This is definitely a must-read Guys. I usually dont share non iPhone topics on my iPhone blog. But this one is just enriching. Let me get to this Forbes topic right away: Here’s why Google and Facebook might completely disappear in the next 5 years:
“We think of Google and Facebook as Web gorillas. They’ll be around forever. Yet, with the rate that the tech world is moving these days, there are good reasons to think both might be gone completely in 5 – 8 years,” Eric Jackson writes for Forbes. “Not bankrupt gone, but MySpace gone. And there’s some academic theory to back up that view, along with casual observations from recent history.”
“More and more in tech, it seems that your long-term viability as a company is dependent on when you were born,” Jackson writes. “Think of the differences between generations and when we talk about how the Baby Boomers behave differently from Gen X’ers and additional differences with the Millennials. Each generation is perceived to see the world in a very unique way that translates into their buying decisions and countless other habits.”
Jackson writes, “With each new paradigm shift (first to social, now to mobile, and next to whatever else), the older generations get increasingly out of touch and likely closer to their significant decline. What’s more, the tech world in which we live in seems to be speeding up… Yahoo is already a shell of its 2000 self. There is increasing chatter (including from me) about how Google’s facing a painful multiple contraction, once its desktop search business (still accounting for the vast majority of its revenues and profits) starts to fall off a cliff as users dramatically drop traditional search for new ways of getting information they want in a mobile world… Facebook is also probably facing a tough road ahead as this shift to mobile happens.”
Just awesome! I felt. Jon Stewart gives us his take on Google’s glasses and Facebook’s purchase of Instagram for $1B. Watch Jon Stewart Give His Take On Google’s Project Glass And Rip Up Facebook’s Purchase Of Instagram On The Daily Show:
This world is changing… changing real fast. I am in my mid 30’s and I seriously feel that I am going to be out of race pretty soon. These kind of stuffs will be just for the young ones and the ones who feel young from deep within. Maan, Google is showing off something maddening. Best of luck Guys. Its called ‘Project Glass’ — a pair of augmented reality glasses that seek to provide users real-time information right in front of their eyes.
“We think technology should work for you — to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don’t,” wrote Babak Parviz, Steve Lee, and Sebastian Thrun, three Google employees who are part of the Google X skunkworks. “We’re sharing this information now because we want to start a conversation and learn from your valuable input.”
Hats off to Google and Samsung who have delayed their CTIA launch event, widely expected to involve the introduction of their next generation Ice Cream Sandwich Android OS, and Nexus Prime handset, in deference to the recent passing of Steve Jobs.
“We believe this is not the right time to announce a new product as the world expresses tribute to Steve Jobs’s passing.”
Awesome!!!
Heres the official word from Kim Titus, director of public relations for Samsung Telecommunications America:
“Samsung and Google have decided to postpone the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event during the CTIA in San Diego, previously scheduled for Oct. 11. Under the current circumstances, both parties have agreed that this is not the appropriate time for the announcement of a new product. We would ask for the understanding of our clients and media for any inconvenience caused. We will announce a new date and venue in due course.”
Was reading this amazing article on 9to5Mac. I believe exactly the same, it will be very difficult for Android tablets to beat iPad, simply because Apple has iOS which is highly stable and innovative and it has the App Store to add to its popularity. Google has an average Honeycomb/Android and an average Android Market to compete.
Gartner today revised their tablet numbers in the face of iPad’s dominance and weakening competition. Of the 63.6 million media tablets projected to ship this year, Gartner expects Apple’s iPad to account for nearly three-quarters of the global market, of 73.4 percent. The figure is based on an estimated 47 million iPads this year, a 9.6 percentage points drop from the 83 percent market share in 2010.
Apple delivers a superior and unified user experience across its hardware, software and services. Unless competitors can respond with a similar approach, challenges to Apple’s position will be minimal. Apple had the foresight to create this market and in doing that planned for it as far as component supplies such as memory and screen. This allowed Apple to bring the iPad out at a very competitive price and no compromise in experience among the different models that offer storage and connectivity options.
Besides iOS and Android, no other platform in Gartner’s table has more than five percent share of the tablet market in 2011.
This is interesting news. Yesterday Susan Creighton, testified under oath that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! all bid to become the default search engine on iOS’s Mobile Safari Web Browser. And Google won, the quality of the search results was probably as big a part of the decision as the relatively small bits of revenue. 9to5Mac reported that:
Michel said briefly that 2/3rds of mobile search comes from Apple iOS devices. That’s pretty interesting considering the share of Android devices in the market. But not altogether surprising considering the web browser market share which includes those millions and millions of iPads.
Google is catching up with iOS finally, as it launched a HTML 5 optimized Music Beta player for iOS 4. 9t05Mac shared this web app and few screenshots. When you first access music.google.com, Google will ask for the allowance of 25mb to be stored on your device. Once you agree, you will be presented with a full run down of all of the artists you uploaded to the service. Once you have selected a preferred song, you are taken to a “Now Playing” page. It works like a music app.
Google updated its Google Search for iOS devices yesterday. Version 0.9.0.7005 includes three new features, including support for Google Instant Pages, takes away one feature (Calendar alerts), and includes unspecified bug fixes.
What’s New:
- New way to switch between Web, Images, Places and more
- Improved help screen
- Removed Calendar alerts
- Google Instant Pages
- Minor bug fixes
Google Search is Free, Heres the App Store link to download.
This computer-animated reenactments of news events by Next Media Animation (NMA), depicting the news of Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola looks sleek. The video also depicts Apple CEO Steve Jobs as Darth Vader and features Google co-founders riding a one-trick pony while “desperately searching for a second act.”
Google had about $39 billion in cash at last count. And Google’s buyout of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion which is approx. $40 per share doesnt take too much off Google.This price represents around 63% over the closing price of Motorola Mobility share last Friday. Looks like Google’s strategy for the rest of the year is suddenly more hazy, as Motorola only manufactures the Verizon Droid among other Android based phones. Verizon has set its sights on the iPhone 5 as its flagship instead of Droid, and it puts the fate of Google’s own Nexus line of Android phones in question.
Till date Android platform has collectively enjoyed great sales success, the paradox has been that each carrier’s pet Android model has suffered at the hands on the iPhone. Even as Verizon’s Droid failed to match iPhone 4 sales, the same has been playing out with Sprint and T-Mobile and their respective flagship Android models, leading to widespread speculation that one or both will have the iPhone 5 before the end of the year. This might justify Googles Motorola Mobility buyout.
Techcrunch shared some more important aspect of this deal:
The acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a dedicated Android partner, will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem and will enhance competition in mobile computing. Motorola Mobility will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. Google will run Motorola Mobility as a separate business.
Motorola Mobility is what used to be the Mobile Devices division of Motorola until January 2011. A few years ago, Motorola bet its future in the mobile devices market by going full Android, launching the “Droid” – initially on the Verizon network – on November 6, 2009. The “Droid X” and “Droid 2? followed in 2010.
Microsoft tested the next version of Windows Phone codenamed “Mango” at MIX 2011. Interesting observations were made which happened at the Microsoft’s popular annual conference for web and app developers. Joe Belfiore, Director of the Windows Phone program compared the performance of Internet Explorer 9 mobile with Mobile Safari on iPhone 4 and Android browser on Samsung’s Nexus S by running HTML5 speed reading demo. Internet Explorer 9 mobile with hardware acceleration support blows away Mobile Safari and Android browser. Lets have this tested again guys
Last week there were few articles that were floating around the web which shared a few independent trials that determined smartphones running Android OS would load web pages faster than the iPhone Safari. Apple hit back on this yesterday and disputed the findings citing significant flaws with the methodology behind the test.
“Their testing is flawed. They didn’t actually test the Safari browser on the iPhone. Instead they only tested their own proprietary app, which uses an embedded Web viewer that doesn’t actually take advantage of Safari’s Web performance optimizations,” said Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris. “Despite this fundamental testing flaw, they still only found an average of a second difference in loading Web pages.”
Jason Ankeny reports for FierceMobileContent. After analyzing 45,000 measurements on the latest Android and iPhone devices, web optimization services provider Blaze Software reported this week that the Android browser loaded web pages 52 percent faster than its iPhone counterpart; not true, Apple claims.
‘[Blaze Software's] testing is flawed. They didn’t actually test the Safari browser on the iPhone,” an Apple spokesperson tells CNet. “Instead they only tested their own proprietary app, which uses an embedded web viewer that doesn’t actually take advantage of Safari’s web performance optimizations. Despite this fundamental testing flaw, they still only found an average of a second difference in loading web pages,’” Ankeny reports.
CNET posted this an article by Stephen Shankland: “Blaze backed away from its conclusion in light of the new data. Chief Technology Officer Guy Podjarny told CNET in a statement: ‘This test leveraged the embedded browser which is the only available option for iPhone applications. Blaze was under the assumption that Apple would apply the same updates to their embedded browser as they would their regular browser. If this is not the case and according to Apple’s response, it’s certainly possible the embedded browser might produce different results. If Apple decides to apply their optimizations across their embedded browser as well, then we would be more than willing to create a new report with the new performance results.’
