Mobile apps news roundup: Mobile revenues surpasses handhelds, Adelphic appoints new CEO, Disney launches Where's My Summer? and more

HasOffers raises $9.4M round of funding -- Affiliate marketing company HasOffers announced a $9.4 million round of funding led by Accel Partners. HasOffers is known for its third-party tracking service MobileAppTracking, which allows app developers to track ad networks, seeing exactly what networks resulted in user acquisition. Other participants in this round of funding included RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser and Founder's Co-op partner Chris Devore. App Annie and IDC portable gaming report Q1 2013: Smartphone and tablet revenues increase threefold -- In a new report on mobile gaming, research firms App Annie and IDC revealed that smartphone and tablet revenues from Google Play and the Apple App Store increased threefold compared to handhelds, while also surpassing traditional handhelds in total revenue. For the first time, Google Play surpassed the Apple App Store in total downloads, but the Apple App Store remained the leader in revenue. Adelphic taps Michael Collins as CEO -- Adelphic announced that former CEO at WPP-owned mobile marketing agency Joule was tapped as the new CEO for the mobile ad startup. Adelphic is known for helping mobile advertisers find the most ideal audiences for their ads, addressing the inconsistent ID for mobile users by analyzing different signals that allow Adelphic to predic a user's demographic information. Payvia to acquire Mogreet -- Carrier-based mobile billing startup Payvia revealed it's buying Mogreet, a mobile marketing company which delivers campaigns through text, video and picture messaging services. Acquisition terms were not disclosed. PlayFirst brings Diner Dash to Android -- Resource manager Diner Dash, from developer PlayFirst, made its way to Google Play this week. PlayFirst also revealed that its Dash franchise reached more than 700 million downloads across all platforms globally. Disney launches Where's My Summer? -- Disney Interactive launched Where's My Summer? yesterday for iOS (coming soon to Android). The physics-based puzzler features Perry the Paltypus from Disney's animated TV show Phineas and Ferb who also stars in the hit mobile title Where's My Perry? The game is packed with 12 new limited-time levels. Elephant Mouse launches Star Trek Rivals -- Developer Elephant Mouse launched collectible card battler Star Trek Rivals (free) last week for iOS. The game features characters and ships from the two most recent Star Trek films -- Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness. Chillingo partners with Ninja Theory to publish Fightback for mobile -- Mobile game developer and publisher announced a partnership with Ninja Theory, the developer behind the recently released DmC: Devil May Cry for consoles. Chillingo will publish the Cambridge, U.K.-based indie studio's first mobile game, Fightback for iOS and Android. DeNA releases ShowStopper Basketball -- DeNA, in partnership with GameCloud Studios, launched ShowStopper Basketball this week for iOS. The game is a basketball action simulator, putting users in charge of their own teams to coach them in real-time on the court.

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