In the mobile version of the official Android store, a new category of programs “recommended” has appeared, which forms a list of applications based on user preferences.

Over the past year, the number of users of Google’s mobile platform purchasing paid programs has doubled.

Google Tablet is one of the most successful tablets running on Android OS. This attracts developers to it. However, there is an opinion that the Nexus 7’s finest hour will not last long. 

MTS has published a report of its retail network on all smartphones sold for the first half of this year.

According to Velti, in July of this year, the American Android mobile advertising market – for the first time in 2012 – grew due to Apple’s positions. 

Finnish studio BeiZ, specializing in the development of educational mobile and portable games for children aged 3 to 8 years, reported that the total number of downloads of products from its Lola Panda franchise exceeded 1 million.

The analytical company Gartner has published an overview of the tablet operating systems market for 2011-2012.

Ingo Devices, a company specializing in the production of electronics for children, and Mind Candy, the developer of the popular online game Moshi Monsters, have announced an Android tablet for children.

Kabam has released a new Arcane Empires game for iOS and Android. For the company, this release is another step away from the usual Facebook for it. Now Kabam focuses mainly on games for mobile devices.

Sony Mobile has officially announced its intention to reduce costs and improve the operational efficiency of the division by laying off some of its employees.

Lauder Partners investment Fund bought out OnLive, a pioneer of cloud gaming services.

The release date and the cost of Google’s main summer hit – the budget Nexus 7 tablet – on the Russian market have become known. 

Adobe Systems has abandoned support for Flash Player in Android-based mobile devices. Now you can’t download and install Flash using the Google Play app store.

At Sony’s press conference held on the eve of gamescom 2012, the company announced that this fall it will launch a cross-platform PlayStation Mobile gaming service that supports PS Vita and Android devices.

According to the analytical company Flurry, the revenues of iOS and Android games in the total revenue structure from portable gaming devices in the American market reached 58%. 

During the second quarter of this year, almost 154 million smartphones were sold, two–thirds of which are Android-based devices, according to Garther. 

In the second quarter of 2012, sales of Android-based smartphones increased more than fourfold compared to the same period last year, according to Svyaznoy.

Google is changing its payment policy on Android: from now on, there are no third-party payment systems in applications distributed on Google Play.

Google is putting things in order in the official Android app store. The goal is to protect users from unscrupulous applications, spam and intrusive advertising alerts.