MGF 2012: 30 million across EU5 play games on smartphones every day, says comScore's Jeremy Copp
#mgf2012 iPhone device of choice across Europe
MGF 2012: Platform debate sees Neon Play and Deemedya argue over whether Android or iOS is best
#mgf2012 Apples vs robots
Apple posts record financials, Q1 FY12 sales up 73% to $46.3 billion
Cash pile now $97.6 billion
With orders worth $17 billion, Apple is the world's top semiconductor customer, reports Gartner
Smartphone surge sees giant race ahead
Gameloft and GetJar Gold team up to bring Asphalt 6 to Android for free
Adding to $300,000 worth of daily giveaways
Neon Play celebrates 30 million downloads on iOS and Android
And 300 million game plays
University of Abertay's Quartic Llama scoops £6,500 as team triumphs at 2011's bada Student Developer Challenge
BAFTA HQ plays host to final showdown
Android version of Neon Play's Paper Glider Crazy Copter 3D accounts for 15% of downloads, but just 3% of revenue
Monetisation still the issue on Google's OS
King.com brings its popular web title Bubble Witch Saga to Google+
Adding to 4 million Facebook players
Switching to app and games, Mobile Streams sees half year sales up 40% to £7.4 million
Riding the Appitalism economy
Growth of Ultrabooks shipments will outpace tablets by 3 to 1 until 2016
But tablets will win out on volume
Steel Media hires Kristan Reed as Pocket Gamer editor-in-chief
Joins recent hires Owain Bennallack and Jonathan Morris
UK launch for Lumia 900 looking likely as Carphone Warehouse listing dates June debut
But handset's page quickly pulled
Microsoft touts 'design for discovery' as firm lifts lid on Windows Store UI for Windows 8
Making app browsing compelling
Tower Studios' Jon Hare on why knowing your limitations is the most important thing for indie developers
25 years of learning condensed
Babaroga's Maris Herrington on Windows Phone's potential
The delight of Xbox Live
Rumour: Microsoft Points to be phased out on Windows Phone Marketplace and Xbox Live in 2012
Microsoft looking to unify digital stores
Android to topple iOS as most important platform for developers by end of 2012, reckons Ovum
Windows Phone support also on the rise
Chinese developer PunchBox sees freemium game Fishing Joy reach 30 million downloads
Happy Chinese New Year
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens get excited about hitting the big screen with the rise of smart TVs
Boxing clever
3DS to get free WiFi connectivity in major UK airports through Boingo partnership
Hotspots to allow web browsing and SpotPass
iPod touch gives Apple the OS advantage in Europe, reckons comScore
iOS has 30% to Android's 27%
2011 Winter holidays saw US tablet ownership almost double reckons Pew Internet
Up to 19% of Americans now own a tablet
Our failure is our communication with our fans, says Gameloft's De Vallois over freemium backlash
Experiments are what the market demands
Nokia's Lumia range shifted 1.3 million units in first 2 months, reckon analysts' average
Highest estimate comes in at 2 million
PocketGems, Spacetime Studios and Digital Chocolate join Heyzap's 800-strong developer community
Social discovery network boosts scale
Sulake CEO Paul LaFontaine on why mobile games are important to retain and extend the Habbo community
Play outside but always come back
RIM founders Lazaridis and Balsillie step down as co-CEOs, replaced by former Siemens man Heins
Duo to continue to serve on board
The PG.biz Hot Five: 3DS dominates Japan, ustwo on the death of premium and Sony bigs up Vita prospects
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Zynga not losing money, but rather making $30 on every new paying user, reckons NaturalMotion's Torsten Reil
Don't forget about churn
Appssavvy president Michael Burke on why activity is driving the next wave of mobile advertising
Monkey see but mobile consumer do
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Run Roo Run, Jazz: Trump's Journey
Critically acclaimed
PG.biz week that was: Nokia to knock out iPhone, developers get a lock on location, Whale Trail's woes and Sony falls in love with 3DS
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GREE partners with RightScale to offer developers multi-cloud management system
Adapting to the changing social gaming market
Android Market game recommendation tool Hooked looks to track 250,000 titles
Discovery platform boasts advanced algorithm
Kongregate takes first step as mobile publisher, launches flash-based /Escape\ on iOS and Android
Incredible Ape the lucky dev
Zynga losing $150 on every new paying user it attracts, reckons Sterne Agee analyst
Suffering social gaming slowdown
Square Enix picks up KooZac for iOS and Android as creator Cusack joins to head up mobile division
Flash award winner to hit smartphones and tablets
Appitalism adds Android Market support to marketplace bypass tool App Concierge
Rolls out platform to third-parties
Mojang's Kaplan reveals Minecraft downloads have passed 700,000 across Android and iOS
That's 5,000 downloads a day
Lumia love to push Windows Phone past iOS in smartphone race by 2015, reports IHS iSuppli
Microsoft set to grab 16.7% share
Disney partners with Conservation International to raise profile of Fresh Water Initiative with Where's My Water?
Giant makes $50,000 donation
Android passes 250 million activations as Android Market tops 11 billion downloads
Google's quarterly earnings pass $10 billion for first time
Seasonal success of 3DS signals consumer want for handhelds, reckons Sony's Andrew House
PS Vita to follow in Nintendo's footprints
PS Vita sales drop below 19,000 a week in Japan, but handheld closing in on PSP
All hardware suffers slump
Check out of your half-way houses and embrace the 'brilliant' location scene, says Mobile Pie's Will Luton
The golden age is already here
Sony Ericsson sees sales down 17% as it posts a 247 million Euro loss for FY2011
Future growth reliant on Xperia success
Whale Trail gobbles up 1,500 Android sales on launch day
3.3 percent of the way to success?
New devices, platforms and app stores are everywhere, but developers need to be disciplined to take full advantage, warns consultant Kevin Dent
A Vegas-inspired story of high rolling success
Zynga confirms purchase of ZombieSmash studio GameDoctors, plus acquisition of 3 other mobile outfits
Page44, HipLogic and Astro Ape bought out