News

• Samsung sells over 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones in first month

  Samsung Electronics has reported global channel sales of over 10 million units of the Galaxy S4 in less than a month after its global launch.

• Unity adds free mobile game development for Android and iOS

  Unity Technologies has added the ability to develop for Android and iOS games for free using its platform.

• Jolla announces first Sailfish-based smartphone

  Finnish startup Jolla has announced its first smartphone, which shows off its Sailfish OS on a 4.5-inch screen.

• US Defense Department approves Apple's iOS devices for its networks

  Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating systems.

• At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight

  Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week.

• Google eases Android app development with a new IDE

  Google has introduced an IDE (integrated developer environment) aimed at easing development of Android apps.

• Google to boost speed, cut data use on mobile devices

  Google has shown off new features that can reduce data consumption and improve Web performance on Android-powered mobile devices, drawing partly from capabilities already supported in the Chrome desktop OS.

• Google launches multiplayer Android gaming API

  Google has introduced new APIs to help developers build better games for its Android OS.

• Google says it has 900 million Android activations

  Google's Android OS has more than 900 million users, the company said Wednesday at its I/O event began in San Francisco.

• At Google I/O, attendees compete to save the world, virtually

  Google I/O has not officially started, but the developers' show is already seeing some action. Two warring factions, the Resistance and the Enlightenment, are vying for control of various "portals" at key landmarks throughout San Francisco, which are leaking dangerous amounts of radioactive energy, to determine the fate of the city and ultimately the world.

• SAP offers mobile device management for €1 per month on Amazon's cloud

  A new cloud version of SAP's Afaria mobile device management software offers IT departments a more convenient way of controlling mobile devices.

• Nokia's Lumia 925 will use aluminium frame as antenna, go on sale in June

  Nokia's new Lumia 925 phone has an aluminium frame that functions as an antenna, and is lighter and thinner than the Lumia 920, but otherwise offers similar performance to its predecessor.

• At Google I/O, expect Android, Chrome, and some privacy questions about Glass

  Google kicks off its I/O developer conference next Wednesday and if there's one thing that could steal the limelight from Android, Chrome and all the other Google projects, it's Glass.

• Nokia's Lumia 928 to sell via Verizon on May 16

  Nokia has announced the long-rumored Lumia 928, which will be an exclusive to Verizon Wireless when it goes on sale next week.

• Mozilla's Firefox OS will also appear on high-end phones

  The upcoming Firefox OS will appear on higher-end smartphones, and not just entry-level handsets, with Sony expected to release a premium device running the operating system, a Mozilla executive said.