Two more games for sale on eBay, though prices falling sharply
Bidders drying up
Disney praises Android. Says holiday season saw it become a viable mobile gaming platform
Where's My Water? does 6 million downloads
Motorola estimates sales of $3.4 billion in Q4 2011 as smartphone shipments hit 5.3 million
Makes up more than half of all handsets
iPad 3 in March a reality, but October launch for iPad 4 'made-up nonsense' says Daring Fireball's Gruber
DigiTimes only half right
Facebook lightens up, enables offerwalls to use in-game currency
Additional flexibility alongside Facebook Credits
Bob Mobile plans for strong mobile and gaming future, buys Dutch rival CLIQ in deal worth $71 million
Also signs licensing deal with Vivid Games
Microsoft makes move on Asia as Windows Phone Marketplace preps for China, Indonesia and Malaysia
Argentina, Peru and the Philippines also on board
NimbleBit's Tiny Tower tops 1 million DAUs, clocks up 10 million sessions a day
Lots of elevator music
PlayJam partners with GameHouse for its Smart TV gaming platform
RealNetwork division finds another channel
Nokia buys turnkey OS outfit Smarterphone for undisclosed sum
Blurring the feature-smartphone gap
Apple readying two new iPads for launch in 2012, reckons DigiTimes
iPad 3 in March, followed by iPad 4 in September?
Nintendo tells UK indie to remove its WiiWare game download figures from blog
For the record, total was 40,810
Gameloft's looking to HTML5, Windows 8 and Smart TVs in 2012 says Gonzague de Vallois
Also has social network under construction
Following strong Q4 figures, bullish analysts predict Samsung could ship 170 million smartphones in 2012
Up from around 95 million in 2011
Rumours start up again that Microsoft will buy Nokia's smartphone division
Eldar Murtazin stokes the fires
Mobile dominates Developers Choice award nominees for best handheld game
Only Mario can compete
Despite a Q4 decline, HTC sees 2011 sales up 67% to $15.4 billion
Income up 60% to $2 billion
Inspired by $16,000 sale of Buckshot, Simon Papineau puts 3 apps for auction on eBay
Going twice...
Myriad partners with AppCarousel to serve up Android app platform for internet-enabled TVs
From showcasing to billing
Fast growing but still loss making mobile ad network Millennial Media files papers for potential IPO
Nine month revenue was $69 million
Ansca partners with Appsfire to offer discounted push and App of the Day promotional campaigns
If you're using the Corona SDK
Rovio setting up new development studio in Tampere
Headed by ex-Universomo co-founder Atte Kotiranta
Infinity Blade's franchise earnings top $30 million in first year
Sequel tops $5 million in little over a month
Darkness falls on Bright Light as sources claim EA closed its UK studio before end of 2011
Talent spread across Criterion and Playfish
Mind-controlled zombie spoon-bending game 28 Spoons Later out for iOS
Uses NeuroSky's PLX XWave headset
Rumour: Apple poaches Adobe VP Todd Teresi to head up iAd
Goal to kickstart moribund ad network
Barnes & Noble considers spinning out $1.5 billion Nook business
International expansion also coming
User acquisition tool Playerize secures $1 million in first funding round
Connecting players with F2P social and mobile games
Acer deals with new tablet price reality - 10-inch Icona A200 starts from $330
Or $350 for more capacity
Epic takes a Rein check on Mobile Games Forum, Unity steps up for closing keynote
Rival switch
PS Vita outsold 3 to 2 by PSP three weeks after Japanese launch
Re-invigorated 3DS top charts
Snapdragon GameCommand promo app to hit Android in North America on January 10
Set to coincide with CES 2012 keynote
Gingerbread on more than 50% of Android devices for the first time
ICS makes its first entry with 0.6%
Developer sells ownership of scavenger hunt game Buckshot on eBay, price up to $15,100
Buckshot app now going for major bucks
Epic Games' Mark Rein to keynote London's Mobile Games Forum
And all attendees to get free BlackBerry PlayBook
TransGaming buys Oberon's TV games division for $7 million
Gains access to 50 million households
iPhone 4S launches in 22 countries next Friday, including Madagascar... oh, and China
Bringing market total to 90 countries
AT&T bags Lumia 900 in US as Nokia and Microsoft plan $100 million marketing splash
Flagship device due in March
Gamevil's Air Penguin does 13 million downloads across iOS and Android
Success from $10 million Partner Fund
Google bolsters patent library as firm acquires 217 filings from IBM
Third exchange between two parties
TouchPad's demise down to an ahead of its time webOS riddled with shortcuts, claim former Palm employees
HP was sold a dud
Rumour: Intel to do a Google Nexus and release its own badged Android smartphones and tablets
Ice Cream Sandwich devices at CES
Android Market hits 400,000 active apps, catching up on App Store says Distimo
Driven by freemium
Angry Birds accounted for 2.7% of Christmas Day app downloads on iOS and Android - 6.5 million
Still no turkey
3DS sales in the US almost double over the holidays to reach 4 million units for 2011
Thanks to Zelda and Mario
Tequila Mobile raises $1.7 million to expand its Android and Java social mobile gaming platform
Tequila Planet's population target is 30 million by 2012
Apple rumoured to be segmenting iPad family with prices starting from $299
Time to iPod it?
Facebook tests game-related posts on its mobile news feed to drive user acquisition
Stretching its viral muscles
AR startup Blippar receives seed funding from Qualcomm Ventures
Total amount undisclosed
Fishlabs strengthens team with web and project manager hires
Building for the new year