• World’s Top Grossing iOS Children’s App – PlayKids - Launches in China and Surpasses Clash of Clans

  The competition between popular children's apps got more intense over the past two months as PlayKids, the top grossing kids app in over 20 countries, was launched in China last December and achieved over 300,000 downloads in the first month.

  

• Intel, Apple and Nuance Lead a Crowded Field As Biometric Security Appears Poised for a Breakout Year

  Biometric security is poised to have a breakout year, driven largely by cheaper, more sophisticated sensors and a global user market that is experiencing massive password fatigue.

• Transportation Secretary Foxx and Google’s Schmidt Try the Self-Driving Car While New Report Confirms Hot Economy in Silicon Valley

  A personal visit to Silicon Valley by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation this week, followed by the release of a major annual report on the health of the region's economy provided hints of a future for the country's technology capital that will include huge transit challenges and optimism that the current tech boom is not another "bubble."

  

• Facebook’s New Lift Product for Digital Ads Follows Lively Debate at The Mobile Media Summit

  For as long as the Internet has existed, the most common model for generating revenue has been ads which, when clicked, pay out tiny amounts of money. Based on a major mobile media conference this week and recent news from Facebook, that model is about to change.

  

• Movile And PlayKids Herald Latin America Emergence as Google, Apple, and Facebook Get Involved Too

  Movile, the largest mobile services and software developer in Latin America, has been quietly raising significant investment and acquiring new businesses over the past year. And as the Brazilian technology conglomerate extends their reach into new global markets such as China and the U.S., the activity of major industry players such as Apple, Facebook, and Google in Latin America is drawing a renewed focus on that region of the world.