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Chillingo works hard, but too many publishers have become monsters says Spilt Milk's Andrew John Smith
Who Needs Chillingo? to give power back to the developer
GamesAnalytics signs up award winning data analyst Mark Robinson as COO
Tasked with maximising online game revenue
The PG.Biz Hot Five: In-app purchase panic, HTML5 love and Air Penguin's revenue rise
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Google launches App Galaxy guide, advises studios how to turn apps into businesses
AdMob and Google Analytics the key, apparently
iAd executive team form SessionM to 'achieve higher engagement rates'
$6.5 million raised in funding round
'App store' not a generic term counters Apple in Amazon lawsuit
Amazons Appstore isnt an app store apparently
Windows Phone 7 launches on Verizon in US with $150 HTC Trophy
Market leader adds support for OS
Qualcomm unveils iOS support for Augmented Reality SDK
Multiple operating systems in line
PapayaMobile withdraws from games development to fully focus on social network
Will open source game engine for partners
Lodsys should 'put up or shut up' says lawyer Jas Purewal
IAP patent claim could be landmark case
Mobile sales hit 428 million in Q1 2011 as smartphone share rises to 23.6% says Gartner
Samsung enjoys strongest quarter ever
BlackBerry PlayBook sales hit 250,000 in first month reckons RBC analyst Abramsky
Q1 2011 total could hit half a million
Half of all app revenue in US made on iOS
But Android the top platform, with 53% market share
63 million iOS gamers in US and Europe clocking up 5 million downloads a day
IAPs make up 40% of revenue on iPhone free releases
Angry Birds series surpasses 200 million downloads
Chrome web release signs up 6 million fans in a week
Intel says 10 Oak Trail-powered tablets bound for Computex
Android and MeeGo devices to be unveiled
Apple 'actively investigating' Lodsys in-app purchase patent claim
Legal team looking into firm's hold
Particle Code launches multi-platform SDK beta for native and HTML5 app development
Write once, deploy multiple times
Verizon to launch $200 Xperia Play in US on May 26
Comes with seven games pre-loaded
Angry Birds on top as Nook Color passes 1 million app downloads
Solitaire, Aces Jewel Hunt and Mahjong also selling well
Amazon rumoured to readying Nvidia-powered tablets for 2011 debut
Dual-core 'Coyote' and quad-core 'Hollywood' specced
GDC Europe 11 to play host to smartphone and tablet summit on August 16
Fishlabs and Exozet Games in attendance
Air Penguin revenues hit $1 million in first month on App Store
Tops paid charts across US and Europe
iPhone chasing down Android's ad impressions lead in US says InMobi
Nokia and Symbian remain in charge worldwide
Unity unveils Unite 11 as fifth annual developer conference hits San Francisco
Three day event starts September 28
Nokia rubbishes claims it's preparing to sell handset business to Microsoft
Where's the synergy?
IAP patent claimant Lodsys defends position, claims Apple, Google and Microsoft are licensees
But they can't bless thirdparty products
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang admits Android tablets beset by problems
Marketing, pricing, software and retail all at fault
Nokia waves goodbye to Ovi as services rebranded
Ovi and out
The PG.Biz Hot Five: Zynga acquisitions, Gingerbread's growing pains, and ngmoco all go on games
Last week's top 5 stories
OpenFeint brings free-to-play platform OFX to Android via private beta
Allows developers to run their own in-app stores
iOS developers hit with threat of lawsuit for using Apple's in-app purchase system
Unknown targeting studios over patent infringement
Microsoft, HTC, Nokia and Sony Ericsson team up to take fight against Apple's 'app store' claim to Europe
Firms file papers with EU
Gamevil's FY2011 Q1 revenues rise to $5.9 million, but net profits down down 23% yoy
Expenses rise as company goes on the hire
Mobile ad platform Tap.Me taps up Rockfish Brand Ventures in fresh funding round
Two firms sign partnership
Gameloft lines up six games for Samsung Smart TV
Brain Challenge and TV Show King hit Samsung Apps
Nearly 1 in 5 smartphone owners check-in with location-based apps in US
Majority between 25-34 years old
Gbanga picks up nomination for Red Herring Top 100 Europe
Location based game up for tech accolade
Nokia unveils carrier branded Ovi Store channels for Orange, Deutsche Telekom
Building the store-in-a-store
Best selling Xperia Play games clocking up less than 1,000 downloads
Destruction Derby leading the pack
Mobile ad firm 24MAS acquires service provider Selatra
App hosting, distribution and advertising wrapped up
Google refreshes Android Market to aid app discovery
New ranking, editor's choice and developer badges
Tag Games details revenue split: 29% iOS, 26% DSi and 18% PSN
Dundee studio making most money in UK and US
Online media firm Sina set to head up Samsung Apps in China
1000CHI Software Technology to handle store
Apple no longer serving iAd in apps aimed at kids
Advertisers keen to avoid empty click throughs
Smaato points to Windows Phone 7 and Symbian as best performing for mobile ad click throughs
At least twice as good as Android
Metaflow partners with Mobile Streams, providing developer access to 49 app stores
Including Appitalism social portal
Google I/O: Ice Cream Sandwich to run across both smartphones and tablets
And Honeycomb updates to version 3.1
Google I/O: 10 carriers and OEMs commit to update Android devices for 18 months
Fixing fragmentation