As part of the Google I/O conference held last week, Electronic Arts demonstrated an interesting Strike Fortress project. This cross-platform social game in the action/strategy genre, developed on the basis of HTML5 technology, can be played simultaneously by users of PC and Android-based mobile devices.

From July 23 to 27, Moscow will host a series of consultations on the development of desktop and tablet applications for the Windows Store app store for Windows 8. Read about the new app store and the event below.

Edible news: sweets under the Angry Birds brand will appear on the Russian market this fall. The Finnish concern Fazer is already engaged in their manufacture under license.

Recently, information has been spreading more and more actively in the online media that Apple is preparing to release a budget tablet, which is still called the iPad Mini. And, indeed, such a step looks quite justified. After all, competitors have already begun to explore this niche. Let’s recall at least the Kindle Fire and the recently announced Google Nexus 7.

Information has appeared in the Chinese press about Amazon’s plans to release the second device in the Kindle Fire line this summer. 

Despite financial problems, the recent postponement of BlackBerry 10 to next year and a decline in sales, the executive director of RIM assures that nothing bad is happening with the company.

The search giant has released a new mobile analytical service created so that developers and publishers can monitor the progress of their own applications. 

In two months, the share of Android 4.0 among other versions of the platform has grown from a negligible 3% to 10%. Moreover, it continues to grow rapidly.   

comScore has published its next quarterly review of the American market of mobile devices and platforms. According to him, 234 million people use mobile devices in the United States, Samsung is slowing its growth, and Android still accounts for more than half of the OS market. 

It’s no secret that the Windows Phone direction is currently a priority for Nokia. Nevertheless, the application market for its Symbian-based devices and the Series 40 continues to evolve. This is evidenced by statistics published recently on the pages of the official blog of Nokia developers.According to the data provided by the company, the total number of applications in the Nokia Store is 120 thousand, which is 20 thousand more than in the Windows Phone…

The most incendiary round table of White Nights! The developers of hit games gathered to discuss the specifics of creating masterpieces. Quoting Maxim Grinev, we can roughly describe the atmosphere of this discussion: “I generally do what makes me want. If I’m not hot, I don’t do it.” Other, no less vivid, statements you will remember by watching the video.

Last May, the number of downloads of free apps from the American App Store began to grow again. If we talk about the cost of attracting a loyal user, then, on the contrary, it began to fall. Moreover, it is very significant,” says Fiksu in its next monthly report.  

The enchanting performance of Maxim Grinev – we recommend watching it even for those who do not agree with the stated topic!

Digi-Capital Investment bank has published another review of the state of investments in the global gaming industry for the first half of 2012, and made very interesting conclusions regarding the mobile segment.  

Authors with Appcod.es they told us in detail (with examples) about the features of the new search algorithm in the App Store. 

Leonid Bugaev’s presentation caused a lot of contradictory reviews: they wrote on Twitter that this was “the first failed speech” at the conference and immediately – “the most interesting presentation”. Anyway, it’s interesting to listen to Leonid, so we suggest you watch the video and make up your own opinion.

Some developers claim that Apple last Friday returned to its mobile app store an old version of the search algorithm or a very similar one. 

Adobe has announced that Flash Player will not support Android 4.1. According to its representatives, Adobe has not tested or worked on Flash for Jelly Bean. 

We continue to post videos of performances from the White Nights Mobile Games Conference. Meet Kirill Petrov, Managing Director of i-Free Innovations, who will share interesting data about Russian developers.