Facebook, Zynga, Halfbrick, and Epic speaking at Casual Connect Seattle 2012
Over 150 sessions staged across 24-26 July
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The PocketGamer.biz week that was: Microsoft's Surface wows with Windows, Apple expands the App Store, and Nintendo unveils brand new (same old) handheld
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Tag Games looking beyond Scotland to tap up talent, says MD Paul Farley
Dundee studio playing the global game
Tag Games takes to PocketGamer.biz jobs board to track down talent
Game designers and programmers needed
Apple's App Store launches in 32 new countries
Now live in 155 nations
The inaugural Got Game Conference hits Amsterdam from 20 -21 August
Speakers from Remedy, Epic, IQU and Digital Dreams
Roadhouse Interactive acquires Facebook and iOS outfit Embassy Interactive
Making a move on mobile
iOS app downloads surge in China, but developers failing to monetise
App Annie highlights revenue hotspots
Touchscreen maker FlatFrog closes 20 million funding round
Set to push multi-touch technologies
Online shoppers and 'core' gamers the biggest spenders in Facebook games
Arkadium details where the dollars come from
CloakWorks launches its cloth simulation Shroud tech for iOS
Now available via Unity plug-in
Microsoft didn't inform OEM partners about Surface
Surprise reveal led to 'sense of betrayal'
Game Insight launches $3 million indie publishing initiative
Invites mobile devs to submit publishing requests
App store analytics provider App Annie launches full support for Google Play
Out of beta and available now
LG, Philips, and Sharp join forces to work on multi-platform SDK for smart TV apps
Beta SDK expected in October
Develop 2012 announces Indie Showcase games
Three awards up for grabs
InMobi partners up with Marmalade for in-app advertising
578 million pairs of eyeballs unlocked
Kiip announces the winners of its $100,000 Build Fund for indie developers
20 studios receive funding, services, and mentors
Flexion to enable integration of Android games with Facebook app platform
Preps your game for App Center distribution
Tizen developer hardware now available
Apply by 29 June to receive a device
Rovio, Sony, Fishlabs, Papaya and Flurry speaking at Gamelab Mobile
Come to Barcelona on 27 June
Chinese web giant Tencent acquires strategic stake in Epic Games
Terms of minority deal not disclosed
Facebook is working on a location-based mobile advertising product
Provides companies with real-time data on its users
Nokia cuts spell the end for feature phone platform Meltemi
All development halted
Distimo partners for Japanese push
Interarrows to sell Distimo data in new market
Google hopes to drive player activity and in-app purchases with Collectibles Week
Limited-edition items available in 25 Android games
Fishlabs hires three Anima Entertainment founders for senior roles
Hamburg studio recruits former collaborators
Draw Something TV pilot in production
CBS wins bidding war for Zynga brand
The PocketGamer.biz week that was: Pocket Gamer touches down at WWDC 2012, Android hits 900,000 daily activations as Nokia culls 10,000 jobs
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Sony flirts with freemium for PlayStation Mobile
Vows to cut out the 'junk'
Wooga and PopCap pull games from Google+
Boast 'much larger' following on Facebook
Apple forced to face device tracking lawsuit
Google, Admob, and Flurry off the hook
Google Play bound for Kobo's Vox eReader
500,000 apps hit device via software update
Nokia cuts 10,000 jobs, lowers Q2 2012 outlook and overhauls leadership
Investment in Lumia brand on the table
Mobile Unconference comes to Rotterdam on 25 June
Devs can submit session ideas now
Facebook looks to curb rogue App Center ratings with random user polls
Manipulation given the nudge
Nokia confirms PureView camera tech coming to Lumia range
Windows Phone could gain 41MP camera phone
Mobile entertainment revenues to reach $65 billion by 2016
Tablets the main driver
Develop Brighton 2012's 'early bird' pricing ends 14 June
Today's the day to buy on the cheap
Android app downloads now outpacing iPhone across EU5
Makes up 63% in Q1 2012
Mobile ad outfit TapIt! launches new self-serve platform
Claims to be cheap, simple, powerful
We're bigger than EA and Wooga, claims social publisher Peak Games
9.7 million DAUs on board
Two-thirds of apps fail to hit 1,000 downloads in first year
Canalys reckons app stores need to change
More than 12,000 games published on Windows Phone Marketplace
App total passes 100,000
Microsoft expects all first-party Xbox 360 releases to support SmartGlass
Phil Spencer says support 'makes sense'
Swiss games splash bound for London 2012 on 23 July
House of Switzerland to host 'Zurich Creative Day'
More than 900,000 Android devices now activated each day
Andy Rubin announces activation milestone
Develop Brighton 2012's final sessions and speakers revealed
2 days left to buy early-bird tickets
EA plans to focus on freemium for mobile
But publisher admits it's lagging behind
Nsurfin's Kenneth Ryu on bringing a successful Korean retro RPG to Western mobile gamers
50 shades of grind?