GSM Arena reports that Samsung Corp. has announced the launch of the Galaxy S4 mini, featuring a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display. The phone will run on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, along with Samsung's extensive TouchWiz customizations, which includes WatchON app with IR blaster, Group Play, S Health and S Translator apps. Read More

LG Electronics has announced the release of Nexus 4 White, the newest edition of the popular smartphone created in partnership with Google. Nexus 4 White features the same stellar Android experience as the original Nexus 4, incorporating LG’s advanced hardware design and popular Google Services like Google Now and Photosphere for an exceptional overall user experience. . Read More

TechCrunch reports that Vodafone Foundation has lauched its first Mobile for Good Europe Awards App competition, looking for Android and iOS apps that are developed to improve people's lives and provide public benefits. The competition is open to developers 18 and older who are legal residents of Europe (excluding Italy) and offers overall prize money of €200,000, which will be shared by the winners across four competition categories. Read More

The Next Web reports that KakaoHome, the Android app from South Korea’s top messaging company Kakao, has surpassed the one million download mark just four days after it crossed 500,000 downloads. The number shown on its Google Play page is remarkable given that KakaoHome was released just 13 days back and is only available in Korea. Read More

Bloomberg reports that Google Inc., creator of the Android operating system, is thinking of buying map-software provider Waze Inc., which may lead to a possible bidding war with Facebook Inc., people familiar with the matter said. . Read More

The Next Web reports that Flickr, the photo-sharing service, has suffered its first major outage, after receiving a revamp on Monday. The site has been flashing a #badpanda image after the outage. Flickr posted a tweet acknowledging the site's failure: "Experiencing slowness or having trouble accessing the site? We're on it, and are working to fix the issue as quickly as possible. #badpanda.". Read More

The Verge reports that Verizon's Cloud app has launched on iOS, following a limited release on Android last month. The app allows you to back up your photos and videos to cloud storage, along with facilitating access to contacts, documents and music that you've stored in the cloud via your PC. . Read More