According to a new report from IDC and App Annie, Android managed to quadruple revenue generated from games in Q4 2013, while iOS doubled its numbers from the same period in 2012. Google Play games reportedly made as much as handheld consoles such as the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita etc.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 broke cover last September packing a powerful hardware sheet. But it seems like the company could be announcing a refresh soon, if a demonstration given during the Mobile World Congress is anything to go by. Qualcomm and Samsung teamed up to show off a special variant of the Galaxy Note 3 during the event which was optimized to run on the Snapdragon 805 chipset.
The coveted Google Now Launcher can now be officially downloaded from the Google Play Store. This launcher initially broke cover with the Google Nexus 5 and was eventually available for side loading through third party sources, but Google has finally made it available directly through its app hub.
If you thought Samsung was the only company capable of launching a hexa-core chipset, think again. Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek appears to be working on its very own six core chipset to combat Samsung’s Exynos 5260 Hexa.
The Senior Vice President of Google, Sundar Pichai has denied that the company ever bid on WhatsApp. While he acknowledged the potential in the company, he rubbished claims of the company being interested in purchasing the popular cross platform IM client.
