Apple is adding new functionality for developers of “apple” content: each application will soon have a direct beautiful link to the domain AppStore.com .

According to rumors, Android OS developers will offer consumers another “dessert” very soon. The other day there were reports of a leak of a Qualcomm presentation, in which it is mentioned several times that Key Lime Pie will be released this spring.

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%. 

Even the NES had its own gun. We used it to shoot ducks. Twenty years have passed. Now, as it turned out, mobile gamers can also get a gaming gun.

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.

The Swedish publisher, despite the cancellation of the mobile version of Hearts of Iron, is still going to strengthen its position on the App Store and Google Play. As it became known today, February 1, Paradox is developing a wargame about the battles of naval ships. 

Peter Relan, one of the founders of OpenFeint, has launched beta testing of the OpenKit platform, designed to “equip” mobile games with cloud data storage, a multiplatform results table and integration with social networks.

The startup PlayHaven, which is engaged in the monetization of games, caught Charles Yim in its networks, who worked on the development of AdMob and was responsible for three years at Google for partnering with mobile application developers.  

Imangi Studios has announced a new record in the mobile market: reaching the mark of 50 million downloads of one game in 14 days. Even Angry Birds can only dream about this performance.  

Judging by the figures given in Electronic Arts’ latest quarterly financial report, the company’s highest-grossing mobile game in the fourth quarter of 2012 was The Simpsons: Tapped Out for iOS, which brought in $23 million. 

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.

As they say, they did not wait. The founder and CEO of Nival Sergey Orlovsky became one of the directors of Alexander Lyskovsky’s company – Alawar, reports CNews.

Yesterday, January 30, a presentation of RIM took place in New York. At it, the Canadian company announced its own rebranding, and also officially introduced two new devices. 

Gameloft has announced an online mobile third-person shooter Blitz Brigade for iOS and Android and at the same time “quietly” closed its Indian studio in Hyderabad.

Brothers Ian and David Marsh (Ian and David Marsh), authors of Tiny Tower and Pocket Planes, are working on a mix of a snake and a role-playing game under the uncomplicated name Nimble Quest. 

The Epic Citadel application, demonstrating the power of the Unreal Engine mobile version, has appeared in the official Android store. Just two years after the release on the App Store.

Employees continue to leave Zynga. According to the Polygon news site, Brian Reynolds, the chief game designer at Mark Pinkus’ company, recently left it.  

In December last year, advertising companies asked for one and a half times more per user than in October, Fiksu company reports in its monthly review of the American iPhone application market. The number of downloads, according to her data, has also increased significantly. 

The creators of the Modern Combat, N.O.V.A. and Asphalt series reported a 27% annual increase in revenue. They would have been more significant if not for the mediocre results of the fourth quarter.