2011 in review: Mike DeLaet, VP, Sales & Marketing, Glu Mobile
Riding the Android rocket to profitability
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Jon Jordan
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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.
Articles by Jon Jordan
Top 10 mobile game industry deals of 2011
Some made sense, some might not
DeNA integrates Mobage China with 120 million-strong Kaixin001 network
Supports existing IDs and passwords
2011 in review: Bart Decrem, GM, Disney Mobile
Riding the Android, freemium wave for the first billion
2011 in review: Rob Weber, SVP, W3i
How Amazon is shaking up the industry
2011 in review: Jon Jordan, PocketGamer.biz
There are no users in this industry
Kiip adds the power of crowds to its achievement reward system; launches Swarm events with Disney
3DTV system up for grabs in Mega Jump
Tapjoy tweaks executive roles for growth; Linda Tong promoted to chief product officer
Company planning to double headcount in 2012
WildTangent's Sean Vanderdasson on why its curated and rental game service is ideal for Android
Great games, flexible access
Unity adds support for Flash 11; backs beta preview with shortform $20,000 developer contest
Flash in a Flash
App Store sales continue as Big Fish takes 66 iOS games down to 99c
Just in time for chart freeze
EA opens the floodgates: all iOS games reduced to 99c in Holiday blow out
Drowning the App Store with its flotsam
Gameloft goes up against EA's iTunes Holiday lockdown with big 99c sale
Big beasts battle
Fishlabs' Sports Car Challenge generates 15 million minutes of brand engagement for VW
1.5 million iOS downloads in two weeks
PS Vita off to a solid start in Japan with 321,407 sold over opening weekend, according to Enterbrain
Now the fun starts
HandyGames bigs up the power of ad-funded business with 300 million ads served in November
Fuelled by Google's AdMob network
Michael Pachter's bullish on Zynga; reckons its mobile business could be worth $150 million by 2013
Sets share price target of $12.50
Glu partners with Sprint to distribute Android-based multi-game packs
Free for Everything Data users
Gameloft releases HTML5 version of GT Racing: Motor Academy on Google+
Taking social to the next level
The PG.biz Hot Five: TinyCo's new Griffin engine, Rovio's play-grounding around and whurley loves Windows Phone
Last week's top five stories
Qualcomm boosts consumer marketing, renames San Diego stadium for Snapdragon
Gains TV audience of 30 million
PG.biz week that was: Zynga IPOs, Rovio thinks about it, Samsung sells 300m phones, Fiksu launches FreeMyApps, and Tiny Tower's ARPU is $2
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
Paramount uses social investment platform appbackr to fund Naked Gun and The Untouchables mobile games
Don't call me Shirley, back me surely
Email outage and PlayBook provision see RIM's Q3 FY12 income down 19% to $265 million
But subscriber base up 35% to 75 million
NimbleBits doesn't actively track ARPU but Tiny Tower roughly has 5% conversion rate at $10 a payer
Tiny Tower grows higher
Team17 acquires Iguana as it looks to expand into social and mobile development
Worms Social expected soon
Nexage adds controls to its mediation platform including option to select and ban ads in real-time
Keeping the customers satisfied
Apsalar CEO Michael Oiknine on providing developers with a causal link between in-game behaviour and revenue
Making the most of data and analysis
Apsalar highlights the power of information with new mobile user tracking and analysis tools
Instrument your apps to uncover lucrative behaviour
Ex-Visceral Games team sets up new Melbourne-based mobile studio PlaySide
Aiming for console quality
YetiZen's Sana Choudary on its unparalleled game-focused start up accelerator program
Now open for March intake
Orange standardises its global pre-loaded games business using Flexion's wrapper platform
Across all Android and Java devices
Imagination Tech sees half year FY12 revenue up 28% to £56.3 million
PowerVR chip designs driving growth
Fiksu CEO Micah Adler on why its incentivised download site FreeMyApps is good for free apps and paid games
Download free stuff, get paid games for free
Fiksu does a Tapjoy and launches consumer-facing iOS incentivised download service FreeMyApps
Currently only available for US iTunes accounts
TinyCo's Jennifer Lu on the advantages of launching iOS and Android social mobile games simultaneously
New capability thanks to internal Griffin engine
Windows Phone president Lees given critical Windows Phone-Window 8 task by Steve Ballmer
Whatever it is, he's got to do it quick
Tapjoy does a Flurry and hires head of analytics to highlight market trends
Phil O'Neill will be joining the dots
The PG.biz Hot Five: webOS goes open source, OnLive live on Android, and Angry Birds' as the mobile ad network
Last week's top five stories
GREE plans to double US headcount with 100 hires expected during 2012
Gaining attention with zombie dog freeway billboards
FunMobility adds to exec team with ex-Glu producer Peter Traugot
And new downtown San Francisco office
Spacetime rolls out seamless support for iOS, Android and Chrome for its mobile MMOGs
Pocket Legends and Star Legends break down barriers
HP says it will continue to invest, support and develop webOS, but makes it open source
The answer is blowing in the wind
Barnes & Noble ups Nook Tablet production for 2011 by 200,000
Expects to have one million in retail channel
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus points to mobile growth with company up to 13 million DAUs
Words With Friends has 10 million player base
Russian combat sim specialist Gaijin Entertainment expands to Android
Releases Modern Conflict and Gomoku With Pals
Supermono's Tak Fung on Red Robot deal and why he's always wanted to do a location-based game
Now he has the tech and resources
Nokia launches Lumia 710 in Taiwan, Singapore, India and Russia
Labels it 'personal, colourful, accessible, affordable'
Red Robot Labs buys Supermono for undisclosed sum, adds Phil Harrison as advisor
Ex-SCEE faces Hawley, Fung and Harrison reunited
TinyCo plans for simultaneous iOS and Android releases thanks to new Griffin engine
Internal smarts