Apple has named the best games and applications of the American App Store of the last twelve months. There were some surprises. Also, Yablochniki presented a list of the top free, paid and cash applications of 2012. 

The cost of the Apple mini-tablet, sales of which will start in Russia tomorrow, has changed significantly over the past night. 

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

The official cost of the fifth iPhone on the Russian market will be from 36 thousand rubles. Twice as much as in the American market. 

Last Friday, App Annie published a report on revenue from mobile platforms. Shortly after the release of the data, Apple turned to the resources that posted the report, wanting to refute the opinion about the drop in revenue from the App Store.

According to the results of the third quarter of this year, Apple took second place among US mobile device manufacturers, overtaking LG, comScore analysts found out.

With a delay of about a month, Apple still released an updated version of its “media store” – iTunes 11. Yesterday, November 29, the program became available to OS X and Windows users.

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

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.

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

Official sales of the iPad Mini in Russia will start in mid-January, sources close to one of the major distributors of Apple devices tell Izvestia.

Two days ago, Apple started testing Russian iTunes, initially planning to launch the service on November 20. But in Russia, the company faced a problem, because of which it postponed these plans indefinitely.

For its employees, Apple launched the “App Discovery” campaign for free download of applications from the App Store.

Information has been confirmed that the Svyaznoy group has become a direct seller of Apple smartphones in Russia, Kommersant reports. In an interview with the newspaper, the group’s CEO Denis Ludkovsky also reported on Russian sales and ARPU of iPhone operators. 

According to the latest data from the analytical company Azimco, Apple and Samsung controlled 99% of the mobile industry’s profits in the third quarter, but Apple’s share declined significantly.

Apple is recruiting employees to the Moscow subsidiary of Apple Rus LLC.

The Russian retailer, in partnership with Apple, plans to open about 10 stores with Apple Premium Reseller (APR) status in the near future, Vedomosti reports.

According to the DigiTimes resource, Apple is shortening the life cycle of its devices and plans to release a test batch of a new generation iPhone in December.

Apple has decided to change its policy in the Eastern European market. One of the first steps is to reduce the prices of our own products in Russia.