Many of us, while traveling on public transport, standing in line and in similar waiting modes, like to pass the time in our smartphone, but they are not doing useful things there at all.

According to the editors of the American resource CNET, the best gadget of the outgoing 2012 was the Samsung GALAXY S3 smartphone. The expected choice. As for other positions, they are very controversial. 

RIM Canadians have finally released a ready-made development kit for the tenth version of their operating system. At the same time, photos of the company’s new device got online. 

The profitability of the free zombie shooter Madfinger Games has grown significantly after the integration of Tapjoy’s monetization solutions into it.

Warner Bros. Film Companies and MGM invested in Kabam studio, specializing in the development and publication of hardcore mobile strategies (Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North, Arcane Empires).

This week, Realore announced the release of its Jet Trains game for iPhone and iPad to the global market.

During December, the MAD’SCHOOL mobile application development School will hold a series of master classes. 

In the first month of sales of the iPad 4 and iPad mini, only 4% of the sessions of “apple” tablets went away. The duration of the sessions on the new products also turned out to be less than that of the older brothers.

The retail chain of “apple products” re:Store announced the start of sales and the cost of the iPad mini.

The founder of Bungie is going to revolutionize the action genre on mobile platforms. The “modular” gameplay and writer John Scalzi will help him in this. 

If it seems to you that all poker apps are exactly the same, download Poker Plus and appreciate Texas Hold’em with a non-standard retro design, social features and a user-friendly interface.

And again about Angry Birds. Rovio has announced its plans to shoot a full-length three-dimensional cartoon based on its cult series of games without five minutes. Work on the picture has not yet begun, but eminent producers have already been found for the future tape.

Former Rovio employees who recently opened the Boomlagoon studio have released their own game in the App Store.

Alexander Gorodenchuk, head of TrueToken studio, who recently introduced the Squire framework, told us about the advantages of the HTML5 platform and its nuances.

Gabe Newell said that in the near future tablets will become powerful enough to implement the mobile version of the MOBA project from the authors of Half-Life.

In November, we published the first two parts of the article “How to become a millionaire in the App Store?” Denis Wittman from the company “Erd”. Today we are publishing the third part, which originally appeared on Habr.

While Apple has announced the release of iTunes to the Russian market three times, Google Play has opened access to our users to rent and buy movies and books without official statements.

Last weekend, the ninth Flash GAMM conference was held at the Kiev Rus Hotel! Despite the name of the event, not only flash, but also social and mobile games were discussed at it. 

Last week, the consulting company Canalys announced that 50% of the revenue from the US mobile market is accounted for by 25 companies. Below are five tips from the company’s specialists on how to make money for mobile game developers.