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Tapjoy, the mobile monetisation and ad platform has announced a $5m fund aimed at supporting developers throughout Asia creating and marketing free-to-play Android and iOS gaming apps.

Facebook’s flirtations with the world of social mobile web stepped up a gear this week with the launch of its own app store.

For part two of “When is a TV not a TV”, we’ll be looking at what constitutes TV nowadays.

It seems that many mobile software patents have ceased to be about protecting intellectual property, and become more about making life difficult for competitors. By taking the dispute out of the courtroom, these big companies will be forced to co-operate and – hopefully – competition will become fair again.

Appcelerator has launched the latest version of its Titanium platform, including access to a number of ready made cloud tools that allow developers to easily integrate and deploy cloud-connected apps.

Amazon has rolled out its in-app purchasing API and subscription functionality for Kindle Fire and Android developers.

Most app makers are really interested in making a lot of money fast, and unfortunately, as the market gets more and more saturated with apps, getting rich quickly is becoming more and more difficult. Even making a reasonable profit from an app is getting more complicated. Take heart, though. There is also an upside.

New industry report points to waining developer passion for Android... But developers say Google is perfectly placed to "punch above it's weight" when it comes to mobile social media.