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Tech News: Online Android Market Goes Live
Move over mobility. Google extended it’s Android Market client from just mobiles devices to the web. As long as you have a browser you can now search thousands of third party software and purchase apps right from your desktop. The apps are then automatically downloaded to your android based device or smartphone.
Twitter is NOT a Social Network, Says Twitter Exec
Readwriteweb.com: Kevin Thau, Twitter’s VP for business and corporate development, announced during a presentation at Nokia World 2010 today that everyone’s favorite micro-blogging network is not actually a social network. It’s not, you say? No, says Thau: Twitter is for news. Twitter is for content. Twitter is for information. To those of us in the [...]
Verizon’s Making Their Own Android App Store, and That Makes Google Happy
Gizmodo.com: Some have applauded Android’s “come one come all” app philosophy; others think it’s left the Android Market a mess. Now, Verizon’s looking to clean things with a closed, competing Android app store of their own. So why isn’t Google fuming? Verizon currently preinstalls something called the V Cast App Store on many of its BlackBerry phones, [...]
Apple Says “We Have Enough Fart Apps,” Here’s Why That’s Wrong
Readwriteweb.com: Earlier this week, Apple announced it was rolling back previous restrictions on the use of third-party development tools for building applications for the iOS mobile operating system and that it would be, for the first time ever, publishing its once-secret “App Store Guidelines” for all to read. These guidelines explain, in detail, how Apple determines [...]
The Nexus One – Will The Real Google Phone Please Stand-up?
The Nexus One represents a pretty significant game changer not just for the wireless industry, but for a multi billion-dollar company that has never sold a single piece of consumer hardware in its history.
Windows 7’s Market Share Hits 3.6 Percent
Windows 7, having been soft launched to developers and parts of the IT community, had been tracked to 1.89 percent of usage the day before consumer launch (October 21). By the end of launch day, the number managed to climb to 1.99 percent, and finishing the month with 3.67 percent of total market usage.
Is Windows 7 Going to Boost Mac Sales?
The PC industry is keenly awaiting the launch of Windows 7 in the hope that it will deliver it from its woes. Probably, Apple also has its sights firmly fixed on the sandglass counting down to the launch, but for a different reason, of course. Apple need not be fazed by the launch, though, if Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall is to be believed.
