News of the day (02/20/2014)

CPI in Japan is three times less than ARPD, Mail.ru The Group reported a profit of 15 billion rubles, why Facebook bought WhatsApp, Gobliins appeared on Android. About this and much more in the news for Thursday, February 20.

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/