News of the day (02/27/2014)

The tablet market may no longer grow as fast as it used to; Square Enix reported 1 million downloads from Deadman’s Cross; Google announced that a modular smartphone will be released in a year and will cost from $50.

Market

The tablet market in the US has reached saturation point, according to analysts at Citi Research. The continuation of the explosive growth of “pills” can not be expected. 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57619617-37/citi-paints-not-so-pretty-picture-for-apples-ipad-future-market/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-AppleIndustry

The authors of Angry Birds are launching a new program. Within its framework, they are going to publish children’s educational games from third-party companies. 

http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Rovio+news/news.asp?c=57733Square Enix’s Deadman’s Cross half-scooter, half-buttler has surpassed the 1 million downloads mark in 11 days.

http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Deadman%27s+Cross/news.asp?c=57757Top mobile gambling games now earn more than top social gambling games.

http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=a2b9207999131347c9c0c44ce&id=52128b32a5Marketing

The larger the company, the more diversified its social marketing is. Who does this in such companies, said analysts from socialbakers.

http://www.socialbakers.com/blog/2110-the-state-of-social-marketing-2014The president of ion interactive Scott Brinker asks not to reduce all marketing to data monitoring.

Respect the context and use the information carefully, he urges (and here are his 14 marketing tips – http://chiefmartec.com/2013/09/14-rules-data-driven-marketing ).

http://marketingland.com/can-love-data-just-dont-fall-under-its-spell-74838?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed-mainDevelopment

The story of the creation of The Shadow Sun, a mobile role-playing game from the authors of the addons to Neverwinter Nights 2.

http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/The+Shadow+Sun/feature.asp?c=57687Devices 

Google will introduce a modular smartphone after all. The endoskeleton of the device with a screen and Wi-Fi module will go on sale in early 2015 at a price of about $50. The first version of such a gadget will be shown to developers very soon – on April 15-16, 2014 at the Ara Developers Conference.

http://www.cnews.ru/top/2014/02/27/v_nachale_2015_g_google_vypustit_smartfon_novogo_revolyucionnogo_formfaktora_5626274K gaming is already near.

The authors of The Verge believe that this is very cool. The bottom line is that Qualcomm has built its own Android tablet that calmly digests games with a resolution of 3,840 by 2,160 pixels. 

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/26/5449198/4k-gaming-is-coming-to-an-android-tablet-near-you