Adobe halts development on Flash Player for mobile browsers, switches focus to HTML5
Native mobile apps also a priority
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HP will take on tablet market in a 'significant way' if it decides to hold on to webOS, claims CEO Meg Whitman
But smartphones out of the question
Digital Harmony unveils real-time cross-platform multiplayer engine
Harmony Tech breaks down barriers
Facebook acquires HTML5 app delivery network Strobe
SproutCore to continue as independent project
Gingerbread becomes dominant Android version for first time, running on 44% of all devices
Honeycomb's growth begins to stall
Nexon to apply for $1.3 billion Japanese IPO
Could be biggest offering of 2011
More than 6 out of 10 iPhone users 'unaware apps compromise privacy', reports AdaptiveMobile
People ignorant that personal details might be stored
DeNA signs deal with web portal Daum to bring Mobage to South Korea in Q1 2012
Set to leverage its 38 million strong userbase
Samsung's Gavin Kim departs to head up Microsoft's Windows Phone team
Former enterprise VP to build on 'fervent base'
Millennial Media makes move on Asia-Pacific ad market, appoints Robert Woolfrey as head of regional operations
Expanding beyond US and Europe
Funzio poaches EA Partners' Jamil Moledina to serve as biz dev VP
To manage platforms and partners
Great Canadian Appathon names Drop Table's Trace Racer as top title
Team gets $25,000 and job interviews
Android holds 45% share of US smartphone market, while BlackBerry's down 18% yoy
And Motorola's dropped 25%
DeNA rolls out Mobage on iOS in China, with 20 games at launch
Including Kaito Royale TV series
Smartphones most popular with American 25-34 year olds
First age group to be majority smartphone
Former Outfit7 CEO Nabergoj raises $3.5 million for new app discovery tool Iddiction
Launch expected in next few months
Bada app downloads break 110 million as global shipments pass 8 million
4.8% downloads from the UK
Tapjoy brings Mobile Value Exchange meme to the fore with its consumer-facing App Marketplace
Cross platform discovery and recommendation
Moolah Media does away with pay-per-click to unveil performance-based SmartMoolah ads for mobile
Two-way relationship serves up ads based on activities
As 3 launch games on Mobage gain 1 million installs each, ngmoco's Young slams rival PapayaMobile's 'shitty' library
Gaming network now ouy of beta on Android
Shader power of iPhone 4S provides devs with relief from 'irritating' A4 devices, reckons programming veteran Glenn Corpes
Handset packs iPad 2's power
Rovio set to sign deal with major US player to push carrier billing Bad Piggy Bank platform
AT&T mooted
Lumia 800 'won't change the world', but Nokia will build bridge to feature phone market, reckons Revo's Hanganu
Attractive for new adopters
Windows Phone's move to cloud-based gaming will 'propel us into the next generation' reckons Babaroga's Bachowski
Xbox 360-Windows link up will be a game changer
Microsoft's power to decide what games sell and what don't is killing Windows Phone for indies, reckons Xona Games' Jason Doucette
Your phone could be lying to you
Lack of UDK and Unity support for Windows Phone is a 'serious handicap' says Critical Thought's David Whatley
OS generally great, but needs open dev tools
South Korea lifts ban on iOS games ahead of iPhone 4S launch on November 11
Games Ratings Board repeals app block
Nokia signs deal with ST-Ericsson to supply chipsets for future Windows Phone handsets
Breaks Qualcomm monopoly over platform
CodeGlue's Peter De Jong ranks Windows Phone Mango on a par with iOS and Android
Thinks Nokia Lumina 800 will expand user base
Rovio to open official Angry Birds stores in China to fight unlicensed merchandise
Looking to generate $100 million in sales in 2011
Talking Friends studio Outfit7 hits 225 million downloads across iOS and Android
Boasts 60 million MAUs
Samsung ships 27.3 million smartphones to become world's top vendor in Q3 2011, but HTC rules the roost in US
Holds quarter of the market
GREE re-states its FY12 sales up 40% to around $1.7 billion
Accelerating closer to match rival DeNA's clout
HTC shipments hit 13.2 million peak in Q3 2011, up 93% yoy
But manufacturer still misses expectations
Grasshopper Manufacture sets up joint venture with DeNA to make games exclusively for Mobage
Grasshopper Social Network Service, Inc. revealed
The PG.biz Hot Five: DeNA and GREE plod along in the west, Tapjoy takes on Apple's incentivisation block and Nokia gets back in the game
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PlayPhone unveils virtual goods management suite PXP for iOS, Android and HTML5
Adding features to existing social network
AppMobi launches HTML5 powered web app platform MobiUs for iOS
Android to follow in Q1 2012
Opinion: Winning with Windows: Why the Lumia 800 signals the return of Nokia
Daring to be different
Mobile ad start-up MoPub unveils self service real-time bidding marketplace
'Virtual trading floor' designed to level playing field
Booyah, Yazino, Facebook and Google confirmed as speakers for Evolve London 2011
Social and casual gaming on the agenda
Apple overtakes Nokia as leading smartphone brand in China as market tipped to surpass US by 2014, reports Morgan Stanley
iPhone enjoys 'huge surge'
Rumour: HP in the process of 'testing' TouchPad on Windows 8
The tablet that refuses to die
PapayaMobile expands base beyond Android, takes social gaming platform to iOS
Looks to connect two ecosystems
Nokia World 2011: Ovi Store generating 10 million app downloads a day
30 percent from Series 40 devices
Nokia unveils first Windows Phone devices, 420 'hero' handset Lumia 800 due to hit Europe in November
Coupled with budget-conscious Lumia 710
Boku signs carrier billing deal with online gaming specialist ChangYou.com
US subsidiary to integrate payment system into titles
Android's US ad impressions double that of iOS in Q3 2011, reports Millennial
Two horse race with RIM trailing in third
Zynga's IPO reportedly due before end of November
Set to be priced before Thanksgiving holiday
Mobclix looks to ease cashflow problems for devs with advance payments program
Ad network to pay out in middle or end of month