Sociality Rocks together with Game Insight announced the Live Mobile! congress, which will be held on November 21-22 in Moscow. 

Keith Lorizio, vice president of Microsoft Corporation, last week in an interview with Beet TV said about the expected prospects of Windows 8.

The flagship of the PerBlue studio – the Parallel Kingdoms game – brings $200,000 to its authors every month. The app is not in the top 100 on either iOS or Android.

Spry Fox and 6waves have reached an agreement in a lawsuit over copyright infringement of the former.

Anyone who dreamed of getting their application on a new platform from RIM can start working: the Canadian company last week announced the start of certification of applications for the latest version of the platform.

The Finnish giant has completed a deal to sell its Vertu division, specializing in the creation of luxury phones, to the private investment fund EQT VI. 

Last week, the controversy over the alleged dates of the announcement of the iPad Mini did not subside. This week started with rumors about the cost of the device.

The most interesting articles and materials from App2Top last week: Angry Birds are sent to a galaxy far, far away, the Simpsons have turned into zombies, Supercell earn half a million bucks on iOS per day, and a former Bungie employee tells what is the main thing in the plot for a mobile game.   

Independent studio Imangi Studios, famous for the mobile megahit Temple Run, and the company W3i, specializing in promotion and monetization, announced the signing of a partnership agreement for a period of two years. In accordance with the agreement, W3i will become the exclusive “monetization” partner of Imangi on the Android platform.

Like many major publishers of “big” games, Sega is paying more and more attention to the field of mobile gaming. Yesterday, the mobile release of one of the most popular games for the Dreamcast, the fun racing arcade Crazy Taxi, took place. The project was released on the iOS platform.

The latest update of Google Play Store to version 3.9.16 contains several user-friendly innovations. The APK of the new version of Google Play is already available for download.

The Taiwanese vendor is no longer going to sell its tablets in the USA.  

Apple postponed the presentation of the iPad Mini from October to a later date due to production problems. This is reported by the DigiTimes resource.

NPD found that 59% of mobile gamers in the United States prefer their pocket gadgets for entertainment, and 30% buy improvements and IAP. 

Amazon sells devices at cost to promote its own ecosystem.

The novelty is made in the style of the flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S III. But behind the similar appearance there is a functionality that is inferior to its prototype.

News about the departures of key employees of Zynga has been appearing more than regularly lately. The other day, another one appeared in this “mournful” list, which already has more than a dozen surnames. This is the general manager of Zynga Poker, Lawrence “Lo” Toney.

The founders of Industrial Toys (one of them used to work at the legendary Bungie), told about their attitude to the plot in games and how to adequately implement it in mobile projects. 

The authors of Trials Evolution, Frogmind Games company, presented a trailer for their new project Badland. The game will be available for iOS devices.