SCVNGR puts focus on social check-ins with bump technology
Friends check-in with a tap
RIM enhances location-based BlackBerry apps with cell tower data
Quicker fix with or without GPS
Mobile games need to be designed around social interaction says Scoreloop
Be friendly, encourage communities
Android the OS of choice for iPad rivals from Asus and Lenovo
Windows Embedded Compact 7 given the push
One million free downloads boosts Mega Jump's revenues 170%
Another viral success story
Microsoft lifts lid on Windows Phone 7 with tech demo
Devs and press set to gain insight
Scoreloop: 29% of mobile gamers classify themselves as hardcore
They enjoy multiplayer and multi-tasking
Windows Phone 7 labelled disaster after Mobile Beat demo
InfoWorld says giant should pull out of mobile race
Namco Bandai to release a game monthly within Mobage-Town
Social hook up
SGN's launches first cross-platform real-time Android and iPhone game
Skies of Glory is free for iPhone but $4.99 for Android
Search on Android is up 300% in six months, Android Market now 70k apps strong
Mobile is offensive move say execs
Flurry launches AppCircle discovery and recommendation service
Out now for iOS, and for Android in August
IGN Wireless extends games coverage with new Android section
Another outlet realises mobile is more than just Apple
Toy Story 3 does 1.7 million free downloads in a month
JellyCar 2's sold a million too
Milthon awards now open for European developers
French embrace the continent
GameSalad company Gendai raises $1 million
First funding round lead by DFJ Mercury
GAME launches mobile games portal
Powered by Zed
Rovio wins Develop best new download IP award for Angry Birds
Unity picks up two tech awards
Archetype sells 160,000 copies in week one
Game is currently #2 US top grossing
Unite 2010 developer conference announced
10-12 November, Montreal
One million PlayStation Minis sold
Roughly 0.017 per PSP
Angry Birds is second iPhone game to sell five million
More crushed pork
Free mobile game portal Djuzz does 8.3 million downloads in June
Downloads up 295%, visitors up 335%
Mobile ad network InMobi raises $8 million in second funding round
Pushing its AdROIt analytics engine
Jumptap opens up $4 million mobile ad warchest for new clients
Cutting its cut to drive new custom
Windows Phone Marketplace will launch in 17 countries
Supporting five languages
Symbian^3 Product Development Kit 3.0.0 now available
First hardened and fully open-sourced release
Samsung sells one million bada Waves in four weeks
And 300,000 Galaxy Ss sold in Korea
Nokia slashes many game prices on Ovi Store to 1 euro
Doodle Jump, The Sims 3, Fieldrunners cheaper
Apple promises joined up thinking with launch day support for exciting indie games
US and UK teams working in harmony
Ovum reckons Android will beat out Apple for app downloads by 2015
Total market predicted to be 21 billion strong
How Snappy Touch made an extra $290 daily giving away Flower Garden for free
Active gamers spend more on IAP than app price
RIM to launch BlackBerry App World in China
Part of a wider Sino expansion
FreeAppADay launches for Android with Playdom's Mobsters: Big Apple
iPad promotions also kicking off
38 percent of iPad owners now won't buy handhelds
Not just e-reader sales being hit
DS Effects launches first iPhone HTML5 games and apps portal
Who needs the App Store?
EA Mobile signs India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh distribution deal
Nazara gets exclusive rights
Android the big mover in US as share doubles in 2010
BlackBerry, iPhone and WinMob all suffer decline
Developer says actual iAd eCPM is $1.60-$2.50
And fill rate is appalling low
Trinity QA Studio opens doors for mobile and portable testing
Bugs squashed
Apple's YouTube app fails compared to mobile HTML5 browsing
Jobs hoist on own petard
NTT DoCoMo plans app store for i-mode handsets
Japanese carrier looks to halt rise of SoftBank
OpenFeint goes cross-platform, adds Android support
Launch partners include Glu, Digital Chocolate and Hudson
OpenFeint raises $4 million thanks to strategic investment from The9
Chinese online provider gets into mobile
Leak suggests new iPod touch will be iPhone 4 minus the phone
5MP camera, FaceTime, and gyroscope expected
Mobclix says we'll handle your low iAd fillrate
Latest SDK wraps around Apple's ad network
Flick Fishing licensed for PSP Minis by Gameshastra
Indian outsourcer ramping up digital releases
Thuat Nguyen's iBooks fraud raises iTunes security issues
Exact weak spot debated
Movial in talks with key players to bring Flash 10.1 to Android and MeeGo devices
Test and certification services provided
Android education: Unity's Nexus One school giveaway
60 handsets up for grabs