December 23, 2009 Tap Tap Revenge 3 does over million in-app song downloads Raising around $350,000 in net sales
December 23, 2009 Nintendo DSi launches in China at last Long awaited DS hardware update rolled out in Far East
December 23, 2009 Social application Brightkite adds augmented reality adverts Teams up with Best Buy to point the way toward bargains
December 23, 2009 iPhone takes top spot in US mobile market 4 per cent of US mobile users own an iPhone
December 22, 2009 Distimo and Skyhook Wireless combine data on location-based applications iPhone App Store has highest number of apps, and the cheapest
December 22, 2009 Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 tentatively slated for June 28th Venue's summer schedule hints at major Apple event
December 22, 2009 iPhone game Sea Battle Classic updates bypass App Store approval Changes made through online server not through Apple
December 22, 2009 Art gaming outfit Monstrous raises $400k in seed funding Also launches music art game Entranced
December 21, 2009 Korean Game Rating Board calls out Apple over unapproved games Naughties on the App Store?
December 21, 2009 COO Ryan leaves as Oberon makes organisational changes Some reductions, some investment
December 21, 2009 OpenFeint 2.4 out with better community, promotion and upselling tools UI is streamlined too
December 21, 2009 Security startup Lookout bringing firewall and anti-virus software to iPhone, Android, WinMo, Blackberry Raises $5.5 million in first round funding
December 20, 2009 Mad Monkey launches its iPhone Chip & Dare gaming competition Win Alienware laptops or PlayStation 3s
December 20, 2009 RIM ships 10 million Blackberries and adds 4 million subscribers Record shipment during Q3 FY10
December 18, 2009 iPhone credit card reader Square stalls on patent issues Audio-based payment system already patented, could cause problems for Twitter creator
December 18, 2009 Operation Chokehold aims to bring AT&T data network down Blogger joke taken seriously. Too seriously
December 18, 2009 Broadcom enters the mobile super-chip race New camera-focused smartphone power processor unveiled
December 18, 2009 KongZhong buys Shanghai-based Dacheng Network Technology Combines game studio with 3D engine developer
December 17, 2009 GetJar put Nokia straight on who has the leading app store Independent mobile online store does almost twice Nokia's figures
December 16, 2009 Ocarina developer Smule raises $8 million in third VC round Total up to $13.7 million
December 16, 2009 Russian consortium pours $180 million into social games firm Zynga FarmVille and Mafia Wars estimated to be worth over $1.5 billion
December 16, 2009 Android Marketplace crosses 20,000 apps mark Doubles number of apps in the last five months
December 15, 2009 Google smartphone Nexus One linked to AdMob acquisition? Is Google looking to use mobile ads to subsidise new handset?
December 15, 2009 BlackBerry operating system leads the way in US market share Apple closing the gap, Google has a long way to go
December 15, 2009 PayPal launches $150,000 prize developer competition New APIs open up mobile and microtransaction payments
December 14, 2009 Adobe Flash being used to prototype new iPhone games Meta 3D Studios to provide functional, simulated apps
December 14, 2009 Mplayit adds BlackBerry games to its Facebook social app store Better discovery with family and friends
December 13, 2009 Google phone confirmed for January launch, with no operator exclusivity Google designed, HTC made handset possibly called the Nexus One
December 12, 2009 Apple redesigns US App Store with less words, more pictures Cleaner look, better information flow
December 11, 2009 ROK considering legal action over Player One going bust Administration due to management clash apparently
December 11, 2009 Rumourmill says Player One has entered administration Caught between ROK and a hard place
December 11, 2009 Apple files countersuit against Nokia for 'theft' 'Nokia is infringing 13 Apple patents'
December 11, 2009 Nokia's New York and Chicago flagship stores also closing Following closure of London high street shop
December 11, 2009 Scoreloop adds Android support to its iPhone social networking tech First game out now
December 10, 2009 Nokia confesses current Ovi Store is stopgap. Relaunch due early 2010 But already doing 1 million daily downloads
December 10, 2009 Australian devs launch iPhone Xmas promotion with Aussie App Sale Digital retailer trend spreads down under
December 10, 2009 Ericsson to cut workforce, losing money through Sony partnership 1000 Swedish telephony employees to go
December 10, 2009 Ustream Live Broadcaster allows live video sharing on iPhone The 'on-device YouTube' app goes live, works on wi-fi and 3G
December 10, 2009 China Unicom reports iPhone Chinese launch success 100,000 units sold since end of October
December 9, 2009 Tonchidot lands $4 million funding for augmented reality development Virtual good to bring in the revenue
December 9, 2009 Google's acquisition of AdMob gains trade commission's attention Only procedural at this point, says Google
December 9, 2009 Orange App Shop officially launched to more than 1 million users Over-the-air games and apps rolled out for UK and France
December 9, 2009 How an iPhone word game without blood, on-screen death or bad language ended up rated 17+ Hangman too much for the tweenies