Google was asked about the "patent situation" during Thursday’s second-quarter earnings call. The "situation," of course, is that Google recently lost a bit for a major bunch of patents — and lost to a consortium including many of its main competitors in the mobile space. Meanwhile, developers are having to fight (or pay off) patent trolls, [...]
Archive for July 14th, 2011
Android Market now has more than a quarter-million applications
Posted by ryan on July 14th, 2011
Just 48 hours since Google announced a major update to the Android Market, Susan Wojcicki, senior vice president of advertising, announced during today’s second-quarter earnings call that the Android Market now has more than 250,000 applications, with more than 6 billion downloads. By comparison, BlackBerry’s App World just passed the 1 billion mark.
Android now seeing 550,000 activations every day, Larry Page says
Posted by ryan on July 14th, 2011
You read that right. Today, during Google’s second-quarter earnings call, CEO Larry Page announced that some 550,000 devices are being activated every day. That’s about 382 devices being activated every minute, or 3.85 million every week. That’s a lot of devices. Put it into perspective: On June 28, Android’s Andy Rubin tweeted that a half-million devices were [...]
Google+ private beta has more than 10 million members
Posted by ryan on July 14th, 2011
Google CEO Larry Page just dropped a few numbers on the new Google+ social network, which technically is still in a semi-private beta. "The Growth on Google+ has been great," Page said during Thursday’s second-quarter earnings call. He explained: More than 10 million people on Google+ More than 1 billion items shared and received in a single [...]
Google’s Q2 revenue up 32 percent over Q2 2010
Posted by ryan on July 14th, 2011
Google just announced its Q2 2011 earnings. And, guess what — they’re up. Up some 32 percent over Q2 2010, to be exact. The big strokes: Total revenue was at $9.03 billion, a 32 percent increase over the $6.82 billion earned for the second three months of 2010. GAAP net income was $2.51 billion, up from [...]
Hands-on with wireless charging for the HTC ThunderBolt with the Energizer Inductive Charging Pad
Posted by ryan on July 14th, 2011
If you’ve got an HTC ThunderBolt on Verizon, chances are you spend a lot of time charging the thing. I will never again be plugging in my ThunderBolt, however. Picked up Verizon’s wireless charging battery cover for it recently and paired it up with an inductive charging pad — it uses that newfangled Qi charging system [...]
Google+ app updated in Android Market, brings UI changes, new features, and bug fixes
Posted by ryan on July 14th, 2011
The Google+ app has just received a pretty major update that brings bug fixes, some UI changes, and new features to Googles new social media venture. From the changelog in the Android Market: Customize the main stream view to show streams from individual circles Fixed some issues encountered by users with the Swype keyboard Set [...]
Android Quick App: dealnews
Posted by ryan on July 14th, 2011
If any of you are as gung-ho about saving money as I am, I’m sure you’ve heard about dealnews. Their slogan is "Where every day is Black Friday" and as such, they ‘re constantly trying to give you the biggest and best discounts on anything they can find. Fortunately, for the bargain hunters on-the-go, they’ve just [...]
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Comments OffTonight, on the Greatest Android Podcast in the world …
Posted by ryan on July 14th, 2011
We get some new toys in the HTC Status and Droid 3,plus your e-mails and voicemails Welcome to the middle of July! We’re freshly back from AT&T’s holiday showcase in New York City, where we got our first look at the HTC Status, and the carrier’s upcoming Xperia Play release. We’ve also got a Droid 3 in [...]
Posted in Android Tags: Android Central, Greatest Android Podcast, New York City, Xperia Play Comments OffMotorola XT860 4G gets official on Bell
Posted by ryan on July 14th, 2011
Having been rumored for a while, Bell today has finally made the news official. They will indeed be bringing the Motorola XT860 4G to Canada. Most will know the device from its more commonly used name — the Motorola Droid 3 but since Verizon has a lock on the Droid name, it can’t be [...]
