News in audio format! Let’s talk about why the popularity of mobile games is growing in China, what Beeline has agreed with Google Play and which smartphone Amazon intends to release. 

Today Activision and Rovio Entertainment confirmed rumors about future console versions of Angry Birds. The companies said that three different versions of Angry Birds for game consoles are currently in development.

The second version of the popular game engine for iOS has appeared. The v2.0 framework is available on the official website; briefly read about its main features below.

Analysts from Transparency Market Research have published a report that makes forecasts about the development of the mobile content market for the next five years. Researchers believe that by 2017 its volume will exceed $ 18 billion, with the largest revenue (11.4 billion) coming from the mobile games segment.

Now users of Russia and CIS countries can pay for purchases in Opera Mobile Store in one click: using electronic payments “Yandex.Money” or a transfer from a mobile phone account. Previously, it was possible to use the PayPal payment system or a bank card for payment.

About a month ago, we already reported that Facebook launched the App Center service. At first, it was only available to users from the USA and Canada. Now its geography has expanded to several more countries, including Australia, India, Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Google announced the next version of its Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system very recently, at the end of June. Less than two weeks have passed since that moment, and the company has already published the source codes of this OS.

MTS, the Russian mobile operator, has published statistics on smartphone sales in Russia for the first quarter of 2012. It is worth noting that the growth in the domestic smartphone market is quite natural.

The new Windows 8 operating system will be released in October 2012. This was announced at the Worldwide Partner Conference, which opened on July 9 in Toronto, by Tami Reller, vice president of Windows.

There is information that Apple will present its iOS 6 beta 3 to developers today. Recall that the company announced the 6th version of the OS at the WWDC conference last month.

Sega has created a new division of Sega Networks, focused on creating games for smartphones and tablets.

Zipline Games, a small studio from Seattle, which about a year ago offered the first public beta of a toolkit for developing cross-platform mobile projects called Moai, continues to attract investment. This speaks in favor of its popularity among developers.

Mobile app promotion is probably one of the most painful issues for developers and publishers. There are many specific cases and general tips, however, so far the most reliable way to get the most downloads is to get a feature from the app store. How do I get it on Google Play?

From August 6 to 13, 2012, LEVELAPP Summer school of mobile applications will be held in St. Petersburg.ME, where students will be able to work on creating mobile applications on the Android platform under the guidance of mentors. In addition, the program includes general and highly specialized interactive lectures.

Developers of more than 5% of free applications embed adware in their products that can change phone settings, send notifications to the user without asking and get access to his personal data. This conclusion was reached by the company Lookout, which deals with security issues on mobile devices.

According to CNET News, the Galaxy Nexus smartphone has returned to the US market, while it is available in the Google Play online store at a reduced price – $349 instead of $ 399. Its sale was suspended for a week due to Apple’s patent infringement.

At the end of last week, information appeared in the online media that the Activison internal studio, founded in November 2011 in Leeds (UK), will join the family of teams working on one of the “most important” franchises of this largest publisher – Call of Duty.According to the chairman of the British Association of manufacturers of entertainment software UKIE (UK Interactive Entertainment)

Niko Partners, a firm researching Asian IT markets, predicts that by the end of this year the number of Chinese mobile gamers will reach 192 million, thereby exceeding the expected figure for the audience of players on personal computers of the Celestial Empire – 180 million.