The secret of success is LINE, a new way to monetize Facebook, an alliance against Apple, the trend of Android launcher and other news of the week for a mobile developer.

Good morning! We continue to inform you about everything that has happened in the mobile development market. Recall that the collection includes key news and articles from last week. We apologize if by the time of publication some of the links had turned into the most terrible button accordions.

UPDATE: Thank you all for the tips. Reduced the number and worked with the layout, removing the links inside the text.


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Main news!

• (Rus.) Google and Samsung have signed a serious agreement for 10 years in peak of Apple. Will change patents.
• (Eng.) A similar agreement Samsung has signed with the once popular mobile phone developer, Ericsson.
• (Eng.) In the meantime, King, the publisher of Candy Crash Saga, patented the word Candy in the names of games and makes claims to all who mention it.
• (Eng.) Facebook is testing a new way to monetize mobile apps.
• (Eng.) According to rumors, the new version of Apple TV will contain gaming applications.
• (Eng.) Apple plans to expand its payment system.
• (Eng.) AppAnnie now supports InMobi and AdColony ad networks.
• (Eng.) Mixpanel announced a solution for in-up notifications.

Success stories and not only

• (Eng.) LINE from the first person talks about the secret of his success.
• (Rus.) Magazine "The Secret of the Firm" versed in the state of affairs of a loud startup NARR8 (interactive comics).

Research

• (Eng.) VentureBeat has researched the top 10 companies in the mobile advertising market.
• (Eng.) Dynamics of sales of iPhones.
• (Eng.) Trends in the behavior of mobile users in 2014.

The Chinese are just a harness!

• (Eng.) Baidu bought a jailbreak platform.
• (Eng.) In China, the trend is gaining Android launcher. Tencent also joined it .
• (Eng.) Chinese giant Alibaba launched its mobile stor

For developers

• (Eng.) What mobile developers mean getting an iPhone with a big screen.
• (Eng.) Google Play has found a serious bug related to application ratings.

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