Clash of Clans traffic scandal, Zynga sad results of the year and other news of the week for a mobile developer

Hello. Last time we tried to publish on Habré a newsletter with industry news in the format in which its employees receive KamaGamesStudio . Judging by the responses - it turned out interesting. So meet the second selection of interesting and useful for the week.


Hot and often smoking news from last week

Let me remind you that it includes key news, articles and other links (mainly to services), potentially interesting and, we hope, useful, to a mobile developer.
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news

www.fiercemobileit.com/press-releases/apple-inc-will-provide-full-consumer-refunds-least-325-million-settle-ftc-c - Apple's press release about refund (return of money to users)

www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/App+Annie+news/news.asp?c=56504 - App Annie added Windows Phone analytics

recode.net/2014/01/16/zynga-stock-drops-12-percent-after-pessimistic-analyst-note - Zynga announced the sad results of the 4th quarter of 2013. The result - the fall of the company's shares on the stock exchange

thenextweb.com/uk/2014/01/13/deloitte-instant-messaging-will-surpass-sms-first-time-uk-year - In the UK, messengers bypassed SMS traffic (number of messages)

thenextweb.com/apps/2014/01/13/chinese-messaging-app-wechat-takes-its-games-across-the-world-in-a-bid-to-become-a-social-platform - WeChat Messenger with hundreds of millions of users becomes global publisher of mobile games


The application distribution model from WeChat looks quite simple, but this does not prevent it from being very effective.

www.insidemobileapps.com/2014/01/13/fiksu-releases-retargeting-technology-for-re-engaging-inactive-mobile-users - Fiksu Mobile Advertising Network Implements Retargeting

Articles

www.edge-online.com/features/why-1-5-billion-will-change-nothing-for-supercell-finlands-newest-mobile-success-story - why $ 1.5 billion will not change Supercell

app2top.ru/?p=35710 - App2top has collected all the final interviews for 2013 with representatives of the mobile application market in one text

app2top.ru/news/number-download-s-phone-in-states- more - 35663.html - the number of downloads from the iPhone in the US is no longer growing

mobiledevmemo.com/deceptive-mobile-install-ad-tactics-just-begun - Mobile gaming market leaders have been involved in an ugly user trick story: Candy Crash and Clash of Clans are advertised on the Web and are forced to send the user to the app store, even without click on ads.

Links

www.arcticstartup.com/2014/01/14/supercell-rovio-and-king-tv-commercials-you-missed-because-you-dont-live-in-the-states - Supercell, Rovio and King commercials, who were spinning on tv

venturebeat.com/2014/01/15/chinas-crossfire-is-bigger-than-league-of-legends-and-world-of-tanks - TOP-10 Online games in 2013 in terms of revenue from the sale of internal content. Fourth tanks

screensiz.es/phone - Basic mobile screens (permissions, popularity)


Top 5 mobile screens according to screensiz.es

www.facebook.com/ZyngaPlusPoker - Zynga launched rialmani poker on facebook

recode.net/2014/01/14/utest-raises-43m-for-crowdsourced-testing - The uTest testing platform raised 43 million investments

www.mobiledevhq.com/announcinganewapiandahugefreeplan-142/articles - MobileDevHQ (Story Optimization) has a good free calling plan