Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, had a few interesting things to say about Google Glass. For those who don’t know, Google Glass is a pair of glasses with a camera and heads up display built in, bringing true wearable computing to those lucky enough to be participating in the Explorer program. And something important you should know is that… Read more
While Android has been incredibly popular, and has overtaken iOS in sales long ago, revenues from the respective app stores are a whole different story. In total, both app stores took in $2.2 billion in revenue in the first three months of 2013. And according to one firm, Canalys, Apple earned 74% of that money, or $1.48 billion. They also say that the… Read more
A new report published by Distimo has given us some information about the app stores of the two biggest mobile operating systems, but the information is something we already knew. First of all, Google Play is growing a lot faster than the Apple App Store. Google Play’s daily revenue grew 43% in the last four months. The App Store’s daily revenue only… Read more
In the midst of Google’s awesome day of announcements yesterday, there was one more announcement left as Google Play has hit 700,000 available applications. The arrival at 700,000 apps means Google has now matched Apple in terms of sheer volume of games, programs and productivity tools usable on tablets and smartphones. Unfortunately, that number still… Read more
Amazon’s Appstore has given Android users an alternative to the Google Play Store for nearly a year and a half, but so far only users in the US have been able to take advantage of it. Sources familiar with the matter are reporting that the third-party app store will make its debut in the European market “sometime this summer”. In addition the release of… Read more
Well, all roads lead up and the Android Market is really moving now. After recently surpassing the 10 billion download mark, then racking over a billion downloads during the holidays, we have a new stat to cheer about. It looks like the unofficial count of apps on the market is up past 400,000 as of a few years ago. Metrics also seem to indicate that we… Read more
Apple App Store App Purchases…say that ten times fast. It’s a fairly well know fact that Android users are a little stingy with their hard earned dollars. That’s no surprise considering much of Android’s rise to fame can be credited to having low cost alternatives to other smartphones. It only makes sense that people who buy cheap phones might not… Read more
For the last two-and-a-half years, iPhone users have only been able to access Google’s astounding translation suite via an HTML5 web app. Today, Google released the dedicated Google Translate program for free in the Apple App Store (iTunes link), giving iOS fans the full app functionality that Android junkies have been enjoying for approximately one… Read more
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