The New York Times Bits blog recently posted an article regarding the results of a telecommunications consulting firm report. A research note last Friday reported that “based on measured minutes of use, smartphone users were spending more time on Facebook and thus probably sending more messages with it’s service than they are text messages.” Real [...]
Japanese company looking to bring Android functionality to mirrors
In the past couple of years, we’ve seen the Android operating system pop up in myriad places. Of course, phones and tablets are most common, but we’ve also seen the OS in cars, televisions, Google Googles, and a few months ago at CES, in a “smart window” from Samsung. Seraku, a Japanese company, is looking [...]
CNN Says Verizon Hard Sells Android over iPhone (by @calebhicks)
While we have already read anecdotal reports from Verizon salespeople that they are incentivized to push Android phones to all customers – including those that come in asking for an iPhone – a new report out of CNN provides more data that the company is less interested in giving consumers what they are asking for, [...]
The Mobile Box Office Will Change How You Go To Concerts
Have you been to an indy concert recently? Any kind of live event for that matter? You might run into a situation where you need to go throught he box office, and it takes some time. In fact, at an indy concert I went to recently there was only one person manning the pay booth [...]
Google releases Android app to help businesses add indoor maps
Google Maps is by far one of the most used applications on my phone. With the addition of 3D structures, it is pretty hard to be lost these days. That is until you enter a large building that you have never been in before. To help this, Google has added a way for companies to [...]
Wired: Why iOS Apps Look Better Than Android Apps
Wired ran a feature this week on why the exact same app can look so much better on iOS than it does on Google’s Android platform. And before you get up in arms, read along to find out why that is, or check out Wired’s article for a trove of screenshots and explanations. But the [...]
Android may be winning. But it isn’t matching Google’s expectations. (by @jkhowland)
According to a presentation given by Andy Rubin in July 2010, Google expected to sell some 10 million Android tablets a year in 2011 and 2012 and capture up to a third of the entire tablet market. Google’s Expectation So, Google expected Android tablets to have 33 percent of the market? Why is that so [...]
Verizon will throw it’s weight in to help Windows Phone
I’ve made enough of a fuss about the fact that Verizon reps push Android phones. Now it’s time to talk about Verizon’s upcoming push for Windows phone. Weightier players Windows Phone handsets have struggled. They haven’t had nearly the sales that Microsoft was hoping for, even with Nokia backing the operating system full force. It [...]
Snapguide gets the first shot at in-app pinning to Pinterest (via @jkhowland)
Have you used Snapguide? It’s a slick iOS app that makes it easy to create, view and share guides online. The app is addictive and gorgeous. One of the best designed apps on the store. Pinterest addition I’ve pointed out before that Pinterest isn’t an overnight success. The service has been around for years. They [...]
Google *beta* Play goes through growing pains
Earlier Google Play had a bug. That’s vague, sorry. Google Play has had bugs on mulpitle recent occasions. Not much less vague I guess. March 26th bug Would you like a random Russian MTC Mobile Mail app installed on your device? Oh you wouldn’t? Too bad, there was an automatic update for a carrier-installed app [...]
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