Posts Tagged ‘Google’

iPhone Developers Suck at SEO

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Weldon Dodd of The Apple Blog has researched the SEO of the iTunes web preview pages compared to the homepages of various app developers. As it turns out, the web previews have a better placement in Google.

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Google, Intel and Sony Developing Android TV

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google, Sony and Intel have announced to be working on set-top TV boxes that run Android. The service will probably be called Google TV though we could also understand Android TV or just YouTube.

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Google Blocks Apps on HTC Legend

March 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

The HTC Legend has just gone on sale in The Netherlands. Several early buyers discovered that various applications can’t be found in Android Market while they are available on other devices.

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South Korea to Block Android Market

March 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google landed itself in a conflict with South Korea because of the games on Android Market. By law, all games sold on the South Korean market need to be approved by the Game Ratings Board.

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Google Announces Android NDK 3.0

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google has announced the third installment of the Android Native Development Kit (NDK). With this version, developers will be allowed to make use of OpenGL ES 2.0 for the rendering of 3D content.

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Got 5K Downloads? Get a Free Nexus One With it!

March 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

It seems Google is increasing their pr for Android and their Nexus One. After giving away hundreds of phones at the MWC, the company will now also give one to developers that trigger 5K downloads on Android Market.

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Google Working on Android JIT Compiler

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

Applications and games for Android might get a serious performance boost later this year as Google has announced to be working on a Dalvik JIT Compiler. This move could boost performance up to 300%.

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MWC: Google Pleased with Android Performance

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

During his speech about Google’s mobile ambitions, Eric Schmidt also took the time to tell the listeners more about the results of Google’s Android platform which was launched over a year ago.

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MWC: Schmidt on Google’s Mobile Ambitions

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Google invests in fiber and wireless networks, has its own mobile OS, started selling its own phone directly and gives Mobile top priority. Yet operators will have nothing to fear according to Eric Schmidt.

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Nexus Sold 80K Units to Date

February 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | 1 Comment »

Flurry has calculated that Google/HTC has sold 80.000 Nexus One Phones. Last month we already reported 20.000 sales and to the looks of it, the device didn’t gain much traction a month later as well.