After 3 years and 8 months, the App Store reached 25 billion downloads, and only 14.5 months it has taken to receive as much again. Lucky, who downloaded this "commemorative" application iTunes gift card will be awarded to 10 thousand dollars.

With the new interface of "Yandex Islands" - users, without leaving the search results page can book a ticket to the movies, learn mode clinics or browse information about a product in the online store. The purpose of this innovation - the way to a final reduction of the search target.

At today's conference, I / O Google will introduce a new music subscription service. This project will be integrated with YouTube and Google Play, and with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment has signed a licensing agreement. It is said that the new Google service will be similar to Spotify - streaming music service available on computers, smartphones and other devices.

For the first quarter, the share of Android had 74.4% of all smartphones shipped to vendors worldwide, iOS - 18,2%. This is followed by BlackBerry OS (3%) and Windows Phone (2,9%). The share of "blackberry" of reduced rectify the situation may three new smartphones (Q10, Z10 and Q5).

The large-scale upgrade of Windows 8 will be distributed free of charge. A preliminary version appears online in the first day of the BUILD conference of 2013. Instead of simply chose the name Blue Windows 8.1. And, according to rumors, the update will be released in two versions: "desktop" (for PCs and laptops) and RT (for tablets).

Nvidia called the approximate price for a portable gaming console SHIELD, you can pre-order for $ 350. In stores, it will be by the end of June. Sales in the CIS will start no earlier than 2014. The device is made in the form factor of the controller with a 5-inch Flip down the display. In the console uses the latest chip Tegra 4 with four processing cores and 72 th graphics. CPU power is enough to connect to a TV SHIELD Full HD. Installed OS Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean).

We have already talked about the unusual lot at a charity auction site CharityBuzz. For the right to have a cup of coffee with the head of Apple Tim Cook unidentified buyer posted 610,000 dollars. Began trading with 50,000 dollars, only 86 had made ​​bets with most of the companies came from business partners Apple. Under the terms of the lot, meeting with Cook last from 30 minutes to 1 hour, maybe two participants.

Finally BlackBerry Messenger - instant messaging service will be available not only to the "blackberry" smartphones, but also on Android and iOS. The program will run on iPhone / iPad with iOS version 6 and above as well as Android-based device is not below 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

Thanks to a new feature in Firefox, you can understand that it is "slow" program or cause problems. This unusual feature is called Firefox Health Report. It takes minutes, "health" of the browser, collect performance metrics and stability. Using the program, you can report to find out exactly when there were problems and provide tips on optimization.

The new version of the flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S 4 to get rid of the shell interface TouchWiz. The device will use the "pure" Android, which will receive the latest updates before the competition vehicles. Novick Galaxy S4 Google Edition show at the developer conference Google I / O.