One of mobile’s most popular messaging platforms, WhatsApp, hit a huge benchmark this week. Its creators took to its official Twitter account to announce that in just one 24 hour cycle, WhatsApp handled a whopping 27 billion messages. Yes… 27 billion!

Google has announced the latest distribution numbers of the Android operating system over a 14-day period ending on June 3. The figures show a consistent growth in the number of Android users running Jelly Bean, while older versions of the operating system, including Ice Cream Sandwich, continue to die out.

Rather surprisingly, the average American only spends a mere 58 minutes per day on their smartphone, according to a recent study done on a handful of American smartphone users, conducted by Experian Marketing Services.

Isn’t it annoying when you have to load up that old computer sat in the corner of your room just to change your Facebook profile picture, because the Android app won’t let you? Well not anymore, folks!

The Facebook app has today been updated to add a few handy new features, including the ability to change profile pictures, and hide or report stories in your news feed.

Verizon has today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2012, which has been its best yet in terms of subscriber growth. The company added 2.1 million new customers during the three-month period, bringing its total number of subscribers up to 98.2 million, with 58% of those customers using a smartphone.