Five top mobile marketing stories, ranked and summarized every day (except weekends).
Istanbul-based mobile game studio Arcustin Games has raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding from Webrazzi at a valuation of $10 million. The studio will use the funding to expand its team, complete development of its first…
From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy "super app" launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.
Michal Korek is an executive advisor helping mobile game studios grow revenue and scale products through D2C, monetisation and economy design. Ahead of his talk at PGC Nordics, Korek shares what took one studio's…
Apple has opened App Store submissions for apps and games built for its upcoming iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, tvOS 27, visionOS 27 and watchOS 27 releases. Developers can now download the Xcode 27 Release Candidate,…
To help get you primed and ready for another week in mobile gaming, we’ve curated the biggest stories you need to know from the last seven days. 1) Unity launches official Claude Code plugin with 29 built-in engine…
The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some features apply to…
XChat, X’s standalone messaging app for iPhone and iPad, is currently unavailable on the App Store. more…
A lawsuit from last year accused the iPhone-maker of suppressing apps like Grok on the App Store.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Threads may have already surpassed X in scale, as the company’s text-based social platform reaches 500 million monthly active users three years after its launch. Speaking in an interview…
Snap is launching a new mobile app feature called Snapchat Plans. While it may sound like a new subscription service, Plans is actually a set of features that encourages hanging out in person. more…
Forecasts show ad spend increasing faster than expected and share of ad dollars funneled through AI campaigns rising to more than a quarter of U.S. spend by end of decade.
Below you can see the latest top games and companies by downloads and revenue for August 2026, as well as the big stories and trends from the last month. Data is provided by AppMagic. Check out profiles of the world's…
US streaming services are showing viewers significantly more advertising in 2026, with the average number of ad minutes per hour increasing 18% between January and August, according to Ampere Analysis data cited by…
MS NOW is expanding its direct-to-consumer business with a new paid membership available through the Apple App Store and Google Play, adding another media subscription to the mobile app economy as publishers look for…
China’s video game market generated $51.8 billion in revenue in 2025, up 5.4% year over year, surpassing the $50 billion mark for the first time, according to new data from Niko Partners. The research firm expects the…
Slovak game studio Pixel Federation is preparing the first edition of PixelCon, a new mobile games conference designed to connect Central European developers with experienced professionals from some of the world's…
Markets price a 60% chance of a September rate hike as August jobs rise 162,000 and the CPI report looms, with Fed officials split on inflation’s direction.
The insights section of the Threads app now surfaces AI summaries and contextual info about post performance.
Shortly after celebrating its 10th anniversary, geolocation giant Pokémon Go has seen yet another spending spike bolstering its revenue ranking. During the first week of September, the game generated an estimated $44.2…
Apple Arcade adds new titles to its library of ad-free, in-app purchase-free games every month. And next month, five new games are coming per Apple’s latest announcement. more…
LEGO Digital Play has acquired Offroad Games, a mobile game studio founded by a team of former Space Ape Games employees. Offroad Games took to LinkedIn to share the news, saying it has joined LEGO Digital Play and that…
South Korea is one of the world’s largest mobile games markets, which AppMagic estimates generated $4.5 billion across the App Store and Google Play from in 2025. That puts it as the fourth most lucrative country for…
The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some features apply to…
Team Jade’s tactical shooter Delta Force has recorded its highest daily player spending ever more than a year after its release on mobile. According to AppMagic estimates, the title saw its first $10 million day on the…
Latin America’s finance app market is entering a more demanding phase. As consumers build relationships with multiple financial platforms, growth is no longer defined by installs alone, but by relevance, trust,…
Schiller reportedly had reservations about new CEO John Ternus' goal of bringing in more recurring revenue from the App Store.
Looking for new iPhone and iPad games to play? The App Store has plenty of games without ads and in-app purchases. Apple Arcade is a great subscription option for families, though it’s not the only game in town. If…
A lawsuit claims the policy was stricter on third-party developers than Apple itself.
E-commerce app data to prepare for LATAM's Q4 2026 shopping season adjust.com
Apple is facing a £2 billion class action lawsuit over the implementation of its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework. Read more
Reddit has introduced a new 15-second Engaged Video Views optimization goal, giving advertisers a way to target users more likely to watch longer video ads while testing whether additional viewing time translates into…
Google will not be forced to sell its AdX advertising exchange after a federal judge rejected the U.S. Department of Justice’s push to break up part of the company’s ad tech business, opting instead for behavioral…
This story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. Almost one year into its existence, Ace Hardware’s retail media network, RedVest Media, just announced a slate of new features for advertisers as part…
In a “that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time” move, MapQuest is back to being a household name, as the original mapping app has found itself as the top of app store charts – it’s also rushing to add support for…
Meta is entering the increasingly competitive real-time speech-to-text market with Muse Voice Transcribe, a new audio perception model that combines streaming transcription, endpoint detection and speaker diarization…
Krafton India has launched KIGI Academy, a new industry-academia initiative aimed at developing India’s game development talent ecosystem. Designed in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM),…
It's called Prio and folds up when not in use, making it pocket-friendly.
Following Magic Pointer and Desktop Camera, Google has now released a “Look up” app for Googlebooks. more…
The giant Best Buy Labor Day sale is live with thousands of price drops alongside Amazon’s equally as wide-ranging holiday sale, and we have some fresh price drops to scope out. Best Buy has Pixel 11 series phones up to…
Here’s a cool new thing launching today: Cibby, a beautifully designed iOS app for physical video game collectors. more…
To help get you primed and ready for another week in mobile gaming, we’ve curated the biggest stories you need to know from the last seven days. 1) PUBG Mobile Light is now available for pre-registration ... [MORE]