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Everything that has been written about Google+ early on has been around the feature set, what it does or it doesn’t have. What really has interested me thus far is taking a step back and looking at what has gone right and where this is going. While Google has had many missteps in the social space, which I am not going to document here, they have gotten some things right …
The battle still rages on for the win in this seemingly endless competition between Apple and Google, AT&T and Verizon, and the iPhone and Android. Yet this is a great time for application developers and mobile advertisers to take advantage of the growing and dynamic mobile OS environments. The debate over which major features are superior for each phone is a hot topic today. PC World stated, “If you want …
Google comes out swinging against popular shopping apps such as, Shopsavvy and Amazon with Google Shopper. Many of you have probably already noticed Google Maps 2D barcodes on local store fronts in your neighborhood (at up to 190,000 local businesses throughout the US). Most people have no clue what these little tags are for, but with the release of Google Shopper on Android, that will likely change. Google Shopper …
As Google continues its exploration to own the life cycle of the mobile consumer. Yesterday, they announced a web app for the iPhone and Palm WebOS devices. I’ve been running Google Voice for months and this new web app is a tremendous upgrade and brings the experience full circle. This is a great example of how an HTML5 app can provide fast and flexible service directly over the mobile web. …
Below is a great Slideshare deck from TrendsSpotting, discussing the rapid evolution of the mobile device for 2010 and beyond. The Tweet style format covers mobile predictions and facts from some heavy hitters in the technology space including analysts from IDC, Morgan Stanley, Gartner, Mashable, GigaOM, eMarketer, and the Mobile Marketing Association. 2010 Mobile Influencers: Trend Predictions in 140 Characters, By TrendsSpotting View more documents from Taly Weiss.
Here is a great little commercial clip of the Nexus One. As an old G1 customer, I’m glad to see some much needed improvements in the UI and sexier hardware, however there are many reports out there showing lackluster Nexus One sales in the first 10 days of release. Perhaps its not sexy enough for the $179 price tag and with T-Mobile offering FREE smartphones it might be tough to …
The Connected vs. the Disconnected… We just switched phone carriers from T-Mobile (using G1 Android) to Sprint (using Palm Pre). We were pretty pumped to see the attractive packages Sprint is offering these days, and although I know their service can be spotty vs some of the other carriers, the price is right for the trade off. For $99/ month, I have unlimited everything and bought my Palm Pre for $79 at …
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