It is not always easy for developers of mobile applications to find money to develop their projects, especially the first ones for the studio. Alexander Lyskovsky, CEO of Alawar Entertainment, talks about a variety of sources of funding for a game project or a development studio in general.

This conclusion was reached by analysts from Frank N. Magid, who conducted a study of trends in the mobile market – Magid Media Futures: Mobile 2012, commissioned by PlayFirst. Special attention was paid to tablets and the behavior of their users.

At the Google I/O conference currently taking place in San Francisco, the search giant officially announced its own tablet, which is produced by the Korean company Asus.

The authors of Tiny Village and Tiny Pets from TinyCo claim that the Android platform has already caught up with iOS in a number of important “payment” indicators. 

At what price are users more willing to buy apps? Which genres are most popular? Which monetization model should I choose? You will see the answers to these and other questions in the video of the round table with representatives of app stores.

During the GDC Taipei Summit 2012 conference, held on June 26-27, Epic Games executive director Tim Sweeney said that the Infinity Blade game for iOS has become his company’s most profitable project, even in comparison with the super-hit console series Gears of War.

The latest edition of the podcast – in three minutes you will learn the main news for this day. Let’s tell you that Rovio wants to invest in Russian startups, Death Rally earns $350 thousand a month, and virtual App Stores have appeared in 32 more countries.

Several round tables were held at the White Nights Mobile Games Conference, and one of them was devoted to the monetization of games. Social Quantum and Nevosoft, together with a representative of the InMobi advertising network and the company providing billing solutions (Fortumo), discussed which strategies bring the greatest profit.

Microsoft isn’t really going to promote its tablet. By introducing Windows 8 on the Surface, the company will leave the market. 

Yesterday in San Francisco, Zynga held a press conference called Zynga Unleashed 2012, at which a number of announcements were made.  The greatest interest was aroused by the announcement of the creation of a new social network Zynga With Friends, through which the company intends to unite users of its products on several platforms – iOS, Android and Facebook.

Apple has changed the search algorithm in the App Store. Read about the changes and the first victims of the innovation below. 

The other day, appMobi, which supplies tools and services for creating HTML5-based applications, shared interesting statistics regarding this platform.

In the American App Store in the iPhone version, the most popular game is Flow Free, developed and published by just one person. The best growth for the week was shown by the bdsm clone Temple Run: Brave.

One of the largest manufacturers of children’s toys has signed a contract with the French company Gameloft to develop and publish applications under such brands as My Little Pony and Lillest Pet Shop. 

Sandra Ilyina, Business Development Manager at Opera Software, came to our conference to talk about new opportunities for mobile application developers.

Microsoft evangelist Vladimir Kolesnikov spoke about the ecosystem as a whole and app stores. From his report, you will learn about what is happening on the Windows Phone Marketplace (numbers and trends), how Microsoft sees the future of the Windows Store and what it offers developers.

A popular Finnish company is currently looking for promising domestic teams engaged in the development of mobile games.

An interesting story about the GetJar cross-platform store: how they work with developers there and how they help to get a higher income. Speech by James Mooney, Sales and Business Development Director in Europe (Sales and Business Development Director: EMEA) at White Nights.

At the White Nights: Mobile Games Conference, Sanjar Ismailov spoke about the opportunities that Google offers for promotion. His speech was the first in the section of representatives of platforms and app stores – today during the day we will also post reports from Microsoft, Opera Software and GetJar. Stay tuned!