Buffalo Studios copies NimbleBit, pens open letter criticising Zynga of cloning Bingo Blitz
Clonegate rolls on
Amazon's focus on content sees Kindle Fire users download 2.5x more paid apps than Galaxy Tab users, reckons Flurry
Surge sees Amazon's Apple-like focus on content pay off
NEC looks to cut 10,000 mainly mobile jobs on the back of predicted $1.3 billion loss
Japanese handset market in transition
Appbackr highlights its win-win funding model with 27% return on Kuyi Mobile's Card Drop
Bringing cash and developers together
Rumoured Facebook IPO could see social network valued at $100 billion
Biggest offering in technology sector history
Spry Fox suing 6waves Lolapps over copyright infringement
Yeti Town inspired by Triple Town?
CRO Martin Koppel on taking Fortumo's 61 country-strong carrier billing SDK global
Up to 9x better conversion rate than credit cards
10 thoughtful points from Mobile Games Forum 2012
#mgf2012 Setting the scene
The PG.biz Hot Five: Arguments about Zynga's churn rate and copying tendencies, while Apple rises in the US
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Triple Town, Star Marine: Infinite Ammo
Critically acclaimed
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Gameloft partners with Sprint to launch two Sprint ID game packs for Android in US
Widgets, apps and wallpapers on offer
Apple named as top smartphone vendor in Q4 2011 as Nokia's share halves to 13%
Samsung slips to second
Google reportedly green lights Motorola patent assault against iPhone 4S and iCloud
Six patents allegedly infringed
Nintendo forced to learn 'bitter lesson' from 3DS's slow start, admits CEO Iwata
Year-end sales are 'critical'
Motorola Mobility posts $285 million loss in FY2011 as Xoom shipments nudge 1 million
But smartphones up in Q4 2011
Valve unveils digital storefront app for Steam on iOS and Android
Platform launches in beta form
When it comes to app sales, the harder you cut the more revenue you'll make, reckons Distimo
Price needs to be halved to drive downloads
Samsung's mobile sales jump 52% to $15.9 billion in Q4 2011
But firm withholds smartphone shipments
Spacetime Studios announces Vampire game Dark Legends
Due for Q1 2012 launch
Nokia receives payment of $250 million from Microsoft
A steady billion a year for 'platform support'
RealNetworks sells 360 patents to Intel for $120 million
Product development deal also signed
MGF 2012: XMG's Sharma on the potential for transmedia and kickstarting augmented reality gaming with Ghostbusters
#mgf2012 Who you gonna call?
SGVGF 2012: Kiip's Eamonn Carey on the potential for brands to tap into 'gaming moments that matter'
#sgvgf Linking up with in-game achievements
Ex-Rovio branding SVP Wibe Wagemans set to lead Big Fish Games mobile division
Flapping to Seattle
Nintendo fails to meet targets in latest financial report, posts predicted loss of $837 million
Cuts previous sales forecasts to stem the flow
Nokia posts 21% decrease in sales, down to 10 billion euros in Q4 2011 financial report
Still waiting for Windows Phone push
TapMob's Laith Clark on how Twitter boosted Dom's App beyond Angry Birds
Dom-inating iTunes
MGF 2012: Glu Mobile is working on subscription-based business model reveals EMEA GM Bernard
#mgf2012 Mix and match
SGVGF 2012: GREE's Margaret Tallman and RIM's Volker Hirsch on why social devs shouldn't give up on gifting
#sgvgf Simply hasn't been done well yet
Jetpack Joyride, Sword & Sworcery and Infinity Blade II among 30 IMGA award 2012 hopefuls
Winners announced at MWC in March
SGVGF 2012: Mobile Pie, FDG, Future Games of London and Tag Games on why the freemium debate is over
#sgvgf Now all about learning how to monetisation
MGF 2012: The future is browsers but HTML5 is 18 months away from prime time reckons DChoc's Unsworth
#mgf2012 It's got to be open
MGF 2012: Gamevil, InMobi, GREE, Papaya, TIMWE and Maysalward talk mobile games and emerging markets
#mgf2012 Covering the world
SGVGF 2012: Facebook the perfect launch platform for smartphone devs, claims partnership head Codorniou
#sgvgf Games help users 'tell their story'
MGF 2012: Google's Laurence Aderemi highlights improvements to Android payments with carrier billing and Google Wallet
#mgf2012 19 operators currently signed up
Jason Citron back in the game, advising incentivisation platform Gimmie
Super investor Peter Relan also involved
MGF 2012: Tapjoy's Bowen calls for industry standard analytics. Flurry's Firminger says that's us
#mgf2012 Tracking and targetting
Former PopCap man Roy Liu launches real rewards incentivisation platform Gimmie
$200,000 seed funding and beta underway
Apple appeals against lenient ITC decision in HTC patent infringement case
Only 1 out of 10 complaints considered by the courts
MGF 2012: NaturalMotion's Torsten Reil on 15 ways to make a successful iPhone game
#mgf2012 From Backbreaker to My Horse
Apple beats out Android to US smartphone market share in Q4 2011
iPhone 4S demand pushes Apple to the top
Sony claims its tablets had 26% of UK Android tablet market in October
Beaten back by Christmas discounting though
MGF 2012: Spilt Milk Studios' Andrew Smith and Stuart Dredge hail Twitter's PR prowess for mobile devs
#mgf2012 Journalists are nice people
MGF 2012: PlayBook downloads are taking off, says RIM's Ander Jeppsson on tablet panel
#mgf2012 Plus emerging markets and HTML5
NimbleBit's Ian Marsh offers Zynga 'congratulations' for cloning Tiny Tower with Dream Heights
Co-founder fires back via Twitter
Tapjoy repositions itself as Android publisher as it highlights monetisation network's 25 million MAUs
Its $5 Android Fund has funded 130 ports
Apple has paid developers $4 billion during App Store's lifetime
Net of its 30 percent cut
MGF 2012: Khronos' Neil Trevett on why augmented reality, computer vision and Kinetic-style features are the future for mobile
#mgf2012 Making use of the predicted 100-fold performance boost
Nokia pegs Series 40 handset sales at 1.5 billion
Landmark sale made in Brazil