PG.biz week that was: Apotheker gets the axe, Project Spartan slips as Facebook refocuses, and developers start to hunger for HTML5
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
Opinion: EA Mobile pulls the wool over iPad owners' eyes with 'sale' that's more expensive than usual
Assumes we have memory of a goldfish
Magmic's freemium BlackBerry game Texas Hold'em King LIVE hits one million unique players
Aces are high
Samsung sues Apple in Holland over 3G patents; wants all devices banned
Judge will report over FRAND terms on Monday
StartApp looks to monetise Android apps with bundled search bookmark
Earn money for each enabled app downloaded
Halfbrick, Lima Sky and Gamevil on board for GDC China's Mobile Games Summit
Talks announced for November splash
Gameloft is supporting Sony S and P tablets with HD Android games
Including Asphalt 6, N.O.V.A. 2 and Green Farm
Apple sued by Via Technologies over microprocessor patent infringements
Seeking to ban Apple products from US market
Kongregate adds friend challenges, and score comparisons to Arcade app as games roster tops 575
Also gets GameStop rewards
Ansca Mobile announces 5 game 99c Corona Indie Bundle for iOS and Android
17% of proceeds going to charity
Apple's tablet share to slide 10% before end of year, but iPad will still account for 73% of market
Android in second spot on more than 17%
HP ousts CEO Leo Apotheker after 11 months, hires former eBay supremo Meg Whitman
Position now requires 'additional attributes'
Microsoft enjoys big August in US as Windows Phone impressions growth pulls neck and neck with Android
But platform's market share still slight at 1%
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Infinity Field, Early Bird, Hector: Ep2 - Senseless Acts of Justice
Critically acclaimed
PerBlue and PlayMob join forces to raise cash for charity SOS Children via IAP in Parallel Kingdom
Wear your limited edition Buy Soup Can Hat with pride
One More Thing conference founder Anthony Agius looking to crowd fund TV show on iOS development
Show needs $25,000 for lights, camera, action
YoYo Games launches GameMaker: HTML5 beta
Now available for $99
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