Beefy Media and ngmoco head up Business Track at Develop 2011
Indie philosophy up for debate
Uplinq 2011: HTC's Peter Chou announces HTC Dev program so developers can make the most of new 'golden age'
#uplinq Highlights Onlive streaming game service too
Ngmoco opens developer access to sandbox environment for the Mobage social gaming platform
Commercial launch only weeks away
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to begin US roll out from June 8
New York first, rest of the country from June 17
Nokia CEO Elop brands Microsoft buyout rumours as 'baseless'
No alignment between businesses
The Heist hits 500,000 downloads on App Store in first week
Pulls in $300,000 in revenue in the process
Qualcomm introduces 100 game strong Snapdragon Game Pack to push Adreno GPUs
Processing power put to the test
App Store market share plummets by almost a third to 59% in 2 years
But Apple will remain king for some time to come
Rovio acquires Finnish animation studio Kombo
Firm to focus production on studio's IP
First Touch Soccer and Chaos Rings Omega are top-reviewed iOS games for May
Critical acclaim
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens make their predictions for E3 and WWDC
Double trouble, or twice the fun?
Windows 8 the OS of choice as Microsoft showcases ARM powered tablets
Live tile UI borrows heavily from WP7
Backflip has done 100 million downloads and generates 1 billion monthly ad impressions
Success built on balance of paid, IAP and ad revenue
Uplinq 2011: Qualcomm's Rob Chandhok reckons mobile web apps will beat out native apps
#uplinq Bigger audience, more dynamic ecosystem
Uplinq 2011: TouchPad launch and PC support will boost webOS from underdog to player says HP's Jon Rubinstein
#uplinq By the power of the ecosystem
iSwifter launches iPad app to enable play of browser-based Flash games
Available for $4.99 subscription fee
m8 Capital bumps investment in mobile and social publisher Portalarium up to $3.6 million
First move on US market for UK firm
Uplinq 2011: 'Mobile is the dominant computing platform and it's never going back' says Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs
#uplinq The future's bright
Trinigy rolls out Vision Game Engine support for NGP
SDK optimised for Sony handheld
Big Ideas Digital's Say What You See: The Collection hits 600,000 downloads in May
Tops free charts on iOS in UK and Ireland
Social and mobile studio Outplay Entertainment commits to Dundee HQ
150 jobs on the way
Gameloft MMORPG Order & Chaos Online pulls in $1 million in 20 days
Updates planned to push momentum
PopCap hands Amazon Appstore 2 week exclusive on Android's Plants vs. Zombies
Following in Angry Birds' footprints
Opinion: Apple's stance against Lodsys was heroic, but developers calling out for consistency
Giant needs to better support dev community
Lodsys sues 7 iOS, Android and Mac developers, but proffers $1,000 apiece if wrong
Firm claim's Apple stance has 'no basis in fact'
Nokia revises Q2 2011 device & services sales forecast down to 6.1 billion
But Microsoft deal will generate 'billions of dollars'
Middleware developer Metismo acquired by process specialist Software AG
German firm takes charge of Bedrock
Tapjoy says Apple's incentivised download ban is destroying the user experience and threatening the freemium model
Two thirds of surveyed developers have lost 20% of their revenues
Powering 250 future Android smartphones, plus launch Windows Phone Mango devices, Qualcomm highlights its synergies
#uplinq Integrated, OS agnostic, mobile-focused
Data miner GamesAnalytics adds Capital Games and Channel 4 to client base
Further partners to come in coming months
GameHorizon signs up Epic Games as headline sponsor
Rein and co. to help expand project
Appsfire downloads hit 2 million as discovery tool secures $3.6 million in funding
Investment round led by Idinvest Partners
Apple confirms Jobs to unveil iOS 5 at WWDC 2011 keynote
iCloud will also share the limelight
Tower Studios' Jon Hare on the moving goalposts of games investment
Why every developer should talk to investors
Tap Tap Tap's The Heist clocking up 1 download a second on iPhone
More than 100,000 copies sold in 2 days
Mobile ad firm 24MAS acquires digital media agency Spoiled Milk
Third purchases in 4 months
Google pulls scores of console emulators from Android Market
Blocks Yong Zhang's developer account
Android plateaus in the US as smartphone share stalls at 36%
Three-way race with Apple and RIM slows to a halt
ARM aiming for 50% share of mobile processor market by 2015
Chip architecture currently in 10% of all phones
HTC's Mango powered 12MP 'Mazaa' for Windows Phone hits web
Murtazin spills the beans
Samsung demands to see next iPhone, iPad as it claims Apple lawsuit won't be 'legally problematic'
Mobile head denies it copied designs
The PG.biz Hot Five: Apple courts Samsung, Android Market slumps and how publishers have turned into 'monsters'
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PikPok's Flick Kick Football hits 1 million in under a year
Sales split across iOS and Android
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Amazon job posting points towards move into mobile social gaming
Online retailer looking to 'innovate the market'
Nokia to continue to support Symbian until 2016 confirms CEO Elop
Updates will be pushed out even if handsets aren't
Eight interesting things we learned from Glu Mobile's first analyst day
Getting better, quicker, freer, more Android-y
OpenFeint adding 3 million users a month on Android as games roster hits 460
16 new games on the way
Microsoft making 5 times more money from Android than Windows Phone
HTC paying patent fee of $5 per device
Men outspend women 9 to 1 on virtual goods reports MocoSpace
But actual share of gamers drawing close