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Other April 24, 2013

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We have released a version of our tamagotchi project Meow for Android devices. Despite the fact that we did not take any special steps to promote it, the game began to grow rapidly in the ratings.

Other April 23, 2013

The success criterion is the average number of daily sessions

How often users launch the application correlates with the level of retention and engagement of the project audience, says Pocket Gems executive director Ben Liu in an interview with Pocket Gamer.

Statistics April 23, 2013

iPad leaves no chance to make money on mobile advertising to others

Apple devices continue to dominate the mobile advertising market, with the share of the iPad-mini growing by 20% in March alone.

Industry April 23, 2013

GitHub posted a memo on the design of the UI of Android applications

Not all graphic designers are programmers and, unfortunately, not everyone reads the official documentation on UI design. It is for such that a GitHub employee posted a memo on the design of Android applications.

Other April 23, 2013

Smartphones on Firefox OS are already on sale

Today, the first smartphones based on Firefox OS have appeared on sale. The budget models Keon and Peak are designed for programmers developing web applications for the open OS from Mozilla.

Other April 23, 2013

Chartboost has opened a division in Europe

Chartboost advertising platform announced the opening of a new office in Amsterdam to support its European clients.

Other April 23, 2013

About the first results of Cut the Rope: Time Travel

The third part of Cut the Rope topped the charts of paid App Store apps in several countries at once, including the USA and Russia, Vedomosti reports.

Statistics April 22, 2013

Advertising on iOS brings more than on Android

The mobile advertising market totaled $4.1 billion in 2012. This year, analysts promise that the market volume will grow to $ 7.3 billion. And most of it will be on iOS. Why?

Industry April 22, 2013

Google Play now has the ability to respond to user “reviews”

Last Friday, developers discovered the ability to respond to user comments on Google Play.

Other April 22, 2013

Do the achievements spoil the games?

Last week, an article by Cassie Gotto appeared on the pages of Venture Beat, “Have achievements and trophies changed the way we play games?“, which criticizes the widespread distribution of awards in modern games.

Other April 22, 2013

DeNA told about live events

“Live events are an integral part of the entertainment service,” Chris Plummer, CEO of DeNA’s American division, said in an interview with Inside Mobile Apps.

Other April 22, 2013

The main news and materials of the last week (15.04 – 19.04)

How to make a successful children’s game, how much mobile games earn in Russia, how many times Google Play revenue has grown over the last quarter, as well as much more in our weekly digest.

Other April 19, 2013

“Child Prodigy from the cradle” and Ebola Communications have created a children’s educational app for iPhone and iPad

Industry April 19, 2013

Facebook has released a new SDK for iOS

While Facebook Home firmware for Android was getting all the attention of the press, Zuckerberg’s forge was preparing the release of the Facebook SDK 3.5 for iOS. It promises improved integration of the Open Graph protocol.

Statistics April 19, 2013

Revenue from Google Play has doubled in three months

According to App Annie’s calculations, in the first quarter of 2013, Google Play revenue increased by 90%, while the number of downloads of Google Play and the App Store were almost equal: Google Play reached 90% of the App Store level.

Interview April 19, 2013

Opera: by launching the appstore, Amazon will make the Kindle tablet more interesting

Amazon recently announced that it is going to open its own store of applications in 200 new countries. One of them will be Russia. In connection with this announcement, we talked about the fate of Amazon with Opera.

Other April 19, 2013

Are mobile games a soap bubble?

The average American gamer spends $0.92 per month on mobile games, according to Interpret. According to the company, this is very little. If developers want to earn money, they need to switch to other platforms. Is it so?

Other April 19, 2013

The Rovio gaming division was headed by the former vice president of Playfish

The authors of Angry Birds hired Jamie Laes, a former vice president of EA Playfish, as vice president of games. His predecessor, in turn, announced that he was leaving the company.

Other April 18, 2013

Mobile App Analytics from A to Z. Part #2

Matt Tubergen, Vice President of Taptica, tells how to work with analytics on the pages of Pocket Gamer. We offer a translation of his second article, “Fundamentals of Post-Installation Analytics“, dedicated to events and their parameters.

Industry April 18, 2013

Paradox has successfully launched a campaign to promote Leviathan

We have already written about the Leviathan: Warships turn-based strategy and, in fact, we did not plan to write more at least until the release of the project. But Paradox Interactive surprised us with an unexpected approach to advertising.