iOS developers noted to make more profit from app sales than Google makes from its mobile business

Adhering to Google’s third-quarter earnings report in the previous week, David Barnard, founder of App Cubby, established an intriguing observation on his company’s blog, Google declared a run rate of $2.5 billion for its cellular ad revenue based on third-quarter earnings, up from $1 billion a year previously.

While that feat is extraordinary, Barnard stated that Apple paid developers about $500 million between July 7th and October 4th for a run rate of $2 billion. Adding to that the money third-party ad networks like Milennial Media and Admob pay out to iOS developers over the course of a year, and “the iOS developer run rate is likely higher, maybe even significantly higher, than Google’s mobile run rate.” This means that developers who figure and retail their apps for Apple’s iOS platform will, on a whole, make lots more money over the next year than Google will earn from its complete mobile business.

Source: BGR

Google Maps for Android v5.9 brings Bubble Buttons and Transit Navigation for Tablets

Google Maps for Android has been updated to version 5.9.0. This version brings Bubble Buttons lab feature, Transit Navigation support for Tablets and Voice and Ringtone Notification for Transit navigation. Previous Google Maps update v5.8.0 last month had features like photo uploading for places and My Places.

New Features in Google Maps v5.9.0 for Android

• Now you can add voice and custom ringtone for the Transit navigation (beta) from the transit notification options
• Transit Navigation (beta) is now supported in Android tablets
• Enable Bubble Buttons lab feature to call or navigate to the places on the map easily

Download Google Maps v5.9.0 for Android phones from the Android Market for free.

First Ice-Cream Sandwich phones to appear in October?

BGR reports that Google might be bringing out the first Ice Cream Sandwich based phones a bit earlier than expected.  Google is said to be looking at pushing up release dates for Ice Cream Sandwich based devices up to September or October due to the impending iPhone 5 launch.

The Mountain-View based company believes that Apple’s next generation iPhone could steal sales from devices based on its new OS. The plan is to have devices out in time for the iPhone 5 launch to dissuade consumers from jumping ship to the competing platform.

[Via - BGR]