Tag Games bigs itself up: Five things we did right in 2010
Review of the year continues
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Keith Andrew
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Djuzz downloads up 17 percent in November, hits 7.6 million games for the month
Growth driven by developing markets
PopCap head Ed Allard on why web reports on app data privacy concerns are misleading
Bejeweled 2 only sends data to Facebook
Rumour: PlayStation Phone to be unveiled in Feb, hit retail by April
MWC 2011 set to play host to debut
Windows Phone 7 ships 1.5 million units to retail in first 6 weeks
But don't hold your breath for sales figures
How FIPLAB's Talking Gremlin topped App Store's entertainment charts after InMobi ad blitz
Indies can advertise too
Tap Tap Revenge 4 tops App Store, clocking 25,000 downloads an hour
Possibly, maybe, the fastest selling Tapulous title to date
iOS indies team up to cut prices in the name of Child's Play charity
Featuring Canabalt, Solipskier, Spider, Osmos, Eliss and Drop7
Samsung targets web based apps for bada 2.0, projects 10 million sold in first half of 2011
Moving the platform forward
Zynga's Mafia Wars Atlantic City utilising HTML5 for cross-platform assault
Browser based brawls
Nvidia's Tegra 2 set for smartphone and tablet blow out at CES 2011
Firm claims chip will kickstart superphone era
Former Player X man James Duncan joins TeePee as content manager
Picking up the full set
Tag Games 'fesses up: Five things we did wrong in 2010
Developer dishes the dirt
Report: Android and iOS apps are transmitting user data to thirdparties
Wall Street Journal investigates
Braineaters' discovery portal Free App Forever set to do away with daily promos
Putting the focus on free
Zombie Farm is 2010's top grossing freemium iOS release in the US
7.3 million units and 46 million hours of gameplay
Google opens up App Inventor for Android for everyone
Drag and drop program remains in beta
Record RIM quarter as BlackBerry shipments top 14.2 million in Q3 2011
Up 40 percent year on year
Samsung Apps slashes prices for Christmas as downloads pass 50 million in 2010
Up to 75 percent off apps from EA and Gameloft
Apple lines Mac App Store up for January 6 debut
Marketplace to roll out in 90 countries
NaturalMotion claims Backbreaker 2's first week revenue is 7 times more than the original
Faster selling
LG unveils dual-core Tegra 2 powered Optimus 2X for Android
Spec happy device to ship with Froyo
OpenFeint to launch Groupon-style buying scheme for iOS games promotion
Gather crowd. Sell things to them
iPhone charges ahead of Nokia in Europe with 32% share
But 4 of top 11 handsets are Android
SteamBirds comes out on top in indiePub's inaugural mobile games contest
Game scores Zoo Entertainment publishing deal
Mochi Media unveils first fruits of its $10 million strong developer fund
Four games fostered
Microsoft reportedly readying Windows Phone 7.5 for summer 2011 debut
Silverlight runtime and HTML5 support to ship with 'Mango'
Social mobile studio Pocket Gems gains growth funding of $5 million
Round led by Sequoia Capital
GetJar CEO Laurs reckons developers such as Rovio could rake in $100 million in 2011
Also predicts rise of Android tablets
Epic to roll out iOS support to Unreal Development Kit
Rein pitches iPhone as money making machine
NOOKcolor edges into tablet territory with Android 2.2 update
But Android Market strategy unclear
Nokia cuts 800 jobs and delays E7's launch until 2011
Limited roll out slips
Online games publisher OGPlanet taps into mobile payments with Onebip
Pay-to-play and go
Millennial reckons Android generating 54% of all app revenue in the US
Platform set for wider developer support in 2011
360|iDev launches community board to link iOS developers
Looking for someone to work on an iOS app?
App business to top $35 billion by 2014 as downloads near 77 billion
More than 60% compound annual growth
Top six titles on Kindle in past 90 days are games
Make up 8 of the top 12
W3i's Ryan Ruud on how its $1 million Recharge Studios publishing fund will fire up iOS social gaming
Bringing that Facebook feeling to mobile
Epic's earns at least $1.1 million from Infinity Blade's 274,000 downloads in first 5 days
Takes Cut the Rope's record
Google overhauls Android Market with new UI, 50MB file limit and only 15 minutes of refund time
Slouching towards Bethlehem
Key Windows Phone 7 update due for February release at MWC 2011
Plus a minor release in January
Free WP7 release Impossible Shoota clocks up 21,000 downloads in 4 weeks
Developer casts light on top ten free app
Rovio to launch its own Android carrier billing system for Finland
Will expand to other countries and offer to other devs
Analyst reckons Apple will sell 19.4 million iPads in the US during 2011
Apple on course for 70 percent of the market
Microsoft streamlines WP7 submissions, improves analytics and speed payouts
Marketplace now boast 4,000 apps
Angry Birds, Doodle Jump come out trumps in Apple's top iPhone apps of 2010
But games somewhat absent on iPad in US
Android creator Rubin pegs daily activations at more than 300,000
Up 100,000 from last declaration
EA takes Pogo to iPhone with multi-games pack app
Five game roster hits App Store for free
Stonetrip launches inaugural ShiVa3D engine awards scheme
Seven categories, winners announced at GDC 2011
Total Angry Birds downloads now top 42 million
That's 30 million paid, 12 million free