- Facebook finishes 2012 as number one smartphone app Despite trailing Google Maps for most of 2012, Facebook catapulted in popularity through the final quarter to become the number one mobile app in terms of monthly unique users.
- Google brings 24 new updates to Google+ on Android and iOS Google is the internet's largest advertising network that keeps on giving. The company has released an updated version of its Google+ app for Android and iOS today, packed with 24 "treats" that make "sharing and communication easier and more fun".
- Android is dominating the smartphone market, and closing-in on Apple's tablet dominance The first Android-powered smartphone went to market towards the end of 2008. Now, Android OS dominates the market with 500 million devices activated to date.
- Native Google Maps app for iPhone to be released soon Google is preparing its new native maps app for release on the iPhone and iPad soon reports the Wall Street Journal citing a "person with direct knowledge of the matter".
- Google Chrome turns 4, here's our favourite moments While Google may have turned 14 today, its hugely popular browser, Google Chrome, has just turned four. In its first four years Chrome has risen to number one spot, edging a narrow lead over the once dominant Internet Explorer.
- Google Chrome for iOS adds native share buttons Google Chrome has updated its iOS app, adding native share buttons to the popular mobile browser. Users can now share to email, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter more easily.
- Google announces offline viewing and editing in Google Docs Google Docs has just announced its much-awaited offline feature, enabling Google Chrome users to view and edit documents and to view spreadsheets without an internet connection.
- Apple releases standalone Podcasts app Apple has just released a standalone and appropriately named Podcasts app, describing it as the "easiest way to discover, subscribe to and play your favourite podcasts" on mobile.
- Mozilla wants to reinvent the iPad browser with Firefox Junior Mozilla wants to "reinvent the browser for a new form factor", a sentiment shared by the open-source software developer as it unveiled Firefox Junior, an iPad web browser.
- Apple will debut incredible in-house 3D Maps app next month Apple will debut its own completely self-engineered Maps application at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next month as it unveils the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS6.