The Next Web reports that WhatsApp, the popular mobile message service, has reached 27 billion messages over a 24 hour period, a significant increase from its previous best of 18 billion. . Read More
Geeky Gadgets reports that Disney has launched their new ScribbleMix game, which is created specifically for mobile devices, and is now available on both iOS and Android smartphones and tablets and will coming soon to Windows 8 devices. As the name suggests, it is a game based on drawing and trying to beat your opponent by moving forward in the game. The ScribbleMix game also incorporates special drawings that will take place with the release of the new Monsters University movie soon to arrive in theaters. Read More
Hypebot reports that Massimo Ciociola, CEO and founder of the lyrics service MusiXmatch has said that the company intends to introduce a Google Glass app that will show song lyrics on Google’s heads-up display, which is just available to a few thousand people around the world. . Read More
The Next Web reports that Sony has launched the Xperia M, a new low-to-mid range Android smartphone that gives relatively competitive performance and functionality at a cost far less than the company’s flagship Xperia Z. The device features a 1 GHz Qualcomm dual-core processor, a 4-inch FWVGA display (854×480 pixels) with Sony’s OmniBalance design and a 5-megapixel rear camera. . Read More
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The Verge reports that Samsung will introduce two new Android tablets, an 8-inch and a 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab 3 model. The 8-inch Galaxy Tab 3 boasts a 1.5 GHz Exynos dual-core processor, WXGA TFT 1280 x 800 (189 PPI) display, 1.5GB of RAM, a 5-megapixel rear-facing and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, a 4,450 mAh battery, and 16GB or 32GB of internal storage. The 10.1-inch model features an Intel 1.6 GHz dual-core processor, 1280 x 800 (149 PPI) WXGA TFT display, 1GB of RAM, 16GB or 32GB of internal storage, 6,800 mAh battery, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, but only a 3-megapixel rear-facing camera. Read More
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Reuters reports that Samsung Electronics has decided to use an Intel Corp. processor to power the new version of one of its top-tier Android tablets, according to a source having knowledge of the matter. This is a big victory for the U.S. chipmaker, which has found it hard to form a foot-hold in the mobile market. . Read More
TechCrunch reports that Twitter has launched Crashlytics, a mobile crash reporting tool for Android. Twitter’s Android engineers have been beta testing the new product, which provides identical features to the iOS version, and includes things such as fully automated deobfuscation, logged exceptions, condensed crash reporting, IDE integration with Eclipse, IntelliJ and Android Studio (beta) on Mac, Windows and Linux platforms. . Read More
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