PG.biz week that was: IGDA takes on Amazon, Android Market hits 3 billion downloads, Ovi Store does 3 million daily, Intel primes MeeGo, and WP7 is a slow burn
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
Class action filed against Apple over the unauthorised purchase of in-app items by children
Garen Meguerian wants his $200 back and compensation
Intel hopes LG will fill its Nokia gap for MeeGo phone adoption
Chinese OEMs also interested
Google's activating 350,000 Android devices daily as app installs hit 3 billion
1 billion downloads in 2 months
HP offers hands on with TouchPad via webOS 3.0 developer sessions
Get on board for April 28 showcase
Flurry brands Nintendo DS 'a burning platform' as smartphones eat into its market share
iOS and Android rise results in DS revenue drop
GetJar's Patrick Mork enters IGDA-Amazon Appstore debate with his Manifesto for App Stores
Be open, let the market do its work
Mark Rein to keynote new NE England mobile event; Go Go Games
Gateshead, 12 May and it's free
MIX11: Microsoft updates Windows Phone 7 chassis specification to include Adreno 205 GPU
Optional gyroscope also on board
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games World of Goo, Mission Europa, City of Secrets
Critically acclaimed
Social gamers more valuable to developers than non gamers, claims MocoSpace
Spend three times as much time on gaming portal
Android overtakes iOS in terms of global mobile ad impressions says InMobi
But Nokia and Symbian retain 40% share
PopCap saw mobile revenues rise 50% in 2010
Explosion on iOS
IGDA warns developers to think carefully before accepting Amazon's Appstore terms
Significant concerns raised
Monster Dash downloads jump by 123% as Halfbrick cross promotes on OpenFeint
Game pushed at Fruit Ninja's 25 million players
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Intel and Tencent launch Chinese Innovation Center to push games for MeeGo tablets
Powered by Oak Trail processors
Selatra's games library comes to Appitalism as distribution deal is extended
Mobile Streams licenses line-up
Sony Ericsson gives Xperia owners access to boot loader, but doesn't recommend it
Custom ROMS now playable on Play, Arc, neo and Pro
Android's share dips below 50% in US as iOS, BlackBerry claw back
Down 3% in a month
Google rolls-out direct carrier billing support to US network Sprint
Hoping to break down barriers to paid apps on Android
Glu Mobile's iOS sharp shooter Contract Killer does 5 million downloads in 2 weeks
Dialed in
MIX11: Multitasking, faster app switching and deeper integration coming with Windows Phone 7's Mango update
Microsoft planning beta release for developers
GREE extends mobile platform across Asia thanks to mig33 deal
Partnership opens up 70 million potential customers
Sony Ericsson launches own Android Market channel; UI tweak angers some customers
Removes quick access to My Apps
TeePee Games' Tony Pearce on building a recommendation portal for social and mobile games
This one's for you
Nokia's Microsoft deal could result in loss of 6,000 R&D jobs
38 percent of research headcount rumoured to be at risk
GetJar ditches white label store as CEO Ilja Laurs claims carriers have 'lost the consumer'
Just dumb pipes after all
After 25 million downloads, Halfbrick's Fruit Ninja to take on Angry Birds and FarmVille for a Webby
Voting now open
Bango expands mobile payment platform to Canada, reach hits 200 million in North America
At forefront of m-commerce revolution
Imperial Game Studio's Martin Flensburg on cross platform deployment and Android fragmentation
Google needs to create Android device reference groups
Analysts forecast Q2 '11 sales of 17 million iPhones and 7 million iPads
Raised expectations
Khronos proposes open industry standard for cameras, sensors and touchscreen input
High-level semantic input, low-level device management
Urban Airship's Scott Kveton on filling in the IAP gaps left by Android Market
Value-add services
HandyGames' Christopher Kassulke on how operators can save their failing game portals
Give them what they want - free, quality content
Urban Airship unveils IAP platform for Android that goes beyond Google's 25MB download limit
2.8 million transactions already completed on iOS
Ovi Store hits 5 million daily downloads thanks to support for Series 40 devices
Growth of 35% in past 2 months
Games on top as 84% tackle titles on their tablets
Devices also stealing time from laptops and desktop PCs
China's online gaming market to grow to $8 billion by 2014
Outpacing the US industry
Game discovery platform TeePee Games gains investment from Turner Broadcasting Europe
Boost to launch strategy
Smartphone transition is where tech companies go to die, says RIM CEO Balsille
PlayBook marks the fightback
Intel unveils new Oak Trail tablet processor, bound for 35 devices in 2011
Time to take on ARM
Popularity of Infinity Blade's IAP was 'pretty shocking to us' says Chair's Donald Mustard
New way to consume
iPad userbase 138 million by 2015, Android tablets 113 million reckons Gartner
Relative success driven by services not hardware
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Adobe looks to streamline cross-platform development with Creative Suite 5.5's release
iOS, BlackBerry and Android supported
Project Zebra secures investment to take location-based FoursqWAR multiplatform
German VC firm Venista Ventures behind injection
Windows Phone 7 game sales are disappointing; there's no upside, say developers
When does a slow start become a stop?
iDreamsky's Michael Chen on building a Chinese Game Center for Android
And why western developers should get involved
Kiip rewards network goes live for iOS and Android
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