Why do users go to spend money in a free game? Game designer Pascal Luban is sure that there are not so many reasons – only six. Among them: the desire to speed up the gameplay and the need to get to know someone on the other side of the screen.

The most popular “cartoon” company in the world has decided to approach the distribution of a new mobile application from an unusual side.

The new version of Windows Phone 7, codenamed Tango, is aimed at emerging markets and the public sector. Windows Phone 8, codenamed Apollo, will support all applications developed for its previous version. 

Finnish developers claim that piracy can benefit and lead to an increase in the popularity of the brand. Russian colleagues partially agree with them.  

A few tips for those who do not want to lose a player who has already downloaded an F2P application, as well as for all those who dream of getting him hooked on their game. As examples, we consider games such as Jetpack Joyride, Triple Town and The Lord of the Runes. 

According to a new study, the popularity of apps on smartphones is nothing more than a myth. 

This is what experts from the analytical company Chomp insist on, who recently published the results of their own monitoring of the mobile application market for 2011.

Samsung earned $ 42.15 billion in the last quarter, largely thanks to its mobile division; according to Flurry Analytics, Android apps are enjoying great success on Kindle Fire; the creators of Triple Town are suing for cloning game mechanics; Siri plays in the TV series “The Big Bang Theory”.

Distimo conducted a study of the effectiveness of the feature on the main mobile markets.

According to the results of the fourth quarter of 2011, Apple is the world leader in smartphone shipments. As for the tablet market, Android-based products are actively gaining points here. Windows, surprisingly, is also not lagging behind. 

In a few minutes you will find out how many billions of dollars Apple has paid to developers, how many downloads there were in the Android Market and how Christmas affected tablet sales.

What is convenient about F2P, why it is not necessary to finish the games to the end, which is a key factor in the success of free-to-play projects, as well as many other things are told by game designer Pascal Luban.

Five small tips for promoting applications are given by an experienced developer Priya Viswanathan. According to her, following them, you can easily save on marketers and advertising. 

Yesterday we wrote about the record earnings of Apple itself, now it’s time to talk about how much developers have earned on applications so far. 

Several news from Apple at once: the company’s quarterly revenue amounted to $ 46 billion; the largest operator in the United States announced that 50% of “New Year’s” smartphone sales were on the iPhone (good-bye Android); fans of “smart devices” after experience with other platforms switch to iOS. 

According to American analysts from Strategy Analytics and RBC Capital Market, mobile platforms have been on the market for no more than ten years. Based on this theory, the researchers assumed that iOS and Android will cease to exist in five to six years. 

The nonprofit organization The Pew Research Center conducted a study in which it found that over the Christmas season, the number of tablets among the adult population of the United States doubled.

IHS analysts are confident that by the end of 2015, Windows Phone-based devices will overtake Apple gadgets in shipments.

Android has 250 million activated devices; every tenth Korean calls Samsung Galaxy S II; threats to the mobile market.