HTC revenues top $4.3 billion in Q2 as smartphone shipments jump 123%
12.2 million units hit retail
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Zynga Poker, Deadlock: Online
Critically acclaimed
Mobile sales up 43% but Samsung sees drop in profits to $3.3 billion in Q2 2011
Revenues rise 4% to $37.4 billion
Manufacturers point to September for Microsoft's Mango assault
Windows Phone's next D-day approaches
Nokia remains largest mobile manufacturer despite 20% slip in shipments
88.8 million units sent to retail in Q2
Samsung the big riser, but Apple named as top smartphone manufacturer in Q2 2011
Shipments more than double to 20.3 million units
Motorola Mobility ups Xoom shipments in Q2 2011 but posts $56 million loss
Tablet total sits at 690,000
Honours even as Android takes market leading 39% share in US, but Apple named as top OEM
HTC edges out Motorola, Samsung on Google's platform
Hard Lines downloads jump by more than 64,500% during free for a day promo
Big update set to follow
BulkyPix signs multi-title deal to bring library to PapayaMobile
Route into Chinese market part of the deal
PlayStation goes AWOL as Sony's Products & Services division revenues fall 18% to $9.4 billion
Handheld not worth a mention
Nintendo slashes 3DS price by 40% as firm posts $324 million net loss in Q1 2011
Revenues fall by more than half yoy
GetJar hits 2 billion downloads as app roster tops 150,000
Open approach paying off
EA CEO John Riccitiello: iPad is our fastest growing platform
Consoles have shrunk to 40% of firm's business
Samsung's Galaxy S II hits 5.5 million sales in 85 days
Fastest selling handset in company history
PressOK CEO Ryan Morel on why now's the time to marry mobile advertising and location-based play in PlacePlay
Meeting the need
LG posts $51 million mobile division loss in Q2 2011 despite smartphone shipment rise
Fifth quarter loss in a row for division
With 320 backers, dev co-op Who Needs Chillingo? rebrands and readies itself for launch
Self-publishing movement unveils new website
Life after Mr Goodliving: How Grand Cru is looking to revolutionise social mobile gaming
Inspired by Habbo Hotel, LittleBig Planet and Minecraft
Freemium revenue from top releases on App Store jumps tenfold yoy
Virtual currency behind the rise
Microsoft confirms Windows Phone Mango app submissions 'about a month away'
Time for devs to pull their finger out
Ovi Store hits 7 million daily downloads milestone
Just days after passing 6.5 million
DeNA and ngmoco roll out Mobage social network across English speaking world
Platform also makes debut in China
Small computer people, big iOS success: The making of Tiny Tower
From Pocket Frogs to BitBook
Android and Java game distributor Flexion adding over 4 million customers a month
Enabling one free trial every second
EA Mobile sustains solid growth in Q1 FY12 as sales rise 9% to $57 million
Overall sales also up 18% to $999 million
Pachter's 'baseless' comments on unpaid developer overtime are 'poisonous', says Spilt Milk MD Andrew John Smith
Now it's Pachter that deserves no sympathy
Apple adds 33 new territories to App Store roster, takes total to 123
From Algeria to Yemen
ARM see half year 2011 revenues up 28% to $376 million
Generated $175 million in cash
Suda 51 prepares to shake up social mobile gaming with bloodiest ever title for Mobage
Plus 100 more ideas where that came from
Sony casts light on PS Vita's revised social features including Near gifting tool
LiveArea now the focus
Angry Birds and co. more than double number of older gamers since 2007
Fruit Ninja and Words With Friends also big draws
DeNA signs up dev stars Keiji Inafune, Suda 51, and Yuji Naka up for Mobage
Yoshifumi Hashimoto and Noritaka Funamizu also on board
Appy's Paul O'Connor on taking Trucks & Skulls from premium to freemium
Free and back again
Look out Mario and Luigi: the 'fat, beardy' Pickford Bros. are back, building their brand
Why mobile was a magnet for Magnetic Billiards' creativity
Average spend per smartphone IAP transaction is $14 reckons Flurry
$1 market is an illusion
Nokia reports its app store has 50,000 apps, is doing 6.5 million downloads daily
Up from 5 million a day in April
Freelance jobs based on Android up 20% quarter on quarter says Freelancer.com
Set to eclipse iOS demand by end of 2012
Social and mobile game recommendation service TeePee hits 100,000 active users
600,000 suggestions served up
Qualcomm acquires gesture recognition technology and staff from GestureTek
Will integrate into Snapdragon
RIM lays off up to 2,000 staff in 'cost optimisation program'
Deep cuts
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Marmalade moves on monetisation as Tapjoy joins partnership programme
Middleware tool becomes one-stop shop
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate whether mobile ecosystems are becoming restrictive
In the shadow of The Open And Free App Movement
Parsith's Mark Allen explains how FriendSt@r will fill Game Center's gaps
Turning likeminded people into playing friends
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Indian publisher 7Seas targets global market with 10 new mobile releases
Powered by domestic growth
Chillingo experiments with freemium games, re-releases Monster Mayhem
It's all the rage
RIM buys Swedish video editing tool provider JayCut
Pushing moving images to be more awesome
Unknown US developer Parsith Studios announces iOS gaming network FriendSt@r
Filling Game Center's gaps