Company Mail.ru The Group has published a study “Mobile Internet in Russia”. About its main results – in our material.

The analytical company App Annie together with IDC last night presented the traditional quarterly report on the market of games for mobile and portable platforms. We offer its full Russian version.

Most mobile app developers earn less than $500 a month, according to the latest report from Mobile Vision.

Two-thirds of developers consider the growing competition in app stores to be the main threat to the mobile industry.

Does Kakao’s support increase box office figures in South Korea? App2Top was being analyzed, inspired by the Pocket Gamer material. 

How much mobile application developers earn on their projects, and what is the average number of studios, the organizers of the ADC conference told in their extensive research (the same guys conduct GDC).

The numbers decide. MediaBrix has published a study of the mobile and social gaming markets. It contains a comparison of CTR for social and mobile games, a detailed analysis of the American online advertising market, and much more. 

In two years, the average weekly playing time on mobile devices in children has increased by two hours, NPD experts said in their latest study.

IAPs from tablets bring three times more money than from smartphones, analysts at Magid Associates found out.

Company Mail.ru The Group has published a study according to which the total volume of the Russian gaming market in 2012 amounted to $ 1.35 billion. Of these, $99 million fell on the mobile segment.

Placed offers developers a new way to monetize applications through the original Placed Affiliate service, which collects information about the location of mobile devices.

The conversion rate of users who search for a particular service / product using their smartphone reaches 55% in the first hour. 

Words With Friends is twice as popular as Temple Run and Angry Birds, and tablets generate three times more traffic than smartphones, analysts at ByteMobile say in their February report. 

Revenue from games for portable consoles in the 4th quarter of 2012 was more than revenue from gaming applications for iOS, App Annie c IDC reports in its latest report.

In 2012, smartphone sales in Russia increased significantly. The main drivers of growth were Android and Windows Phone devices.

Kwalee conducted a study of 13 of the most successful iOS games and found out whose approach to monetization is better. Looking ahead: the conclusions were, to put it mildly, unexpected.

The decline in the cost of iPhone applications led to a 95% increase in their total revenues during the Christmas season in the first three days of sales. iPad programs were less sensitive to discounts. Income from them after lowering the price tag increased by only 51%. 

Developers prefer to use advertising when it comes to monetization of applications, but subscription brings in the most money, the analytical company Vision Mobile reports in its latest study.

App Annie has presented a large report on the dynamics of App Store and Google Play revenue for December 2012. Just below is a short version of it.