In case you missed it: Bitcoin soars, Tencent’s 1 billion users, Android-iOS revenue gap, Samsung’s advertising splurge, and more

2 December 2013
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Bitcoin value reaches $1000

Great news? Not for a man discarded his hard disk that contained $7.5 million worth of Bitcoins.

Huge gap in developer revenue between Android and iOS

No wonder developers tend to prefer launching on iOS first.

Google uses over 40,000 Macs

Google loves the Mac, despite the Android and iOS rivalry.

Google Street View goes indoors

This could be the reason Apple bought PrimseSense.

Apple takes 76% share of Japan smartphone sales in October

[Tencent has 1 billion users and it has barely gotten into the international market

It is no surprise that WeChat’s first 5 games hit 570 million downloads in 3 months

CyanogenMod installer removed from Play Store on Google’s request

DIY cellphone that costs $200

Apple patents Lytro-like refocusable phone camera

Tablets to make up for nearly 50% of 2014 PC shipments

The shift towards a post-PC era is well on the way.

Microsoft ready to kill Windows RT

Samsung is expected to spend $14 billion this year in advertising

The marketing campaigns are not always well received by the public.