The British resource presented an infographic in which he talked about the fundamental difference between tablets and smartphones. It turned out that it comes down not only to the size of the devices.

At the conference held at the end of November Droidcon NL 2012 Distimo company told about the income of mobile markets in the USA, compared Google Play and Amazon Appstore and reported on which applications Android developers earn money on.

By 2016, Apple will still own half of the tablet market, IDC analysts predict.

Beeline Interactive, a division of Japanese Capcom, is developing a mobile f2p game in the Ghostbusters comedy universe. 

Rockstar Games has posted one of its best console games on the App Store – a gangster action game about the 80s Vice City.

American users spend a third of their time on mobile apps more than last year. They devote almost half of their attention to games, analysts from Flurry calculated.

The successful sales of the Nexus 7 have become a catalyst for the rapid growth of Asus in the tablet market. Already next year, the company for the supply of “tablets” plans to overtake all Android competitors.

From today, the fourth-generation iPad can be purchased in Russia officially.

A week later, on December 14, Mobile Developer&Business Day Russia will be held in Moscow – an event for developers and customers of mobile applications. 

Mail.ru Games has announced the launch of its mobile games in Asian markets. GREE will act as one of the Japanese partners of the Russian giant.

Exactly half of all profits from the American versions of the App Store and Google Play are distributed among 25 developers, according to App Annie and Canalys.

The company, founded by the creator of the iconic Guitar Hero series, received $6 million in investments to develop a gamepad for mobile devices. Read about the next trend among small OEM companies, the pros and cons of gamepads and the console-mobile future in our material.

The analytical company IDC has published a fresh forecast for the development of the mobile OS market for 2016. By this time, Windows Phone should occupy 11.4% of the smartphone market.

Slant Six Games, which recently completed work on Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, has released zombie bowling on iOS and announced work on three more mobile products.

Google Play now has the ability to create corporate application channels to distribute programs between employees.

Google has reported high growth dynamics of the latest versions of Android. The share of last year’s Ice Cream Sandwich is also actively growing – this OS is installed on more than a quarter of all Google devices.

The company ZeptoLab, known for the Cut the Rope series of games, yesterday announced a new project – Pudding Monsters.

The presidents of GREE USA, who previously headed Funzio, spoke about the main trends in the mobile games market. 

Kabam, a company specializing in hardcore social games, has acquired the Chinese studio Balanced Worlds Studios.