It has been reported that the American company InMobi, engaged in mobile advertising and its monitoring using the original Ad Tracker service, is leaving Russia and Eastern Europe.

The Chinese mobile games market is still a mystery for developers wondering if it is possible to make money on it. As the experience of Punchbox Studios shows, it is possible, and a lot.

Leonid Bugaev in the framework of his new TV program “Mobile bestsellers” on the information and analytical Internet channel SeoPult.TV interviewed the head of the Yandex service.Store of Alexander Zverev.

This week, two Unity seminars will be held in the Northern Capital. One – together with Ingria, the other – within MAD’camp.

Last night, Google officially (albeit without an event) presented an updated version of the Android 4.2 operating system.

Microsoft said that the first smartphones for Windows Phone 8 will be on sale on the shelves of Europe this weekend, and also shared new details about its mobile OS. The world press, having played with the platform, is not enthusiastic about it yet.

Massive marketing “artillery preparation” for the release of Angry Birds Star Wars, which is scheduled for November 8, is coming to the finish line. 

The Russian analytical companies WapStart and Openstat conducted a study of the mobile audience of the Runet in order to evaluate the advertising opportunities of this market segment.

It became known about the cost reduction for the 16 GB version of the tablet, as well as the appearance of a new 32 GB model. 

Today we have the 600th subscriber on Facebook! It was Andrey Dankevich, who receives from us as a gift a ticket to the Winter Nights: Mobile Games Conference (February 8-9, 2013, St. Petersburg)! Chillingo, App Annie, Pocket Gamer, FishLabs (creators of Galaxy on Fire), Flurry, Unity, Marmalade have already confirmed their participation in the event, Mail.Ru , PlayFirst, Microsoft and Google. Who wants to meet personally with the leading market players?

Today it became known about the attraction of $ 75 million to the company IMI.VC (In Mobile Investment), which invests in the field of mobile and social games.

The results of a study conducted by BigInsight showed that young Americans prefer Android, and their grandfathers prefer iOS.

The most interesting articles and materials of App2Top last week: Apple introduced new iPads; Big Fish talked about its casino, and Nevosoft about the Russian market; Alawar described the main mistakes of developers; Wild Tangent CEO revealed the difference between Russian and American businesses. Also in the issue: mobile advertising brings Facebook $152 million per quarter, the App Store is now ruble and much, much more 

The largest online retailer Amazon.com Inc. reported on the financial results of the third quarter.  For the first time in the last 4 years, the company suffered losses. However, these indicators do not run counter to Amazon’s development strategies.

Opera has published a report on the state of the mobile advertising market for the third quarter. According to her data, despite the dominance of the Android platform in terms of traffic, iOS still brings the greatest profit from mobile advertising.

App Annie company announced in its official blog that over the past 24 months, the profit coming from mobile applications distributed for free on iOS has quadrupled, and on Google Play – 3.5 times. 

Google has canceled the planned presentation of new smartphones and tablets of the Nexus line, as well as the announcement of Android 4.2.

Today, October 26 – with a difference of one day with the worldwide release of Windows 8 – Microsoft has released the Surface tablet to the American market. 

One of the best games in the Grand Theft Auto series – the neon masterpiece Vice City – will appear on the windows of mobile markets this fall, Rockstar has officially announced.