Google opens up App Inventor for Android for everyone
Drag and drop program remains in beta
Opinion: EA's 99c App Store assault looks premature
Don't make your move too soon
Record RIM quarter as BlackBerry shipments top 14.2 million in Q3 2011
Up 40 percent year on year
Quality index's top-reviewed iPhone games of the week
Real Racing 2, N.O.V.A. 2, and Max Adventure
Samsung Apps slashes prices for Christmas as downloads pass 50 million in 2010
Up to 75 percent off apps from EA and Gameloft
Apple lines Mac App Store up for January 6 debut
Marketplace to roll out in 90 countries
NaturalMotion claims Backbreaker 2's first week revenue is 7 times more than the original
Faster selling
Opinion: EA rains on rivals' App Store parade with 54 iPhones and 14 iPad games dropped to 99c
If I can't win, no-one can?
LG unveils dual-core Tegra 2 powered Optimus 2X for Android
Spec happy device to ship with Froyo
OpenFeint to launch Groupon-style buying scheme for iOS games promotion
Gather crowd. Sell things to them
iPhone charges ahead of Nokia in Europe with 32% share
But 4 of top 11 handsets are Android
SteamBirds comes out on top in indiePub's inaugural mobile games contest
Game scores Zoo Entertainment publishing deal
Apple's iAd service to debut next week in Europe
Unilever expected to deliver the Lynx effect
Mochi Media unveils first fruits of its $10 million strong developer fund
Four games fostered
Microsoft reportedly readying Windows Phone 7.5 for summer 2011 debut
Silverlight runtime and HTML5 support to ship with 'Mango'
Simon Buckingham on connecting app store islands with social discovery play Appitalism
Bringing everything together
Ngmoco launches JavaScript-based ngCore Game Tech framework for iOS and Android
Integrates into global Mobage social APIs
Samsung signs up to embed DeNA's Mobage social platform in millions of Android phones
Spreading the social magic
Social mobile studio Pocket Gems gains growth funding of $5 million
Round led by Sequoia Capital
GetJar CEO Laurs reckons developers such as Rovio could rake in $100 million in 2011
Also predicts rise of Android tablets
Glu's freemium posterchild Gun Bros. does 2.8 million downloads within two months
Has 175,000 daily active users
Gameloft issues apology for billing 'errors' on Android store
Duplicate charges on customer accounts
Epic to roll out iOS support to Unreal Development Kit
Rein pitches iPhone as money making machine
NOOKcolor edges into tablet territory with Android 2.2 update
But Android Market strategy unclear
Distinctive MD Nigel Little on derisking the App Store gamble with sports games, Android, and non-game work for hire
Aims to get iOS projects ported to Android in a week
65 million downloads strong, Backflip now boasts 20 million monthly active users
And expanding onto iPad and Android
Nokia cuts 800 jobs and delays E7's launch until 2011
Limited roll out slips
Online games publisher OGPlanet taps into mobile payments with Onebip
Pay-to-play and go
Millennial reckons Android generating 54% of all app revenue in the US
Platform set for wider developer support in 2011
360|iDev launches community board to link iOS developers
Looking for someone to work on an iOS app?
TeePee prepares for launch, hiring ex-Player X manager Lauren Omond
Putting the old team back together
Transpera rolls out interactive mobile video ad platform for iOS, Android and BlackBerry
Claims CPMs of up to $20
App business to top $35 billion by 2014 as downloads near 77 billion
More than 60% compound annual growth
How Vince McDonnell left his job, took inspiration from FarmVille and Plants vs. Zombies, and did over six million downloads of iOS success story Zombie Farm
Hard times are done, we won!
Apple rolls out App Store promo code distribution globally
Boon for non-US customers
Top six titles on Kindle in past 90 days are games
Make up 8 of the top 12
W3i's Ryan Ruud on how its $1 million Recharge Studios publishing fund will fire up iOS social gaming
Bringing that Facebook feeling to mobile
Epic's earns at least $1.1 million from Infinity Blade's 274,000 downloads in first 5 days
Takes Cut the Rope's record
Google overhauls Android Market with new UI, 50MB file limit and only 15 minutes of refund time
Slouching towards Bethlehem
Key Windows Phone 7 update due for February release at MWC 2011
Plus a minor release in January
Free WP7 release Impossible Shoota clocks up 21,000 downloads in 4 weeks
Developer casts light on top ten free app
Revolution's Charles Cecil on Broken Sword 2 and why it's the best time ever to be an indie
Ditch publishers, talk directly to your audience
Rovio to launch its own Android carrier billing system for Finland
Will expand to other countries and offer to other devs
Analyst reckons Apple will sell 19.4 million iPads in the US during 2011
Apple on course for 70 percent of the market
Opinion: Firemint's $2 million Real Racing 2 underlines the Call of Dutization of iOs
It's time to go big, go small or go free
Chillingo on the potential of its EA deal and future expansion to Android, WP7 and freemium
If it ain't broke, supercharge it
Microsoft streamlines WP7 submissions, improves analytics and speed payouts
Marketplace now boast 4,000 apps
Quality index's top-reviewed iPhone games of the week
Puzzle Quest 2, Infinity Blade, and Dungeon Hunter 2
Angry Birds, Doodle Jump come out trumps in Apple's top iPhone apps of 2010
But games somewhat absent on iPad in US
Android creator Rubin pegs daily activations at more than 300,000
Up 100,000 from last declaration