Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Edge Extended, Jetpack Joyride
Critically acclaimed
Foxconn making 20 million iPad 2s in Q3 2011, up 60% from Q2
Breaking previous sales records
Appsfire calls one and all to adopt its open source OpenUDID to deal with Apple's iOS 5 deprecation
Filling the identity gap
PlayHaven launches live HTML5 marketing, engagement and monetisation platform for iOS games
Glu, Halfbrick and Joybits already signed up
OpenFeint to become the Facebook of social gaming, claims veep Fassett
Filling the gap for a dedicated gaming platform
Multiplayer cross-platform toolset Game Closure closes seed funding
Seven investors stump up undisclosed sum
ComScore study reveals a quarter of UK smartphone users can recall seeing an ad
Up 28 percent compared to March
Samsung highlights bada's streamlined features in comparison with Android's complexity
Encouraging developers to switch?
Fishlabs prepares for Galaxy on Fire's freemium expansion with key online and community hires
Countdown underway
HTC Jetstream to arrive in US September 4, from $700 and exclusive to AT&T
First Honeycomb, LTE tablet from HTC
Openwave sues Apple, RIM over mobile connectivity patent infringements
Asks ITC to ban imports of smartphones and tablets
Bulkypix's Vincent Dondaine on why its dev experience and 15% split make it the ideal mobile publisher
Sees both sides of the situation
Appbackr looks to link developers and funders in a cashflow positive and profitable cycle
Help devs, get up to 54% return if they're successful
Euro's strength hits Gameloft as it posts flat H1 2011 profits of 5.3 million euros
Otherwise, sales up 15 percent year-on-year
GREE signs deal with Unity to freely distribute Unity for GREE tech in Japan
Next step in the relationship
Opinion: Flurry makes a confusing comparison between actual US online ad spend and potential US mobile app inventory
Fillrate is the missing piece of the puzzle
Microsoft brings European PEGI age ratings to Windows Phone games
Now integrated into its submission process
Sony confirms its PlayStation-certified Android tablets S and P will launch from September
European first, prices starting from 470
Appscribe to launch subscription service for Android games and apps
Preparing for September launch
HP to deliver one last batch of TouchPads, but only for America
Firm applauds consumer enthusiasm
Marmalade adds native support for QNX OS and BlackBerry PlayBook
Early developer interest recorded
MobileBits pushes flexibility and control with Delta Engine, its open source .NET/C# tech for iOS, Android and Windows Phone
Suggests Unity is for script kiddies
BlackBerry's developer head Mike Kirkup resigns to seek next adventure
Cites changing mobile landscape
Another Nokia VP leaves; starts Nokia co-funded games, apps and future tech investment fund Vision+
Hope to broaden Windows Phone ecosystem
Android twice as big as BlackBerry in US as RIM's smartphone share halves in last 12 months
Google moving towards 42% share
'We're trying to raise Android gaming. I think we're succeeding,' says Sony Ericsson's Harrison
Committed to the long haul
Samsung launches 'most downloads' competition to push Samsung Apps
Galaxy and Wave smartphones eligible
SponsorPay launches new mobile cost-per-action campaigns for iOS, Android and Windows Phone
Hires Tehyon Kim from Tapjoy to lead developer push
Snuggle Truck, Battleheart and Gears lead mobile charge as Unity Awards finalists announced
Preparing for Unite 11
HP plans OTA update for TouchPad as speculation rises over a Samsung bid for webOS
OS resurrection? Defibrillator charging
Fiksu launches App Store indices: reckons acquisition cost of a loyal iOS user is $1.20
Trend spotting
Samsung boosts its bada OS, unveils three new Wave handsets
First to run bada 2.0
Windows Phone Marketplace hits 30,000 apps in 10 months
Growing at almost twice the rate of Android Market
LG looks to bolster Optimus 3D app library with game converter for 2D titles
First demo due at IFA 2011 in Berlin
RIM rolls out BlackBerry Tablet OS Native SDK beta for game devs
Closed program hits wider developer community
MocoSpace's Scott Hyman on 5 tips for developing HTML5 mobile games
Feeding the fire without getting burned
Amazon's subsidised $300 Android tablet could sell 3-5 million units in Q4 2011 reckons Forrester
Could provide the platform for Android tablet success
HTML5 Dev Con announced: 27 September in San Francisco
Execs from Sibblingz, Google and Microsoft onboard
Opinion: What does turbulence at HP, Motorola and LG tell us about the state of the mobile industry?
Market's growth is narrowing
EA builds up its free Android games catalog with Tetris release
Get your Marathon mode on
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Gameloft launches 99p UK subscription deal for one Android game every week
Recurring revenues
Tapjoy names Larry Berkin as new vice president and general manager of Asia-Pacific
Eastwards expansion
Nextpeer announces challenge-based real-time multiplayer and monetisation platform
How to go social at short notice
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the legacy of Steve Jobs and Apple's future prospects
Use the Force, Tim
Online gaming veterans Chung and Lambright launch social gaming engine MICE through start-up Motiga
Scaling down the resources for multiplayer development
The only sensible option for LG is to sell its mobile division says analyst Horace Dediu
Its performance is destroying the entire company
$45,000 up for grabs as XMG Studio teams up with The National Post to launch Great Canadian Appathon²
48 hours to make a hit game
PS Vita has better chance of fighting off mobile than 3DS, reckons EA's Frank Gibeau
Smartphones have changed the landscape