Even though Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and CEO, has publicly stated that Amazon is working on it’s own tablet, we have yet to see the Amazon tablet come to market. There have been a couple of overriding issues that Amazon has struggled with in making the tablet a reality. One issue was whether to build […]
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One way to gauge the future growth outlook for operating systems like Android and iOS (iOS runs on the iPad and iPhone), is to measure app development. A chart was released today from BI that indicates developers are starting to eject from the Android platform, and sail into more profitable waters with iOS. The new […]
Android 2.3.4 release has been leaked, but unfortunately it doesn’t look like its ready to the US. One of the major features that will come on Android 2.3.4 is GTalk video – Google video chat. And the Android OS is expected to be released on the new Galaxy S2 device. Of course, with Facebook video […]
Google has announced plans to partner with CitiGroup and Master Card to bring you the “wave to pay” technology that allows you to complete a purchase with your credit card by simply waving your Google Android device. This according to the Wall Street Journal. This futuristic payment system could be here as early as this […]
Google is fully expecting that mobile phones will generate over $1 billion in ad revenue by 2012, and that the Google Android OS will be the engine that drives that growth. According to Forbes, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said last summer that Android could be a $10 billion business if there were 1 billion users each […]
Sony is starting to up the ante in the portable gaming market by announcing PlayStation Suite, a platform that brings PlayStation games to non-PSP devices. The PlayStation Suite has the ability to “port” games to any device that runs an open-source operating system – i.e. Android OS. This means that people with an Android smartphone […]
It’s interesting to me that Verizon is now offering what they call Google Apps for Verizon. This is basically a bundled package deal for Verizon small and medium size business customers to start leveraging Google Apps. Verizon will be charging enterprise clients $3.99 per month / per user for those who just want to use […]