The American tops of the highest-grossing apps have changed little since the last report. As before, the ideological heirs of social projects and gambling continue to earn the most on mobile devices. Arcades and puzzles, that is, projects that recently seemed to be more suitable for smartphones and tablets, are almost not represented in the box office tops.

The organizers of Flash GAMM Moscow 2012 stated that almost 800 people attended the conference. They also believe that there would have been even more visitors if not for the early closing of registration.

Yesterday, Google introduced subscription support in its own app store. Glu Mobile immediately took advantage of this. She introduced a subscription to her virtual currency: now for $9.99 per month, players receive twice as many credits as if they paid the same amount at a time.

The share of Android in the American smartphone market has grown to 49% in the first quarter of 2012, according to experts of the advertising company Millennial Media. So Google’s operating system continues to be the “king of the mountain”; also in the US, 15 of the top 20 mobile devices run on Android 

Potential tablet buyers are less and less interested in purchasing devices from Apple, according to Ipsos Mediact analysts, who provided detailed data on the current preferences of American consumers. 

China is becoming an increasingly important territory for Apple. In the first quarter of 2012 alone, sales of Apple smartphones in the Chinese market tripled. 

They write little and rarely about Djinnworks, despite the fact that this small Austrian studio has been releasing top projects over and over again for the fourth year. Now, for example, Wingsuit Stickman is in the American top 10 paid games, and Line Surfer is in the top 10 free apps. Read about the studio, as well as the secret of their success, below.

The tablet market is storming, despite Apple’s unconditional leadership. Among the leading vendors, there is a fierce struggle for second place in the market for the supply of devices. Kindle Fire starts to lose, Samsung goes up. 

Applications developed on HTML5 work up to ten times slower even on the most advanced smartphones than on laptops, according to Spaceport experts in their new study.

The company has released a multiplatform commercial version of its engine with a long history – GameMaker: Studio. The company’s first major client was the popular German publisher HandyGames. 

The most popular free game on the iPhone for the second week in a row is the puzzle 100 Floors. On the iPad, the first place went to the unusual social game Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grade & Friends. In terms of growth rates, the Dragon Story game was ahead of everyone.  

The start of sales of the new flagship of the Korean company Samsung in Russia is scheduled for June 5 at 19.00 pm. This was officially announced yesterday by the vendor himself.

According to figures published by Microsoft, its mobile platform has not only caught up in popularity, but also left behind Apple’s operating system in the People’s Republic of China. MTS claims that the share of WP in Russia is greater than that of iOS.

The other day, the Finnish studio, famous for games about angry birds, not only announced a new project under the Angry Birds brand, but also announced that it will be released on mobile platforms this summer – June 18. 

Distimo has shared data on exactly how many downloads are needed to get into the top 25 of the best paid and free apps for the American version of the Apple App Store. 

The new iPad, according to the Kommersant newspaper, will arrive in Russian retail on May 25. The price for a “white” tablet will be about 25 thousand rubles for the “youngest” model with Wi-fi and 16 GB. 

A third of social network users access Vkontakte from mobile devices.

The tenth anniversary conference of computer game developers – KRI 2012 opened in Moscow today. Part of the conference reports is devoted to the development of mobile applications. 

Angry Birds Space and Draw Something are leaving both the American top ten most profitable games for iPhone and iPad; Minecraft: Pocket Edition turns out to be one of the most profitable apps of the week; The Sims FreePlay is gaining popularity again after the update; Rage of Bahamut has been leading the top grossing Android apps for a month.