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
Heyzap, Google and Marmalade join forces to host Android monetisation event on September 27
Top execs on board for San Francisco splash
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
Amazon takes down Appstore for Android outside of US
Here yesterday, gone today
Appy's FaceFighter franchise pushes it past 10 million iOS downloads
Currently doing 20,000 downloads daily
BlackBerry adds subscription services to BlackBerry Payment SDK
Opening the freemium floodgates
Tapjoy launches in-app incentivised video ads service
Filling the incentivised download gap on iOS
Rumour: Facebook's Project Spartan reveal put on hold as giant pulls platform from F8
Dedicated event now on the cards
Veteran marketeer Bruce Everiss joins Kwalee as CMO
Back with Codemasters' co-founder David Darling
Metro apps for Windows 8 to be sold through official marketplace
Side-loading restricted to developers and enterprise
HTML5 Developer Conference announces pre-event Hackathon
24 and 25 September in San Francisco
72% of iPhone app revenue comes from in-app purchases, up from 28% in 2010
Downloads of free apps up by 34% since 2010
Verizon's V Cast store maintains highest average app price on mobile reckons Distimo
Power of the carrier
Samsung planning to block iPhone 5 in South Korea post-launch
Giant seeks home advantage
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[UPDATE] Amazon Appstore for Android finally goes live globally
UK, Europe, Australia and India all online
Qualcomm's Rob Chandhok: HTML5's adoption will be driven by business, not technology
Follow the money, not the geeks
Exit Games adds support for HTML5 and Windows Phone 7 to Photon networking engine
Photon 3 ready for future growth
Rovio thirdparty publishing rumours resurface with the suggestion it's taking a longterm approach
Brand building
Gameloft selling pre-paid cards in UK for mobile game purchases
For Android, Symbian, Java and BlackBerry
Unity's Francis says Microsoft's decision to drop plug-in support for IE 10 plays into its native app focus
Will consider WebGL support though
Adult Swim prepares for App Store invasion with five games before December
Signs long-term dev deal with PikPok
Men out play and out spend women when it comes to mobile freemium gaming says Flurry
Average male transaction is $15.60 compared to $11.90 for women
Infinite Dreams looks to the power of social interaction to drop Jelly Defense's launch price from $9.99 to 99c
Can you Google+ it?
Google moves to defend Android, buys over 1,000 patents from IBM
Patent war chest re-stocked
First non-Chinese produced iPads will ship from Foxconn's Brazil factory in December
Apple also signs long term chip deal with TSMC
Appsfire study reveals combined iOS and Android app total is 1 million
Though only 80% are currently active
Windows Phone will 'kick things to the next level' despite sluggish sales, says Ballmer
CEO full of optimism
Microsoft ditches Flash for default Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8
Metro browser pulls plug on plug-ins
RIM sees FY12 Q2 sales slide 10% to $4.2 billion, with income down 53% to $329 million
Shipped 10.6 million phones, 200,000 PlayBook tablets
As it launches freemium title DragonVale, Backflip approaches 150 million smartphone installs
Breathing fire
Zedge partners with Appia to launch mobile marketplace for 40 million monthly users
Firm becomes key distribution partner
Chop Chop developer Gamerizon raises $5 million to expand series to new formats
Expects to hire 100 staff over 24 months
Foss Patents: Motorola's four threats that secured its $12.5 billion Google deal
Buy us or we'll destroy Android
Itsmy repackages browser games for HTML5 to meet its goal of becoming the biggest casual mobile browser gaming company
Best of both worlds
Samsung announces Premium Samsung Apps Store for Android in the UK
Includes Zenonia, Need for Speed Shift, and 9mm
InMobi scores $200 million Softbank investment as network targets Asian expansion
Split between two transactions
Research firm Canalys: HP should reconsider ditching TouchPad
Price cut turned it into 'must-have' item
Apple wins advertising rights to 'thinnest smartphone', files new lawsuit against Samsung in the UK
ASA judges in Apple's favour
Sony pools PS Vita and Android development with launch of PlayStation Suite SDK
Linking the two ecosystems
Half a million download Windows 8 developer preview within hours of launch, boasts Ballmer
No phone or OS will ship as many units as Windows
OpenFeint appoints GREE's Naoki Aoyagi as CEO as co-founder Citron departs
Off to 'pursue new opportunities'
SponsorPay opens a Japanese office to build on existing business
Working closely with LinkShare
Real-world rewards network Kiip partners up with Verizon
Floodgates open
NaturalMotion makes switch to freemium, despite more than 8 million paid downloads on iOS
My Horse the first free-to-play release
BUILD 2011: Microsoft gives away 5,000 Samsung Windows 8 tablet prototypes in developer drive
Looking to build app roster