Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Phone 7.8 as an update will be released only in early 2013.

Slightly less than half of smartphone users in the UK never pay for apps, the portal MyVoucherCodes, which deals with discounts, found out.

Amazon continues its global expansion. Yesterday she launched the Japanese version of her app store. Apparently, it’s not long to wait for the announcement of the Kindle Fire in this market.   

On December 11, the next MAD’Day will take place in St. Petersburg. The event will discuss the development of mobile applications and the prospects for their use in business.

The iconic dreamcast game Jet Set Radio is now available to owners of iOS-based mobile devices.

Quietly and imperceptibly, a new trend has emerged in the mobile entertainment industry: porting games from current-generation consoles. The release of Pocker Smash is proof of that.

According to the results of the third quarter, the iPad accounts for only 55% of global tablet shipments. Android tablets are eating away an increasing share of the market, analysts at ABI Research found out.

Microsoft and Amazon are planning to launch smartphones under their own brands by mid-2013, according to the DigiTimes resource.

Being aware that pushy projects often repel as many users as they attract, the authors of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride decided to study them carefully.

The authors of Clash of the Clans are confident that in a few years tablets and games for them will become the center of the gaming industry. 

The Chinese tablet market grew by 63% in the third quarter. Apple dominates it. In second place are “tablets” from Lenovo.  

Apple is once again the leader in smartphone sales in the US, but the company’s share in Europe continues to decline under the pressure of Android devices and, attention, Windows Phone.

The former head of games at Disney became the executive director of the advertising mobile platform Tapjoy. Mihir Shah was told “bye”.

Last Thanksgiving, the number of downloads of mobile games increased, not only in the United States, where this holiday is celebrated, but also around the world.

To write a comment on any application on Google Play, you will now need to register on the Google+ social network.

The release of the mobile version of the role-playing classics is postponed again for some time, according to the developers of the remake from Overhaul Games.  

“Professional Russian”, who performs under the nickname Dmitry Potapoff on the FPSRussia channel, is leading a campaign to raise funds for the development of the FPS Russia mobile game: The Game.

Benoit Sokal will write the script for the third part of the adventures of Kate Walker. Elliot Grassiano, who managed Microïds in the early noughties, will lead the work on it. The game will become multiplatform.

Microsoft Corporation is planning the first update of the Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system.