Google Cloud Spanner update includes SLA that promises less than five minutes of downtime per year

Cloud Spanner, Google’s globally distributed cloud database got an update today that includes multi-region support, meaning the database can be replicated across regions for lower latency and better performance. It also got…

Mobile Gamers Play Less Often, but Spend More Time and Money per Game: Flurry

HIGHLIGHTS The decline in sessions is contrasted by increase in average time spent Strategy, and racing have grown significantly Average session length for tablet gaming is 10 minutes  Mobile users…

ASP of Sony Xperias rises, the company makes the most per phone of any Android maker

Sony's mobile division seems to be struggling, but actually numbers show that the company makes the most profit per phone sold aside from Apple. In Q4 last year, LG lost…