by Scott Judson
Owner of Judson Steel, an iOS development studio based in Auckland
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Flurry reports every dollar of iOS revenue, developers only get 24 cents from Android. Peter Farago, VP of Marketing at Flurry, thoughts on the mobile platform wars.
Farago also believes that Google will have a hard time fixing the problem, it goes against the company’s DNA. Google wants to create highly scalable, frictionless systems. Consequently, it’s the “anti-customer service company;” search engines don’t have help lines. Apple and Amazon, on the other hand, have customer and retail in their DNA, it is a critical aspect of their user experience.
Closing Android’s monetization gap, therefore, is not only a cultural challenge, but an inherent issue with the platform’s business model.
A newly opened Google London campus forgoes the twee, primary colors, and bean bag chairs of its stateside sister offices, opting instead to emphasize flexibility and functionality. (via Google’s Low-Tech Incubator For High-Tech Startups | Co.Design: business innovation design)
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What Google would have looked like in the ’80s. (And it works!)
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What Google would have looked like in the ’80s. (And it works!)
(h/t @theollyman)
Feelin’ lucky.
![Remember how your mother used to always tell you “patience is a virtue?” It turns out none of us took her advice. (via Americans Don’t Have Time For Slow Websites [INFOGRAPHIC])](http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Instant-America-800.jpg)
Remember how your mother used to always tell you “patience is a virtue?” It turns out none of us took her advice. (via Americans Don’t Have Time For Slow Websites [INFOGRAPHIC])
Google: Project Glass
The concept certainly has some allure, but I dislike how the video omits showing how the user is interacting with the glasses, aside from some voice commands. In its current form, this feels akin to watching the initial teasers for Microsoft’s Courier: It’s a well-produced video and an intriguing idea, but does little to demonstrate actual viability. Here’s hoping this one actually makes it to production though.
I also enjoyed a parody of this video, Google Glasses: A New Way to Hurt Yourself
Google’s spicing up the competition in its location-based check-in service, and taking Foursquare head on.
Google has quietly added a points system and Leaderboard feature to Latitude, which ties in to Google Maps and Google +.
The service will be available on Google’s Android operating system first, and while the update hasn’t yet rolled out to all Google Map users, some already see it in the updated version. No word yet as to whether it will be heading to the iPhone or iPad.
The service is a move by Google to better integrate its Google+ social network with Maps, giving it some steam to take on already popular services like Foursquare, Facebook and Path. Foursquare in particular has a similar competitive element, including a point system. (via Google Latitude Leaderboards Takes Direct Aim at Foursquare - ABC News)
Google is working on a set of heads-up display glasses that will deliver information to the wearer in real-time.
Google employees told the Times that the Google goggles are set to go on sale by the end of the year, and they’re expected to cost “about as much as a current smartphone.”
The glasses will feature a small screen positioned a few inches from the wearer’s eye, and they’ll be equipped with GPS and motion sensors. (via Google Augmented Reality Glasses Update of the Day - TDW Geeks)
Ed Bott read the 2011 SEC filings for Apple, Google, and Microsoft and put together these handy pie charts to understand what drives each companies business.
Three companies are at the forefront of modern personal computing: Microsoft, Apple, and Google.
After reading through the most recent SEC-mandated financial reports for each company, I was inspired to put together these three pie charts. The data paints a vivid picture of where each company’s revenue comes from.
Microsoft is a software company. Apple’s a hardware company. But what business is Google in?
Riffing on Ed’s charts, MG Siegler pointed out that:
Last quarter, Microsoft brought in $20.89 billion in revenue. Apple brought in $46.33 billion.
Put another way: Apple’s iPhone business alone is larger than all of Microsoft’s businesses combined.
And — just as remarkably — if you took away Apple’s iPhone business from the chart, the remaining Apple businesses would still be larger than Microsoft’s total business. And Apple’s earnings would look a lot more evenly distributed then.
Google doodles, in a few words, are modified versions of the classic Google logo. They are often seen on special holidays and or for memorable events. Google doodles are a fun and pleasant surprise, because you never know what you’re gonna get. But do you know the story behind Google doodles? Let’s explore them together, and look at the most memorable examples of all time.
Google Doodle is currently accepting submissions until March 23, 2012.
