Company Mail.ru reports that its search engine has now learned to search for content in mobile applications. Osmino startup helped the largest Russian Internet company in this.

How much the localization of the game costs, why it is needed, how the translation of the game takes place — about this and much more in our interview with All Correct Localization.

Svyaznoy and Euroset presented reports for 2013 on the tablet market in Russia. The figures vary slightly, but the general trend is the same: the market is in the stage of active growth.

“You are releasing a game on iOS. The chance of being featured is less than beating the casino. After the release, you will get to the 600-700 place and are unlikely to get more than a couple hundred installations in a month,” – about the experience of switching from the social market to the mobile market in an interview with CEO Nika Entertainment Maxim Slobodyanyuk. 

“People have less money“: based on the sales figures of mobile electronics, the head of Euroset, Alexander Malis, reports on the beginning of the consumer crisis in Russia.

This is 51% more than in 2012, according to a study by the domestic retailer Svyaznoy. 75% of the gadgets sold work on Android.

The upcoming conference will feature presentations by Apple iOS 7, King, Gameloft, DeNA, Rovio, Warner Bros. and many others. Also, 1 million rubles will be raffled among game developers.

Before the New Year, we interviewed our industry colleagues about what, in their opinion, happened to the market and to them this year. This article contains all fifteen mini-interviews that we managed to get before and after the holidays.

For the New Year, we have prepared an infographic with the main figures of the mobile games and applications market for 2013. 

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with RJ Games.

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with Alawar.

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with Nevosoft.

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with ZeptoLab.

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with Mail.Ru Group.

In 2013, the average salary of Russian programmers was $2,645 (80 thousand rubles). This is the conclusion reached by the employees of the Russoft Association. The average growth was 15%. 

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with AIGRIND.

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with 65 Gb Software.

There’s just a little bit left until the New Year. It’s time to look back, see what’s left behind, what’s happened in the mobile industry over the past 12 months. We interviewed our colleagues in the industry about what, in their opinion, happened important this year with the market and with them. In the first material – an interview with KamaGames.

The most expensive installations are in Canada, Australia and Russia, Chartboost reports in its November report.