Google has launched an initiative to improve the accuracy of its indoor location fixes. The company started offering indoor maps back in November with Google Maps 6.0 but it mainly covered just shopping centres and airports in the US and Japan. The offering is expanding, and Google wants to make sure that position tracking improves with the new indoor maps

Samsung has posted record profits, which come close to doubling its earnings from the same period in 2011. The company beat the expectations of analysts by announcing a $5.1 billion (£3.2bn) profit for the first quarter of 2012, up from $2.95 billion a year earlier (1.85bn). The figures have been propelled into record territory by sales of the Galaxy range of smartphones and tablets, particularly the Galaxy S2 handset and the Galaxy Note hybrid device.

HTC’s recent slump has continued with the announcement that sales have fallen by a whopping 35 per cent year-on-year. The Taiwanese manufacturer, once the undisputed darling of the early Android era, saw revenues drop to $2.3 billion (£1.5 billion) in the first three months of 2012. The company had experienced exponential growth in sales until they began to stall last year, amid market saturation and increased competition from Samsung in the Android arena