PG.biz week that was: Tiny Tower has 1M DAUs, Angry Birds does 6.5M downloads on Xmas day, Samsung booms and Nintendo shoots itself in the foot
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About A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon is Contributing Editor at PG.biz which means he acts like a slightly confused uncle who's forgotten where he's left his glasses. As well as letters and cameras, he likes imaginary numbers and legumes.
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Facebook lightens up, enables offerwalls to use in-game currency
Additional flexibility alongside Facebook Credits
Bob Mobile plans for strong mobile and gaming future, buys Dutch rival CLIQ in deal worth $71 million
Also signs licensing deal with Vivid Games
PlayJam partners with GameHouse for its Smart TV gaming platform
RealNetwork division finds another channel
27% of MocoSpace's female gamers over thirty play for more than 3 hours daily
And most play at home not on the move
Following strong Q4 figures, bullish analysts predict Samsung could ship 170 million smartphones in 2012
Up from around 95 million in 2011
Despite a Q4 decline, HTC sees 2011 sales up 67% to $15.4 billion
Income up 60% to $2 billion
Fast growing but still loss making mobile ad network Millennial Media files papers for potential IPO
Nine month revenue was $69 million
Ansca partners with Appsfire to offer discounted push and App of the Day promotional campaigns
If you're using the Corona SDK
Rovio setting up new development studio in Tampere
Headed by ex-Universomo co-founder Atte Kotiranta
Barnes & Noble considers spinning out $1.5 billion Nook business
International expansion also coming
Epic takes a Rein check on Mobile Games Forum, Unity steps up for closing keynote
Rival switch
2011 in review: Torsten Reil, CEO, NaturalMotion
Free-to-play will get richer experiences, deeper gameplay
The 10 most significant events of 2011
Making headlines
iPhone 4S launches in 22 countries next Friday, including Madagascar... oh, and China
Bringing market total to 90 countries
Tequila Mobile's Paul Flanagan on why Java still matters, advergaming doesn't, and how its social mobile platform will compete with GREE and Mobage
The global market is broad
Gamevil's Air Penguin does 13 million downloads across iOS and Android
Success from $10 million Partner Fund
2011 in review: Perry Tam, CEO, Storm8
Look out for Zynga... and Storm8
2011 in review: Phil Larsen, CMO, Halfbrick
Keep learning, but don't forget the fun
Rumour: Intel to do a Google Nexus and release its own badged Android smartphones and tablets
Ice Cream Sandwich devices at CES
Android Market hits 400,000 active apps, catching up on App Store says Distimo
Driven by freemium
Angry Birds accounted for 2.7% of Christmas Day app downloads on iOS and Android - 6.5 million
Still no turkey
Tequila Mobile raises $1.7 million to expand its Android and Java social mobile gaming platform
Tequila Planet's population target is 30 million by 2012
2011 in review: Dave Castelnuovo, Bolt Creative
2012 will see a rebellion against freemium
Apple rumoured to be segmenting iPad family with prices starting from $299
Time to iPod it?
Fishlabs strengthens team with web and project manager hires
Building for the new year
2011 in review: Ilkka Paananen, president, Supercell
We're only scratching the surface
2011 in review: Peter Dille, CMO, Tapjoy
Industry needs common user privacy standards
RIM slashes price of PlayBook tablets to $299 in US
Shifting inventory
Flurry estimates holiday season was first 'power week' with more than one billion apps downloaded
Plus more than 20 million iOS/Android devices activated
2011 in review: Vlad Suglobov, CEO, G5 Entertainment
We've been happily surprised by Android monetisation
2011 in review: Jussi Laakkonen, CEO, Applifier
United we promote
Our top 10 offbeat industry awards of 2011
Celebrating the other side of the biz
2011 in review: Ville Vesterinen, CEO, Grey Area
Location, location, location... and relax
2011 in review: Giordano Contestabile, franchise business director, PopCap Games
It's been about scale. Next year, we'll need to be better
Atari's freemium Breakout: Boost does a million iOS downloads
Ping-pongin' along
3.7 million Android devices activated over Christmas weekend, tweets Andy Rubin
Normal rate would be 1.4 million
Android and Samsung extend lead in the US mobile market, according to comScore
And a third of Americans have played a mobile game
Nintendo will launch IAP system for 3DS with release of Fire Emblem
Rumoured for March switch-on
Chillingo releases its first Windows Phone game via EA
Spider Jack gets parental push
Kindle Fire sells millions over holiday season as the #1 ranked item on Amazon
It's now the clear leader in Android tablets
2011 in review: Tomas Slapota, co-CEO, Madfinger Games
Pushing for triple-A quality in 2012
2011 in review: Gary Gattis, CEO, Spacetime Studios
Play with anyone, anywhere, anytime
Free iPhone downloads up 15% in November, according to Fiksu App Store Competitive Index
Costs of user acquisition remain steady
2011 in review: Efim Voinov, CTO, ZeptoLab
Extending the Cut the Rope, and more
2011 in review: Josh Presseisen, creative director, Crescent Moon
Having to deal with the rise of IAP
Localytics sees iOS and Android activations up 12-fold over Christmas weekend
Android big in Korea, iOS big in US
Flurry tracked 6.8 million new iOS and Android devices on Christmas Day
Up from 2.8 million in 2010
10 neat mobile industry statistics we learned in 2011
Quantifying trends into numbers
2011 in review: Peter Farago, VP, Marketing, Flurry
Charting the rise of the mobile games business