The Verge reports that Google might be getting ready to launch an Android gaming service in the vein of Xbox Live or iOS' Game Center, based on a leaked build of Google Play Services received by Android Police, which seems to disclose various details about a platform to be known as Google Play Games. . Read More
Reuters reports that Google's YouTube video service has started a subscription service with 30 content creators, which includes children's programmers Sesame Street and Muppet creator The Jim Henson Co, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship. . Read More
TechCrunch reports that Google Translate for Android app will support 16 additional languages, which includes Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian and Swedish. The app already supports Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. Read More
VentureBeat reports that Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to purchase Nook Media LLC, the tablet and digital media book joint venture with Barnes & Noble and other investors. Microsoft owns a share of Nook, having invested $300 million into the business in April 2012. . Read More
Mashable reports that Google is set to introduce a brand new interface for its Maps app, according to a report. Google Operating System, a blog that delivers unofficial news about the search giant, said the update would remove Maps' current sidebar, and will display location information in pop-ups that show up on top of a full-screen map. . Read More
Mashable reports that YouTube is set to introduce a paid subscription model for certain specialist video channels as soon as this week, according to a report. The service will comprise close to 50 YouTube channels, and subscriptions to each channel will begin at as low as $1.99 per month. . Read More
Mashable reports that Barnes & Noble's Nook HD owners will have to access to 700,000 apps available in Google Play and the Chrome Web browser commonly found on most other stock Android devices. On the browser front, Google Chrome will take the place of Nook’s pre-existing web browser. Read More
