Tapjoy, the developer and owner of the eponymous platform for monetization and advertising in mobile applications, announced the conclusion of a strategic partnership with the provider of analytical information for developers Kontagent.  According to the parties, the result of this cooperation should be new products and services for the mobile industry.

The iPhoneAppCafe resource has officially announced an App Idol contest to implement the idea of a brilliant app for the App Store. To participate in the competition, it is necessary to fill out an application by July 24, describing in detail the idea of the application.

Today, two iconic mobile games have been released at once: firstly, an update and an HD version of the popular Tiny Wings, and secondly, Amazing Alex from Rovio.

Amazon has announced GameCircle for Kindle Fire, a comprehensive service similar to Game Center for iOS.

According to the results of a mini-study conducted by Ampulum companies, users find mobile games thanks to the recommendations of their friends and using search queries in the app store. At least that’s what they claim.

Microsoft will “leave no stone unturned” in the competition with Apple. The corporation intends to compete in every segment of the market where the “apple” company is present. This was stated in an interview with CRN by Steve Ballmer, chief executive Officer of Microsoft.

Research in Motion (RIM) is investing $100 million in developing a developer community for its BlackBerry platform.

News in audio format! Let’s talk about why the popularity of mobile games is growing in China, what Beeline has agreed with Google Play and which smartphone Amazon intends to release. 

Today Activision and Rovio Entertainment confirmed rumors about future console versions of Angry Birds. The companies said that three different versions of Angry Birds for game consoles are currently in development.

The second version of the popular game engine for iOS has appeared. The v2.0 framework is available on the official website; briefly read about its main features below.

Analysts from Transparency Market Research have published a report that makes forecasts about the development of the mobile content market for the next five years. Researchers believe that by 2017 its volume will exceed $ 18 billion, with the largest revenue (11.4 billion) coming from the mobile games segment.

Now users of Russia and CIS countries can pay for purchases in Opera Mobile Store in one click: using electronic payments “Yandex.Money” or a transfer from a mobile phone account. Previously, it was possible to use the PayPal payment system or a bank card for payment.

About a month ago, we already reported that Facebook launched the App Center service. At first, it was only available to users from the USA and Canada. Now its geography has expanded to several more countries, including Australia, India, Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Google announced the next version of its Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system very recently, at the end of June. Less than two weeks have passed since that moment, and the company has already published the source codes of this OS.

MTS, the Russian mobile operator, has published statistics on smartphone sales in Russia for the first quarter of 2012. It is worth noting that the growth in the domestic smartphone market is quite natural.

The new Windows 8 operating system will be released in October 2012. This was announced at the Worldwide Partner Conference, which opened on July 9 in Toronto, by Tami Reller, vice president of Windows.

There is information that Apple will present its iOS 6 beta 3 to developers today. Recall that the company announced the 6th version of the OS at the WWDC conference last month.

Sega has created a new division of Sega Networks, focused on creating games for smartphones and tablets.