Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Google Sells Last Batch of Nexus One’s

July 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Google has received their last batch of Nexus One devices. When Google runs out, it will stop selling the device directly to consumers and and developers.

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Google Announces Android Market Stats

July 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

While Androlib recently estimated that the 100.000th Android app would be uploaded later this month, Google is a bit more careful with their numbers. They say they currently have 70.000 apps in the market.

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Google Invests in Zynga – The Start of Google Games?

July 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

TechCrunch reports that Google has invested $100+ Million in Zynga, a developer of mobile and online games. This is expected to be a strategic investment to create Google Games.

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AppInventor: D-I-Y Android Apps

July 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google has released the Android App Inventor. The App Inventor is a bit like Nokia’s Ovi App Generator, though not limited to only publishing RSS based applications.

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Google Considering Alternative Billing Methods

July 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google’s Vice President of Engineering, Andy Rubin, has said that Google is evaluating alternative content billing methods like in-app and subscription-based sales.

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No More Google Phones

July 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that the company has no plans to release more Google branded Android phones on the market.

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Google’s Schmidt Invests in PocketGear.com

July 2nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Though Google is pushing Android Market as the primary sales channel on Android, Google’s Eric Schmidt has apparently invested in PocketGear, another sales channel for mobile apps and games.

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iOS 4 and the Impact on Advertising Networks

June 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has made a new controversial move with their iAd platform by changing the TOS to lock-out certain parties. Starring in this story are GreyStripe (just partnered with Adobe) and AdMob (acquired by Google)

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Google Acquires BumpTop

May 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google has acquired BumpTop, the developer behind the 3D desktop with the same name. Analysts expect Google to have acquired the company for their Android operating system.