The Chinese studio Spicy Horse Games, headed by the famous game designer American McGee, announced that a beta version of its free turn-based game Crazy Fairies is available on Google Play.

According to RIA Novosti, Apple plans to launch the iTunes Store in Russia in early December.

Yesterday, Flurry analysts published a report on the spread of mobile devices in the world. Judging by the growing popularity of mobile devices in China, China will overtake the United States in terms of the number of active gadgets in the next quarter.

A third of American teenagers use mobile devices to do their homework. The relevance of training applications is growing. At the same time, no one is in a hurry to make money in this market. What is the reason, App2Top figured it out.

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Phone 7.8 as an update will be released only in early 2013.

Slightly less than half of smartphone users in the UK never pay for apps, the portal MyVoucherCodes, which deals with discounts, found out.

Amazon continues its global expansion. Yesterday she launched the Japanese version of her app store. Apparently, it’s not long to wait for the announcement of the Kindle Fire in this market.   

On December 11, the next MAD’Day will take place in St. Petersburg. The event will discuss the development of mobile applications and the prospects for their use in business.

The iconic dreamcast game Jet Set Radio is now available to owners of iOS-based mobile devices.

Quietly and imperceptibly, a new trend has emerged in the mobile entertainment industry: porting games from current-generation consoles. The release of Pocker Smash is proof of that.

According to the results of the third quarter, the iPad accounts for only 55% of global tablet shipments. Android tablets are eating away an increasing share of the market, analysts at ABI Research found out.

Microsoft and Amazon are planning to launch smartphones under their own brands by mid-2013, according to the DigiTimes resource.

Being aware that pushy projects often repel as many users as they attract, the authors of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride decided to study them carefully.

The authors of Clash of the Clans are confident that in a few years tablets and games for them will become the center of the gaming industry. 

The Chinese tablet market grew by 63% in the third quarter. Apple dominates it. In second place are “tablets” from Lenovo.  

Apple is once again the leader in smartphone sales in the US, but the company’s share in Europe continues to decline under the pressure of Android devices and, attention, Windows Phone.

The former head of games at Disney became the executive director of the advertising mobile platform Tapjoy. Mihir Shah was told “bye”.

Last Thanksgiving, the number of downloads of mobile games increased, not only in the United States, where this holiday is celebrated, but also around the world.

To write a comment on any application on Google Play, you will now need to register on the Google+ social network.