Mobile Stories 2014 In Review summarizes major mobile events of the year, including: 1) The rise of indie games like Flappy Bird and acquisitions like Facebook buying Oculus VR for $2 billion and WhatsApp for $22 billion. 2) New product releases from major companies - Google released Android L and Cardboard, Apple launched the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, Microsoft dropped the Nokia brand for Lumia phones. 3) The growing Vietnamese mobile market - the launch of social network OnClan, a Vietnamese game entering the global market, and the surge of Vietnamese mobile games.

1. Mobile Stories
2014 In Review

2. January
Flappy Bird phenomenon
began the rise of indie and clone game

3. Whatsapp became the most expensive chat app
in history
$22 billion
February

4. Facebook believed virtual reality could be the
next big thing after mobile.
$2 billion=
March

5. Samsung sponsored
the most retweeted selfie of all time
3.3
March
million
retweets

6. 'Candy Crush' mobile game maker IPO
$7.1billion
March

7. Google Glass Explorer Edition sold to public
April

8. 81%
Heartbleed security flaw hit a billion smartphone users
April
Website
1 billionSmartphone users
Over the world affected

9. Apple bought Beats Audio
May
$3.2billion
the fate remains unclear

10. Samsung, Apple called patent truce outside U.S
May

11. Apple introduced Swift
June
A new developer platform
for iOS and iOS X

12. Amazon introduced the first smartphone
June

13. Google released smartwatch OS
June

14. Everyone did Ice Bucket Challenge
August

15. 500
Facebook Messenger became forced-install
August
million
users

16. 75%
VNG fell in profit
August

17. CelebGate, BendGate and IOSGate
September
A series of Apple problems:
iCloud breach, iPhone and
iOS issues.

18. Apple introduced the 1st phablet and smartwatch
September
iPhone 6+

19. Virtual reality glasses
made from cardboard
for Android users
Google released SDK for Cardboard
September

20. onClan, a Vietnamese social
network for mobile gaming
was launched at
TechCrunch Disrupt 2014
The first social network for mobile gaming
September

21. Lollipop
Google rolled out Android L & Material Design
October

22. The first Vietnamese online mobile game
entered global market
October

23. October
Microsoft dropped Nokia brand for Lumia
The Nokia brand will no
longer appear in Lumia logo.
It is the end of Nokia
smartphone.

24. Microsoft surprised the market with free
Office for iPad
November

25. 20
Zalo reached the milestone of 20 million users
November
million
users

26. The first OTT chat app from Vietnam mobile carrier
December
fired the first shot
in the OTT war

27. The surge of Vietnamese mobile game
December
And a lot
more…

28. Best devices of 2014
Best Windows Phone Best BlackBerry Best iPhone Best Smartwatch
Lumia 1520 BlackBerry Passport iPhone 6 Plus Sony Smartwatch 3
Best Android
Xperia Z3
Source: Zdnet

29. Vietnam Mobile App
Market Report
4Q - 2014
Coming soon