These days, because of the broader climate of complaint about low-quality ads and ad blocking, it seems that there is some new labeling in Google Play about apps that utilizes ads. According to Android Authority, Google Play is going to begin requiring developer disclosures about those apps that are supported by advertising. What this means is […]
We know that Europe has has been having issues with Google for a while now with shopping search, but the problems for Google just keep getting bigger. Not only is Google dealing with the current shopping search allegations, but there is now a parallel investigation of Android now taking off. According to some comments being […]
There are those who will say that, as far as virtual assistants go, Siri is lagging behind other virtual assistants, such as Cortana and Google Now. But it seems that, according to a hands-on user study conducted y Expert Exchange, this isn’t the case. Due to contrary belief, Siri isn’t lagging behind, but rather, is in […]
It was announced by YouTube that it is now supporting virtual reality (VR) videos on its Android App. It was also confirmed that all YouTube content is able to be viewed through Google Cardboard, which is a cardboard-crafted virtual reality device designed to be used with a smartphone. Users can view VR videos for the “Hunger Game […]
According to the Wall Street Journal yesterday afternoon (October 29th), Google will be “folding” Chrome into Android. There is certainly some complicated technicality to how they’re going to do this, but ultimately, this means that Android won. But moving away from any sort of competition between Android and Chrome, and to a developer point of […]
Cortana, Microsoft’s virtual assistant became available for download a month ago in pre-beta, and now, an official US beta version of Cortana for Android is available. When you look at the Windows 10 or Windows Phone version of Cortana, you have access to the full Cortana experience and functionality, but since the Android version doesn’t have access to your […]
On Friday 21, the Wall Street Journal reported that The European Commission (EC) is expanding their antitrust probe of Google. At this point, the EC is in their late game of its vertical search inquiry and has filed formal charges. At this point, Google has until August 31 to rebut. This all comes down to the investigation […]
Here’s an alluring little tidbit if your an Android developer – Bing has announced a new Knowledge and Actions Graph API for Android developers. The reason behind Bing’s brand new Knowledge Graph is to bring in Android developers to deeply integrate Bing Knowledge Graph information. The pull is the “21 billion associated facts, 18 billion links to […]
Despite the fact Android is on its way to being the dominant global operating system (Android has a 51.6 percent share in the US smartphone market during the month of June 2015), its US market share is pretty much flat and roughly the same place it was back in 2012. During the same time period, […]
According to a report by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, Android’s US market share is up 2.8 percent (which uses smartphone sales from March, April and May of this year). Android has ended up with ownership of 64.9 percent of the market. The reasoning behind the jump in Android popularity is due to the sales of Samsung’s Galaxy S6, […]