Temple Run 2 Outpaces 50 Million Download Mark

 Imangi Studios sure as heck has a hit on their hands with Temple Run 2, where it continues to outpace all the other competitors on the mobile gaming front when it comes to the number of downloads. It seems that Temple Run 2 has already been downloaded more than 50 million times across three platforms – iOS-, Android-powered and Kindle devices.

Going beyond 50 million downloads in a matter of 13 days meant it had pushed Rovio’s Angry Birds Space to second place, where the bird slinging title tool 35 days instead to achieve the 50 million milestone. Temple Run 2 was first released over on the App Store on January 17th, where it peaked at the #1 slot in Free Apps in no time at all as it picked up half a dozen million downloads in under 24 hours.

Following that, Google Play and Amazon Marketplace releases saw this gold-chasing sequel of a game continue its run of success (pardon the pun), hitting the #1 spot on both stores. Will Temple Run 2 surpass its predecessor’s total amount of downloads that stands at 170 million times (and counting) in due time? I am quite sure that it will, the question is, how long will it take

LG Optimus L7 II Dual Rumored

 Has it been one year already? Apparently so, and we are referring to the introduction of the L-Style family of smartphones from LG, namely the L3, L5, and L7, which were introduced at last year’s edition of Mobile World Congress. Well, the next edition of MWC is about to happen in under a month’s time, and you can be sure that as the event’s date draws ever closer, more and more rumors will be accompanied by news reports to keep the entire industry buzzing, where it requires a keen mind to tell which is true, and others need to be taken with a pinch of salt. Word on the street has it that LG has an L7 successor in the pipeline, calling it the LG Optimus L7 II Dual.

This rumored smartphone is touted to come with a dual-core 1GHZ dual-core processor, a 4.3-inch IPS-display, an 8-megapixel shooter at the back, dual-SIM support, running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with a 2,460 mAh battery in tow. It is also speculated that the LG Optimus L7 II Dual will arrive in Russia sometime in the second half of next month for approximately $430 a pop. That’s mighty pricey for a mid-range handset, don’t you think so?