The analytical company IDC has published a report on the tablet market for the third quarter of this year. According to the results of this study, Apple is rapidly losing the tablet market.

Samsung has sold 30 million Galaxy S III smartphones since the flagship went on sale.

Last Friday, sales of iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad tablets started in the United States and most of Europe. And by Monday, Apple announced the first results: in three days, the company sold 3 million new devices.

Finnish companies that produce mobile games spend their earned money in different ways: the authors of Clash of Clans invest in the future of all mankind, Rovio – in their future. 

The Japanese company DeNA, which owns the mobile social gaming network Mobage, continues to be active in introducing it to international markets. Recently, she announced the conclusion of partnership agreements with 10 developers from different countries.

Today, Verizon, one of the largest American telecommunications companies, announced that it will suspend support and development of its own Verizon Apps digital store from January 1.

Tapjoy has launched a new service for developers that will help encourage users to take certain actions: make purchases, return to the app, or complete the game to the end.

Developer Ernest Woo talked about the advantages and difficulties associated with creating games for Amazon.

According to the results of the third quarter of this year, 75% of the global smartphone market belongs to Android.

An updated version of the Marmalade SDK engine was released today, numbered 6.1.2. It now has full support for iOS 6, Xcode 4.5 and iPhone 5.

Recently, Betable, a company engaged in digital betting for real money, announced the signing of partnership agreements with three gaming companies – Slingo, Digital Chocolate and Murka Games.

The App Store is used for promotion by all the largest companies in the world. This conclusion was made by Distimo after analyzing the Apple mobile application market.

Apple has released an update for the iOS mobile operating system to version 6.0.1 and a beta version of iOS 6.1.

The company’s internal studio yesterday released Air Patriots, Amazon’s first mobile project developed immediately for Kindle, Android and iOS. 

The search giant has demonstrated the impact of holidays on the number of search queries and advertising clicks on mobile devices. 

Crowned with laurels, the Finnish Rovio team, together with fellow countrymen from Nokia, is preparing another replenishment of the Angry Birds franchise called Angry Birds Roost (“Roost of Angry Birds”) exclusively for the Lumia line of smartphones based on Windows Phone.

In September, the price of a loyal iPhone user in the United States fell to the level of May 2011, as for the number of downloads, it remained almost at the level of August. 

There was a rumor that the presentation of the new flagship smartphone model from the Korean company Samsung is already scheduled for the beginning of next year.

A study of the mobile audience conducted by Flurry showed that older users prefer tablets to smartphones, the main activity of “tablets” falls at nine in the evening, and also that they play on them much more than on “smart tubes”.