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Mo’ Money, Mo’ Money: that’s what developers can start chanting thanks to Google finally adding in-app subscriptions to Google Play. It’s been a year since they introduced in-app billing into the now Google Play Store and it’s opened a whole new avenue of monetization for developers. In fact, 23 of the 24 top-grossing apps in Google Play use in-app billing. Naturally, the next step was to add in-app subscriptions, unlike the one-time buying model of current in-app purchases, subscriptions allow developers to sell recurring content or features on a monthly or yearly basis.

You remember that fancy Google+ update that iOS users were treated to before us Android users? Well, say hello to sloppy seconds (actually beautiful seconds) because it’s now here for Android. If you head over to the Play Store now, you’ll be able to download the latest version of Google+ and begin enjoying the UI refresh as well as:

A group of developers have banded together to celebrate their freedom to price their games how they like within specific online stores. Most online app stores give developers this freedom, but others such as the Amazon App Store do not. Amazon allows a developer to set a recommended price for their app but reserves the right to change that price whenever they want. I can’t really think of another app store besides the Amazon App Store, so this coalition almost feels like an anti-Amazon App Store celebration to me.

So far it’s been pretty consistent: Each time we review a set of Ultimate Ears ‘phones, the bar leaps up a few notches as our expectations regarding the outfit’s offerings rise. After reviewing the 350, 700, and especially the 600vi — which garnered a best-in-class verdict — we were expecting the TripleFi 10 ($400) to slay vampires and cure cancer.

Of Ultimate Ears’ more serious offerings — and by serious, I’m referring to UE’s armature-equipped models, which start at $100 — the TripleFi 10 is by far the most serious, with three drivers and a crossover in each ear, pro-level detachable leads, the thickest cable we’ve ever seen on an IEM, Comply foam tips (the best tips, period) and a sound signature that’ll have you madly running through your entire music catalog with a big, gleeful smile plastered all over your face.

Starting midnight PT tonight, Wirefly will begin offering the 32GB Motorola DROID Bionic for the low price of FREE for new accounts. Believe it or not, the DROID Bionic was once one of the most sought after devices and the first dual-core 4G LTE device on Verizon. It didn’t have the best of releases, enduring countless delays and launch issues, but that is all water under the bridge and the Bionic has since been updated numerous times and rid of its many bugs.

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