this is the Technology Report.More and more people around the worldare using wireless or mobile devices.In some countries,smartphones and other mobile devices serve as replacementsfor the traditional desktop computer.This increase in mobile device usagehas also led to the growth of the mobile gaming industry.Experts say the industry will be worth more than $11 billion this year.Early computers were too slow to process the amount of dataneeded for realistic pictures, sound and special effects.But processor soon became faster and less costly.Manufacturers saw there was money to be made,so they developed machines designed only for games.Now, smartphones and other mobile deviceshave created new ways to play games.Large companies compete in an expanding gaming market.Gamers and game developers recently showedand tested their productsat the Electronic Entertainment Exhibitionin Logs Angeles, California.The event is called E3 for short.Gaming industry leaders like Xbox and PlayStationdemonstrated new products at E3.Famous Americans like comedian Conan O'Brien attended the event.App Annie based in San Francisco, Californiais a mobile gaming market research company.App Annie's Marcos Sanchez says companies that develop gamesfor mobile devices are making huge profits."In fact, one company alone in some of top ten,gamea are actually pulling in over a billion in revenues.So gaming, from the mobile-app perspective,is a pretty serious thing and there's some pretty serious revenuesassociated with it," said Sanchez.Yoshio Osaki is the top vice presidentof the International Development Group.The official says new companies are doing very wellwith all the different ways to provide people with games."The video games are not just about the console anymore.And you see a lot of cross-pollination and hybridization acrossSony, Microsoft, Nintendo, EA, and Activation etc.But you also now have Wargaming and Riot Games 'League of Legends'or mobile company like King with 'Candy Crush'or Kabam or Supercell with 'Clash of Clans'," said Osaki.Many of the gaming companies depend on loyal gamers for fresh ideas.And age is unimportant to some companies.Michael Sayman is a 17-year-old Facebook employee.He spoke recently with Voice of America's Spanish serviceabout some of his Facebook responsibilities."I will be working on a system called Parse,which is part of Facebook and works with many applications,and they all connect together through what Facebook doesand what the company within Facebook.Parse also does," Sayman said.Parse software is designed to help othersdevelop even more applications for mobile devices.And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report.For more technology stories,go to our website 51voa.com.更多听力请访问51voa.com