News of the day (02/20/2014)

Market

Distimo told how the most successful applications in the world are monetized, and also revealed the truth: the average revenue per download in most regions is more than CPI.

http://www.distimo.com/blog/2014_02_publication-how-the-most-successful-apps-monetize-globally/

50 million Chinese users will use the 4G communication format by the end of this year, the Chinese Ministry of Information Technology assures. 

http://www.techinasia.com/china-aims-for-50-million-4g-subscribers-end-2014/

Business

Mail.Ru The Group reported a 36% increase in profit for 2013. The company earned, including taxes and depreciation, more than 15 billion rubles.

http://www.cnews.ru/top/2014/02/20/mailru_uvelichila_vyruchku_i_pribyl_no_poteryala_auditoriyu_svoih_messendzherov_561443

Facebook bought WhatsApp messenger for $19 billion. The history of the company was shared by Cnews.

http://www.cnews.ru/top/2014/02/20/kak_vyhodcy_iz_rossii_i_ukrainy_sozdali_ubiyc_sms_i_stali_multimillionerami_561444

Why did Facebook buy WhatsApp? Tech in asia is confident: there are only two possible explanations. 

http://www.techinasia.com/ads-games-gimmicks-peering-future-whatsapp-facebook/

In which countries do venture capitalists from Estonia invest their money in high-tech startups (infographic)?

http://wp.arcticstartup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/estban-the_first_year_in_retrospect.png

Games

The cult series of Gobliins games has appeared on Android.

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Android/Gobliiins/news.asp?c=57564

In the new tower defense, under the not-so-intricate name Epic Dragons, users will be able to make levels on their own. But here’s the question: will this help the project become popular?

http://www.insidemobileapps.com/2014/02/19/epic-dragons-create-your-own-levels-in-this-upcoming-tower-defense-game/

On ToucheArcade, they met Tengami without enthusiasm, giving four stars and complaining that it makes no sense to overplay.  

http://toucharcade.com/2014/02/20/tengami-review/

Devices

Canonical promises that Ubuntu smartphones will appear this year. One of the manufacturers will be the Chinese Meizu.

http://www.iguides.ru/main/gadgets/other_vendors/smartfony_na_ubuntu_poyavyatsya_v_etom_godu/