Google is said to be preparing a new Android app that will look eerily similar to Apple’s Game Center for iOS devices.

Sources close to the plan tell Business Insider that Google is banking on this forthcoming native app to help level the social gaming field between the two mobile operating system giants.

“That’s a key piece of software plumbing necessary to make Google a contender in the fast-growing mobile games market,” the report reads.

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Nothing like a hot mobile rumor in an otherwise ordinary Wednesday.

This morning, Digitimes reported out of Asia that Apple’s sixth generation iPhone will be unveiled in September.

In recent weeks, speculation has swirled that Apple will release the next new iPhone either in June at the company’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference, or in October – 12 months after the iPhone 4S was released.

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Two months ago, when Apple last updated its iOS mobile operating system, iOS 5.1 bestowed Japanese language support for Siri and lock screen access to the iPhone’s native Camera app.

This time around, the new iOS update is less exciting, although it comes as a much needed repair for some bugs and other glitches plaguing the iDevice line.

On Monday, Apple released iOS 5.1.1, which:

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If you’re shopping for a new iPhone 4S and can make it down to Edmond, Oklahoma soon, you may want to swing by Walmart. Because that’s where you’re going to find the cheapest price for Apple’s new iPhone.

The Walmart in Edmond is presently offering a $74 discount on the 16-gigabyte AT&T iPhone 4S, which can be yours for just $114 and a new 2-year AT&T contract.

From Cult of Mac:

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According to a new report published Thursday by Ovum, smartphones will outperform the overall market for mobile phones, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 24.9% between 2011-17.

If that projection manifests, it will mean that smartphone shipments will reach 1.7 billion units by 2017.

Predictions show Android as the dominant operating system over the next five years as handset vendors rush to make it their primary smartphone platform.

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Since the first iPhone was released in 2007, rumors have swirled that Apple is entertaining the idea and technology behind creating a liquid metal-based future generation iPhone.

Although we have no way to confirm or deny the company’s purported exploration of that possibility, it finally appears that the liquid metal iPhone won’t become a reality at least in the near future.

Dr. Atakan Peker, the so-called inventor of Liquidmetal, says the technology behind a liquid metal iPhone isn’t ripe enough to be a viable and cost-effective material alternative for iPhone design and construction.

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Following recent glitches and growing doubt as to the feasibility of the project, it looks like Apple is finally headed to Texas after all.

And the iPhone maker is bringing along more than 3,000 job opportunities for the ride.

This week, local lawmakers and Apple finally reached an agreement on deal terms that will allow for the campus to come to Austin, Texas.

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