also to hike sales up by $68 billion
Crowdstar, BitRhymes and DeezGames on board as Spaceport 2.0 gears up for Project Spartan
Sibblingz bills engine as perfect go-to for Facebook
Buckle Up Studios boosted as developer joins Joystick Labs' small studio accelerator program
Seventh team to recieve Joystick funding
YoYo Games' Sandy Duncan on why HTML5 will resurrect Flash games portals and herald the end of Nintendo's hardware business
Fundamentally important for the future of games
Sibblingz's chief architect Ben Savage on how HTML5 distribution will provide competition to 'lame app stores'
New paths to discovery
MocoSpace's CEO Justin Siegel argues that HTML5 has the potential to topple Apple's mobile gaming crown
Changes the market dynamics
Itsmy Games' CEO Antonio Vince Staybl on how HTML5 will shift casual games to mobile
And how Project Spartan will add social functionality
Spil Games' CEO Peter Driessen on why HTML5 will eliminate barriers and grow the mobile gaming market
Will be open for all
HTML5 DevCon organiser Ann Burkett explains why the tech will change mobile gaming
Don't be tied down by platforms
Tag Games looks to expand headcount as it gears up for first freemium release Funpark Friends
Dundee outfit on the up with new office
Korean Times reckons HTC is developing a proprietary mobile OS
But commentators suggests move could be 'disastrous'
Worldwide tablet shipments to jump five-fold to 253 million by 2016, reckons Juniper
Up from 2011's 55 million
6waves Lolapps announces $10 million 6L Fund for mobile and social games
Signals expansion into mobile games
Samsung Apps turns 2, celebrates with update including new UI, rental and trial options, and Smart recomendations
Fruit Ninja and Plants vs. Zombies go free for bada
Adobe planning 3D gaming assault with October launch for Flash Player 11 and AIR 3
Android, iOS and BlackBerry in line
Flurry SDK version 2.0 for Windows Phone released
Includes support for Mango update
4% of apps are generating 72% of all iPhone App Store revenue says Distimo
That's the proportion using IAP
Samsung looking to open up bada to rival manufacturers in 2011
External developers also thrown into the mix
Almost half of US smartphone consumers up for Windows Phone, other half have no idea what it is
Android remains top of the pile
Heyzap, Google and Marmalade join forces to host Android monetisation event on September 27
Top execs on board for San Francisco splash
NaturalMotion's Torsten Reil argues the boundaries between mobile and console are now 'very blurry'
Go high-end and mass market: wow your audience
InMobi's Gregory Kennedy explains its #1 iOS campaign for Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Know your audience
HP to cut more than 500 jobs as webOS is wound down
The inevitable cull is confirmed
Nvidia uncloaks power efficient fifth Companion chip within Kal-El's quad-core CPU architecture
Claims Variable Symmetric Multiprocessing better than rival approaches
From VDC: Exent's Rick Marazzani on why content is now important for Verizon
The kraken awakes
Amazon takes down Appstore for Android outside of US
Here yesterday, gone today
Albino Pixel's Dave Allanson on Project Spartan's potential for web-based app distribution
Flash will be forced to accommodate the future
Appy's FaceFighter franchise pushes it past 10 million iOS downloads
Currently doing 20,000 downloads daily
BlackBerry adds subscription services to BlackBerry Payment SDK
Opening the freemium floodgates
Tapjoy launches in-app incentivised video ads service
Filling the incentivised download gap on iOS
Facebook's HTML5-based Project Spartan won't kill 'dirty' Flash, reckons Mobile Pie's Will Luton
Still a space for the old ways
Rumour: Facebook's Project Spartan reveal put on hold as giant pulls platform from F8
Dedicated event now on the cards
Veteran marketeer Bruce Everiss joins Kwalee as CMO
Back with Codemasters' co-founder David Darling
Distimo CEO Vincent Hoogsteder on how its analytics provide developers with the competitive edge
The app store intelligence that matters
Metro apps for Windows 8 to be sold through official marketplace
Side-loading restricted to developers and enterprise
HTML5 Developer Conference announces pre-event Hackathon
24 and 25 September in San Francisco
72% of iPhone app revenue comes from in-app purchases, up from 28% in 2010
Downloads of free apps up by 34% since 2010
Verizon's V Cast store maintains highest average app price on mobile reckons Distimo
Power of the carrier
Samsung planning to block iPhone 5 in South Korea post-launch
Giant seeks home advantage
Smaato urges developers to adopt multiple ad networks as mobile fillrates drop 3%
Userbase expanding faster than ad budgets
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[UPDATE] Amazon Appstore for Android finally goes live globally
UK, Europe, Australia and India all online
Qualcomm's Rob Chandhok: HTML5's adoption will be driven by business, not technology
Follow the money, not the geeks
Exit Games adds support for HTML5 and Windows Phone 7 to Photon networking engine
Photon 3 ready for future growth
Rovio thirdparty publishing rumours resurface with the suggestion it's taking a longterm approach
Brand building
Gameloft selling pre-paid cards in UK for mobile game purchases
For Android, Symbian, Java and BlackBerry