News of the day (02/26/2014)
App Annie presented as many as three materials about the market situation; Swrve shocked with information about exactly how many players are willing to pay for free content; Facebook reports that most referrals come from the social network’s mobile application.
Market
App Annie, together with IDC, has published a traditional quarterly report on the mobile and portable games market.
Flappy Bird was ahead of everyone in terms of downloads.
http://blog.appannie.com/app-annie-index-apps-january-2014/Industry
A lot of material about independent developers and specifically about Rami Ismail from Vlambeer studio.
0.15% of mobile gamers are responsible for 50% of IAP in free-2-play.
Desktops – your century has come to an end.
About what kind of system it is – in the material.
http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Monetizer/feature.asp?c=57703Platforms
Mark Dillon from Jolla, a former Nokia engineer and now the father of Jolla, talks about his mobile platform.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/25/jolla-breaking-the-smartphone-mold/?ncid=rss_truncatedDevices
Women prefer Apple smartphones, and men prefer Samsung, according to representatives of KS Mobile, who recently conducted a survey of American mobile device users.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57619501-71/women-prefer-apple-gentlemen-prefer-samsung