Fiksu launches App Store indices: reckons acquisition cost of a loyal iOS user is $1.20
Trend spotting
Samsung boosts its bada OS, unveils three new Wave handsets
First to run bada 2.0
Windows Phone Marketplace hits 30,000 apps in 10 months
Growing at almost twice the rate of Android Market
LG looks to bolster Optimus 3D app library with game converter for 2D titles
First demo due at IFA 2011 in Berlin
RIM rolls out BlackBerry Tablet OS Native SDK beta for game devs
Closed program hits wider developer community
MocoSpace's Scott Hyman on 5 tips for developing HTML5 mobile games
Feeding the fire without getting burned
Amazon's subsidised $300 Android tablet could sell 3-5 million units in Q4 2011 reckons Forrester
Could provide the platform for Android tablet success
HTML5 Dev Con announced: 27 September in San Francisco
Execs from Sibblingz, Google and Microsoft onboard
Opinion: What does turbulence at HP, Motorola and LG tell us about the state of the mobile industry?
Market's growth is narrowing
EA builds up its free Android games catalog with Tetris release
Get your Marathon mode on
The PG.biz Hot Five: Apple stops UDIDs, Papaya needles DeNA, Gameloft tries subscription, while mills raises the anti-freemium flag
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Gameloft launches 99p UK subscription deal for one Android game every week
Recurring revenues
Tapjoy names Larry Berkin as new vice president and general manager of Asia-Pacific
Eastwards expansion
Nextpeer announces challenge-based real-time multiplayer and monetisation platform
How to go social at short notice
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the legacy of Steve Jobs and Apple's future prospects
Use the Force, Tim
Online gaming veterans Chung and Lambright launch social gaming engine MICE through start-up Motiga
Scaling down the resources for multiplayer development
The only sensible option for LG is to sell its mobile division says analyst Horace Dediu
Its performance is destroying the entire company
$45,000 up for grabs as XMG Studio teams up with The National Post to launch Great Canadian Appathon²
48 hours to make a hit game
PS Vita has better chance of fighting off mobile than 3DS, reckons EA's Frank Gibeau
Smartphones have changed the landscape
App downloads accelerate for Nokia with Ovi Store's daily total now 9 million
Was 7 million daily a month ago
10tons' Sparkle wins $250,000 and $1.9 million of marketing support as the gaming grand prize winner of Nokia's Calling All Innovators
Blasting over Ovi Store
Finblade, Niffler and Lightning Fish form UK based publishing consortium AppyNation
NESTA, TIGA and UKIE backing on board
Boku secures clean sweep in France as mobile payment firm signs deal with SFR, Bouygues
Adds to existing contract with Orange
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Spy Mouse, iBlast Moki 2, A Game With Balls
Critically acclaimed
OpenFeint to streamline sign-in process to provide UDID replacement service on iOS
Will incentivise developers with install guarantees
Firemint's SPY Mouse is its first game to employ in-app purchases
For The Mighty Eagle read Kiska The Cat
Chinese game studio and community outfit Cocoa China raises $14 million in funding round
Steamboat Ventures leads the charge
Snappy Touch's Noel Llopis on why he chose Localytics' analytics
Flurry is bloat
Apple CEO Tim Cook tells staff, 'no change ... our best years lie ahead'
In the footsteps of his mentor
RIM's lining up Android app support for new QNX-based BlackBerry handsets
Extending PlayBook Player
Meet Pocket Gamer at the 3rd China iOS Mobile Internet Developer Conference
Chris James in Beijing this weekend
Samsung releases bada 2.0 SDK, now with multi-tasking, push notification and in-app ads
Development tools also polished
Gameview clarifies IAP trend: Some Android games monetise 30% more per user than their iOS equivalents
DeNA studio digs deeper into stats
Apple appoints Tim Cook as CEO as 'visionary' Steve Jobs is named as chairman of the board
Firm in safe hands with former COO
Mobile Streams signs deal with AMA to bring library to Appitalism
Five titles already lined up
Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO, instructs Tim Cook to take charge
Apple man 'no longer able to meet duties'
Samsung: Dutch courts ruling won't block sale of Galaxy S II across Europe
Taking 'all possible measures' to fight ruling
Android share hits 52% in US, but Google target Motorola continues to fall back
BlackBerry's share slumps to 11%
Dutch court ruling could pull Samsung's Galaxy S II from sale across Europe
Firm has 7 weeks to reorganise logistical network
Mobage games 'failing to gain traction' on Android, claims PapayaMobile's Paul Chen
Most games sitting below 5,000 installs
Android monetisation rates nearing that of iOS, claims DeNA studio Gameview
Tap Fish tops 5 million on Google's OS
PapayaMobile hits 25 million users on Android as platform grows 940% in 20 months
Virtual currency hits 11 million paid transactions
Android's US smartphone share passes 60 percent as iOS and BlackBerry fall back
Google's OS also becomes top revenue driver
INQ considering pulling away from Android in favour of Windows Phone
Firm looking to reduce reliance on Google's OS
Facebook quietly kills off check-ins as Foursquare outpaces Places
Location to be linked to status updates
QNX will bring RIM back into competition with iOS, Android, WP, says BlackBerry gamemaker Magmic
Payment services better too
First Bungie Aerospace release Crimson: Steam Pirates to hit iPad on September 1
Free to play release benefits from indie project
Crowdfunding platform Appbackr sells $1 million worth of mobile apps
Launches analytics tool SmartApps to celebrate
Samsung, LG and the Korean government to lead program for a new open source PC/mobile OS
Just in case Google does the unthinkable