The main thing for the week (13.10.2014 - 19.10.2014)

About the main innovations of Google and Apple, working with Opera Mediaworks, the experience of Room 8 and the shortcomings of the latest Rovio game – in our digest for last week.

Google has introduced a new version of Android and a new line of its devicesEither wanting to annoy Apple, or really hoping to attract attention to itself, the search corporation, the day before the presentation of a new line of “apple” tablets, quietly introduced the fifth generation of its mobile OS, and at the same time a number of devices, including a game console, that will work on it.

Apple showed iPad 2 Air and iPad 3 miniThe Apple company presented a new generation of tablets as part of the October event.

Unfortunately, there were no surprises, except, of course, the announcement of a new iMac with a resolution of 5K.

The announcement of Winter Nights: Mobile Games Conference 2015 took placeThe St. Petersburg company Nevosoft has announced the date of the sixth WN Mobile Games Conference.

Opera Mediaworks: most of our advertisers believe that the price for CPI traffic can be approvedDmitry Lyulka, Business Development Manager at Opera Mediaworks, spoke about how their platform works.

Room 8: Experimenting with paid products is no longer for usAt the end of September, the Piano City music game from the Kiev Room 8 team was released on the App Store. The project not only received a feature on the iTunes Home Page in 127 countries, but was also recognized by Apple as one of the best games of September.

So we couldn’t get past the release of Piano City, and talked about the fate of the project with Ninel Gruner, marketing director of Room 8.

Tvidi.ru : less than 20% of children buy something on their own in the App Store and Google PlayA few days ago, extensive material appeared on the pages of Rossiyskaya Gazeta devoted to the growing popularity of domestic animated characters.

As part of the article, data on the use of the Internet by children in Russian cities with millions were disclosed.

Debriefing: Angry Birds TransformersLast week saw the release of Angry Birds Transformers, a new game from Rovio.

We managed to play it and, let’s just say, were a little puzzled. After all, they wanted to scold, but it didn’t work out.

App Annie Index 3Q 2014: in the USA, the main driver of revenue growth from the Play Store is the Game of War and Clash of Clans gamesApp Annie recently published a report on the mobile app market for the third quarter of 2014.

We analyze it in detail.

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