At the last Vas Forum conference, Dmitry Martynov from Google shared the secrets of successful applications.

Every day, 5,000 new user companies join the Google Apps platform. However, the update of the Apps Marketplace for Business shows that Google does not want to stop there.

According to IDC, global shipments of tablet devices increased to 47.6 million in the third quarter of 2013. This indicates a 7% increase compared to the figures of the previous quarter and 36% compared to the figures for the same quarter last year.  And again, the bulk of deliveries are accounted for by Android tablets.

Just a couple of days after EA was accused of receiving a reward from Apple for delaying the release of the Android version of Plans vs. Zombies 2, the company launched the game on the Google mobile platform.

According to Google Ventures partner and Android co-founder Rich Miner, there is no such problem as fragmentation for the average user.

One of the most interesting rumors at the Develop developer conference in Brighton concerned Unity. They say her management was offered to sell the company for $750 million.

According to our colleagues from Techcrunch, Facebook is testing a new mobile game distribution system that will bring direct profit to the social network.

Following Ouya, a console from Google itself may appear on the market. Wall Street Journal sources are sure of this.

Last Friday, May 17, Google talked about the work of the Google Play search engine, as well as how developers can improve the visibility of their programs with its help.

Speaking at the Google I/O 2013 conference, Google Play product manager Ibrahim Elbuchikhi gave a lot of interesting figures and facts regarding the monetization of mobile applications in the official Android store.

Google has published in the official developer blog some details about the Google Play Game Services service, and also talked about the launch line of games. 

Yesterday, May 15, the Google I/O 2013 conference opened in San Francisco. Naturally, there were figures indicating the continued growth of the Android platform, and loud announcements. But let’s talk about everything in order. 

Sundar Pichai, head of Android and Chrome, gave his first interview since taking office. He talked about how he sees the future of Android, commented on the situation around Samsung and dispelled several rumors about the upcoming I/O.

Google announced yesterday that all Android app developers will now be able to respond to user reviews in the Google Play app store. 

According to rumors, the third version of Jelly Bean will be presented at the upcoming Google I/O instead of Key Lime Pie. 

Google has published a regular report on the fragmentation of its OS. According to these data, 25% of all Android devices work on Jelly Bean. 

The first devices based on the Tizen platform will appear on the market in the third quarter of this year, Samsung’s CEO said in an interview with Bloomberg.

The conversion rate of users who search for a particular service / product using their smartphone reaches 55% in the first hour. 

The number of devices on the Android operating system has reached 750 million, Google’s executive director said in connection with the departure of Andy Rubin from the post of head of the Android division.