Apr

2011

Sprint rolling out Google Voice April 26th – updated

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Google Voice, gv, mobile number, porting, Sprint, update

Sprint will be launching Google Voice to all Sprint customers who use Google Voice, allowing users to port their Sprint mobile number as their Google Voice service without any additional fees or penalties. The flyer making its way around the web right now shows it’s going to be available on April 26th. They’ve been testing [...]

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Apr

2011

Android now has 3 billion app installs total, 350,000 devices activated daily

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, Domination, installs, market, world

As the title suggests, Android is continuing to make people exhale, lean back in their chairs, and say “wow”. According to the earnings call mentioned earlier, Senior VP of commerce and local with Google announced that not only are 350,000 new Android devices being activated every day, but also 3 billion app installs have made [...]

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Apr

2011

Google’s Q1 earning announed, worth $8.58 billion

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 2011, Android, earnings, Google, q1

In fiscal news, Google has announced their Q1 earnings for 2011. Revenue came in at a whopping $8.58 billion for January – March, which is up 27% from Q1 2010. GAAP – or net income – was $2.3 billion compared to $1.96 billion, also from Q1 2010. Looking for the full rundown? Hit the source [...]

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Apr

2011

Google Maps updates to 5.3.1, What are the changes?

by Robert Nazarian
tagged Google, google maps, Google Maps 5.3.1, Maps 5.3.1

Google Maps was updated to 5.3.1, but a change log wasn’t posted. We all assumed that it was probably some minor bug fixes because if something big was added, I am sure they would have posted it. For those that are still wondering, we found the info on the Google forums: Update! We’ve pushed out [...]

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Apr

2011

Google Streaming music service on the horizon, Aquires Pushlife

by Adam Johnson
tagged Android, app, Google, Pushlife, streaming music

If you check out the Pushlife site right now, you’ll come across a blank space. The Toronto-based company, Pushlife, Inc. earlier posted that they “are pleased to announce that we’ve been aquired by Google”. The company that was founded in 2008, was purchased for $25 million by Google. Pushlife was an app that would enable your [...]

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Apr

2011

Android will dominate with 48.8% of the worldwide market share by 2015

by Robert Nazarian
tagged Android, Android domination, Garnter

It seems like everyday we are treated with a report showing how Android will continue to dominate over the years. Lets add Gartner to the party. They are predicting Android will hold 48.8 percent of the worldwide market share by 2015. Smartphone sales will hit 468 million units in 2011 which is a 57.7 percent [...]

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Apr

2011

Andy Rubin: “We continue to be an open source platform”

by Robert Nazarian
tagged Android, Andy Rubin, fragmentation, Google, open, open platform

There has been a lot of comments and speculation over the last couple of weeks about Google becoming “closed” with regard to not releasing the source code for Honeycomb. Then is was reported that Google would be approving all manufacturer tweaks (skins) to the Android OS. Today Andy Rubin, Google’s Vice President of Engineering, posted [...]

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Apr

2011

Samsung Nexus S shows off in France TV commerical

by Robert Nazarian
tagged commercial, commercial France, france, France commercial, Nexus S

We have not seen much advertising here in the US for the Nexus S, but it looks like the French TV networks have been running the below commercial in a heavy rotation. The commercial features voice searching, Google Goggles and Maps. The Nexus S was recently made available in France, Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and [...]

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Apr

2011

Google Maps update brings location history dashboard and home check-ins

by Robert Nazarian
tagged check in, check-ins, Google, google maps, Google Maps 5.3, location history, maps

Google Maps 5.3 for Android is now available. With this update you will be able to see your Google Location History dashboard. Up until now, you could only see your location history on your computer. To view it on your phone, tap “view your location history” from your Latitude profile. Location History must be enabled [...]

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Apr

2011

Google Earnings Call Set for April 14

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, earnings, Google, market, quarterly

Google announced yesterday that their quarterly earnings call will be taking place at 1:30 PM PST on 4/14/11. With Google’s continuing stretch in the mobile market, along with the fact that their tentacles reach into almost every technology sector there is, you can bet the news will be good. If you want to check it [...]

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