1）NPD最新报告指出，过去6个月中使用Facebook的Android用户数量稳定增长，将近四分之三的美国Android用户通过移动设备访问Facebook。

Facebook-Android(from flash-to-html5.net)

而访问Twitter移动网页的用户占比23%，访问Twitter应用程序的用户占比18%；Google+移动网页版本用户占比16%，其应用版本用户所占比例为10-15%。

Android用户每月在Facebook应用中的投入时间将近470分钟，每天超过15分钟，但仅为用户在手机游戏中投入时间的一半。

2）据路透社报道，有知情者透露苹果新iPhone屏幕有可能是4英寸，而非目前的3.5英寸，这款新iPhone可能将于8月份发布。

amazon-kindle-fire-8.9(from tablet-news.com)

报道还指出，亚马逊新款Android平板电脑Kindle Fire可能从目前的7英寸屏幕升级至8.9英寸屏幕。

3）据games报道，芬兰一级方式程赛车手Heikki Kovalainen最近通过与Rovio合作，推出自己的小鸟游戏《Angry Birds Heikki》，这款网页游戏预计于6月18日上线，届时Heikki将头戴愤怒的小鸟头盔以庆祝此事。

angry birds helmet(from games)

但Rovio除了推出一个游戏预告片网站之外，并没有进行其他大规模推广一，而Heikki却在自己的个人网站上详细介绍了这款游戏，称该游戏将植入《愤怒的小鸟》趣味关卡，并以赛车为主题，并植入其他订制内容。

4）Informa Telecoms & Media最新数据预测，整个移动市场规模将从2011年的3258亿美元增长至2016年的6275亿美元，用户整体手机持有量也将增长23%。

其中移动网络数据是最主要的发展驱动力，届时移动网络流量将从3.89万亿兆上升至39.75万亿兆。

主要数据流量将来自网页、P2P信息及应用程序，视频服务将占据三分之一的网络带宽，但仅创造其中1%的收益。

届时一般用户将消耗比2011年多6.5倍的视频内容，8倍的音乐和社交媒体服务，以及将近10倍的游戏内容。

预计未来四年，用户每月发送的短信将从118条增长至146条。

5）GameSalad日前宣布其开发工具GameSalad Creator将支持Windows Phone平台，目前已有6万多款手机及网页游戏采用GameSalad Creator。

GameSalad(from cedailynews.com)

据其首席执行官Steve Felter所称，GameSalad Creator最初是向Mac用户开放，支持他们无需编码就能开发和发布iPhone/iPad游戏，后来又添加了Android和HTML5平台，以便用户开发跨平台游戏。

2011年约有15%的新款iOS游戏是使用GameSalad工具开发而成，在美国App Store前100名热门榜单中，基于GameSalad的游戏占据了60多个席位。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，拒绝任何不保留版权的转载，如需转载请联系：游戏邦）

1）Almost three-quarters of US Android users access Facebook via mobile

by Zen Terrelonge

Unsurprisingly, it’s the most used social network on the Google OS.

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The NPD Group says the number of Android owners using Facebook has grown steadily over the past six months.

Meanwhile, Twitter mobile web and app use is at 23 per cent and 18 per cent respectively, while Google+ secured 16 per cent for the web, while app use fluctuated between ten and 15 per cent.

Facebook Android users spend almost 470 minutes a month – over 15 minutes per day – using the app, but despite the high usage period, it’s half the time users spend on mobile gaming.

Linda Barrabee, research director, NPD Connected Intelligence, said: “Ultimately, Facebook’s mobile success rests on delivering compelling mobile app and web experiences, and monetising on these experiences.

“In order to do this, Facebook needs to ensure that monetisation efforts via advertising enhance and do not disrupt the mobile social consumer experience; and with Facebook’s IPO looming and trading expected to begin on May 18th, all eyes are on the company.”（source:mobile-ent）

2）Apple and Amazon look to supersize with rumours of a 4-inch iPhone and 8.9-inch Kindle Fire

by Keith Andrew

‘Bigger is better’ could be the theme that dominates in the latter half of 2012, with talk suggesting both Apple and Amazon are preparing to supersize their respective smartphone and tablet offerings.

Sources cited by Reuters have claimed Apple’s next iPhone – the likely iPhone 5 – could sport a bigger screen than its predecessor, coming in at 4-inches to the current model’s 3.5-inches.

Taking note

In regards to iPhone, it’s stated the larger device is a response by Apple to Samsung’s Galaxy Note, which has confounded early critics and won plaudits and sales thanks to its 4.8-inch screen.

Production on iPhone 5′s 4-inch display is reportedly already underway at three suppliers – LG Display in Korea, as well as at Sharp and Japan Display – with orders themselves set to be placed in June.

As a result, the next iPhone has been given a tentative launch date of August – that’s a month after Amazon’s revised Kindle Fire is expected to hit the shelves.

Reuters also reports Amazon is looking to go big, shifting up from the existing 7-inch Android-powered Kindle Fire – still not available outside of North America – to a new 8.9-inch device. （source:pocketgamer）

3）This Finnish Formula One racer gets his own Angry Birds game

by Joe Osborne

Screw the cup–getting your very own Angry Birds game is a way cooler accomplishment. That’s what Finnish Formula One race car driver Heikki Kovalainen just scored, thanks to a collaboration with developer Rovio. Titled simply “Angry Birds Heikki,” the web-based game is set to launch on June 18 and Kovalainen will don that badass Angry Birds helmet to celebrate.

There isn’t much known about what the branded web game will entail, as all that Rovio has done to promote Angry Birds Heikki so far is create a teaser website with sharing links to build hype. However, Kovalainen has a sliver of a detail on his personal site. “The webgame, which will feature fun Angry Birds game levels with a racing theme in addition to other bespoke content, launching later in the summer,” the site reads.

Interested players can also pick up Heikki-themed Angry Birds gear on Rovio’s web store. This type of deal isn’t exactly new for Rovio. The Angry Birds have already invaded the worlds of feature film Rio and Wonderful Pistachios with branded games. But for the developer to latch onto Forumla One of all things is certainly interesting. Maybe it’s finally time for Angry Birds Racing?（source:games）

4）Mobile traffic by 2016? Just the 39.75 trillion megabytes

by Tim Green

Ten times the current amount. Should put a strain on central London’s 2.5 networks.

New stats from Informa Telecoms & Media estimates the value of the whole mobile biz will go from from $325.8 billion to $627.5 billion between 2011 and 2016. There will be a rise of 23 per cent in phone ownership overall.

And its data that’s driving the rise, with traffic up from 3.89 trillion megabytes to 39.75 trillion megabytes.

The main uses of data will be web, P2P messaging and apps. Video streaming will consume one third of all bandwidth but only deliver one per cent of revs. Bit worrying.

Average users will consume 6.5 times as much video, over eight times as much music and social media, and nearly ten times as many games as in 2011.

Informa reckons the average number of text messages sent in a month will go from 118 now to 146 in four years.（source:mobile-ent）

5）GameSalad branches out beyond Mac to add Windows support

by Keith Andrew

GameSalad has announced its no-code-needed development tool GameSalad Creator will now run on Windows, allowing a potential 500 million plus users to utilise the game creation tool.

More than 60,000 games across mobile and web have been made using GameSalad Creator to date, with those behind the tool hoping its new Windows version – which is currently in closed beta testing – will raise that total further.

Creating history

“Since we launched at SXSW in 2009, GameSalad has witnessed incredible growth,” said CEO Steve Felter.

“Initially, we introduced GameSalad Creator to Mac users, empowering them to easily create and publish iPhone and iPad games without the need to code.

“We’ve since added publishing to Android and HTML5 platforms, making cross-platform development as simple as clicking a button. Today, we answer the requests of thousands of game developers who’ve asked us to bring this remarkable platform to Windows users.”

The firm’s stats suggest around 15 percent of all new games to hit iOS in 2011 were created using GameSalad, with more than 60 titles having made the top 100 in the US App Store.

Those looking to take part in the closed beta for Windows 7 should sign up on the GameSalad website.（source:pocketgamer）