Exclusive: Angry Birds' developer Rovio is on the trail for mobile IP acquisition
Nest needs more eggs
Evolve 2011: You can make money from Android: Top Tapjoy game is making $150,000 a month
#evolve But don't try paid content
Evolve 2011: With freemium, 0.5% of your users can drive 80% of profits says Snappy Touch's Llopis
#evolve Flexible pricing is the future
Evolve 2011: The network will be the game. Devices will be expressions of this, says Ideaworks' Closs
#evolve Cross platform is lost in the cloud
Mobile Pie's Will Luton says Android ain't no gold rush, but there's still money in them there hills
The wild frontier
Evolve 2011: Stuart Dredges 45 interesting iOS games in 45 minutes
#evolve The good, the bad and the ugly
Evolve 2011: We need a premium app store to push console quality games says Fishlabs Schade
#evolve Filling the value perception gap
Evolve 2011: Social is more than Facebook. Everything we build is social, says EA Sports SVP Wilson
#evolve Put consumers at the centre of your business
Exent extends its all-you-can-eat PC GameTanium service to Android
$5pm service also available as white label for carriers
Already pushing 6 billion mobile ads monthly, InMobi expands US operations with 4 new hires
Millennials SVP Peter Bassett joins as head of sales
Ian Stewart returns to source with Gremlin Present label
First release is Bounder's World for iOS
Social mobile network Star Arcade does 5 million downloads
Bringing freemium to emerging markets
YouGov survey says 88% of UK smartphone users ignore mobile ads
But 33% recognised in-app ads
Former programmer claims dangerous working conditions at Gameloft Auckland
Constant crunch
Cross promotion discovery platform Applifier launches iOS beta
Sharing clicks
Report: Angry Birds' effect: Why Helsinki is the hot spot for mobile start ups
Experience, finance and confidence driving activity
New head of IGDA Mobile SIG, Kevin Dent says developers need to remember 'top of the charts is vanity, top grossing is sanity'
Less hype, more regular income
Rumour: Unity is closing a $10+ million funding round
Company valued north of $200 million
The PG.biz Hot Five: Levine's not a fan, Zynga buys again, Tapjoy loves Android, Kiip's disruptive, while Apple's hiking UK App Store prices
Last week's top five stories
PG.biz week that was: EA's $1.35B PopCap buyout, UK App Store prices bumped up, Android loses favour with developers and Steel Media swoops for AppSpy
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
CrowdStar and YouWeb partner to launch $10 million fund for indie innovation
$250,000 a piece on offer from StarFund
Suffering 91% piracy rates, FingerKicks dev GAMEized slams 'bewildering' Game Center support
Developer considering position on iOS
PopCap buyout will strengthen EA's casual gaming standing say insiders
Employees positive about move
Sony Ericsson posts 50 million Euro loss in Q2 2011 as Japanese quake hits shipments
Falls by 31% year on year
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Jack of All Tribes, Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer
Critically acclaimed
Android's daily activation rate hits 550,000 as app downloads top 6 billion
Up 50,000 in little over two weeks
Windows Phone doubles US share as ad impressions jump 31% in a quarter, reports Millennial
But Microsoft's OS remains minor player
Android developer support on the wane owing to dual assualt by iPhone and iPad
Share of new projects drops by 8%
Amazon's rumoured 9-inch Android tablet pencilled in for October launch
2 new Kindles also on the way
Freemium favourite Pocket Gems hits 40 million downloads on App Store
Holds top 10 position for 40 weeks
iOS developers on Apple's decision to hike App Store prices in UK
Bringing the UK in line, or likely to damage sales?
After the exuberance comes the loan: EA's selling $550 million stock options to pay for PopCap
Interest bearing notes to mature July 2016
Apple ups App Store prices by 14% in the UK, but Australia sees charges fall
Prices also down in Japan and Switzerland
Mobile advertising booming as number of ads served doubles in 2011 reports BuzzCity
UK up 54% from previous quarter
PopCap turned down $1 billion bid from social gaming star Zynga says source
EA's move was defensive
Tapjoy CEO Shah says Android user five times more valuable to advertisers than iOS user
Average conversion rate on the network 0.55%
Like Nokia, RIM has to deal with 6 months of transition until new OS devices ship in 2012
For Windows Phone read QNX
Smaato rolls out rich media ad SDKs for smartphones and tablets
Android and iOS on board
Future Games of London launches 18 million-strong game network to aid indie studios
Distribution and marketing on offer
VP Ville Heijari reckons Rovio is 'maybe' worth more than PopCap
Ruffling feathers
PopCap to power EA's digital business towards $1 billion in 2012 reckons Riccitiello
With Chillingo, it has 6 of top 10 iOS games in 2010
Sony announces additional $20 million to fund exclusive PSN games
To run over three years
Exit Games integrates Photon networking engine with Marmalade SDK
Cross platform connected
FreeAppADay builds on community with FunMobility's FunChat mobile engagement platform
Tapping up existing apps 5 million strong userbase
MobileBeat 2011: Microtransactions will continue to be mobile's money maker
Count the coins
Microsoft lifts lid on 4 new Windows Phone Mango handsets from Samsung, Acer, Fujitsu and ZTE
Samsung delivers first device with front facing camera
Steel Media acquires iPhone game video review site AppSpy
Moving forward
Tapjoys appoints Al Wood as app network's new CFO
Funding calls for a financial officer
Apple's UK share slides to 18% as Android takes hold at top
But users not switching away from iOS
Google rolls out fresh look for Android Market on handsets
Marketplace delivered via staggered roll out