An Instant Buy API is provided for merchants to start developing against for websites or Android apps. Google Checkout will be retired in six months, Google has announced. The service, which has been used by many web merchants as an alternative to...
Google provides a referral tracking system to let marketers see which marketing sources are driving visitors to the Android Market and downloading your app. Attribution is the measurement of user events in result of marketing activity.
Ironically, Page vilified Oracle – who has numerous victories over Android in court – just a few moments later, jabbing "Money is more important to them than cooperation. Google CEO Larry Page made a surprise appearance on the keynote stage...
Chris Yerga, Android engineering director, unveiled the service, which will take on Spotify and Rdio with its subscription based music offering. Google has confirmed earlier rumors that it was working on a streaming music service.
With how varied Android devices are, this can sometimes be invaluable information for app creators. You've heard it before, aggregate data is meaningless to achieving your business objectives. To truly know how your inbound marketing is shaping up...
Android AutoClean is one of my favorites on this list for two reasons: the ability for me to schedule my phone, SMS, and web search history to be cleared is a lifesaver, and the one-click to move apps to my SD card is really convenient.
Everyone using Facebook's mobile app has a mechanism for researching and checking into a place called Local Search (on iOS) and Nearby (on Android). First, I'll explain more about Local Search (called Nearby on Android), which is sitting in your...
The release of Google Now nearly a year ago didn't make waves, as it was only available on Android devices running Jelly Bean (and up). Google has released many products and services over the last few years to improve the way people search and find...
Of the top 100 grossing apps from the iOS and Android in the last week of Q1, about 40 percent of them used our mobile app install ads," she says. Advertising revenue from mobile devices comprised 30 percent of Facebook's total ad revenue in the Q1...
Google has announced that its desktop and mobile search will now include data gathered from Android app activity. Google's social network connects with a variety of its services and allows the search giant to mine data from its Android platform.
First launched as part of the Jelly Bean update, Google Now serves as the personal assistant for the Android platform, a role filled in iOS by the Siri application. Google has launched its Now predictive search platform for Apple's iOS.
Yahoo has yet to release an Android version. Yahoo has launched an iPhone app using Summly's technology less than a month after buying the firm. Yahoo bought Summly for $30 million in late March. Summly is a summarization tool that was created in...
Despite mostly negative reviews from users, Facebook's custom Android user interface Facebook Home has surpassed 500,000 downloads. That's according to information technology hack Benedict Evans, who posted the apparent milestone on Twitter.
Android PoliceGoogle Glass companion app has some interesting finds. The only noteworthy bits coming out it: Android is on track for 1 billion activations by year's end and he called Facebook Home a "tremendous endorsement" of Android.
So if you're building an app for an iOS, Android, Windows Phone or whatever, it won't usually be written with HTML and CSS, but rather Objective C, Java or some other higher-end coding languages.That said, there's a way to "cheat" this by using...
Yahoo has updated its email app for iPad and Android tablets to allow users to make use of gesture controls on devices. The updates will also allow Yahoo Mail users to more easily manage their increasing number of daily emails.
With the introduction of Android 4, Google’s mobile OS is stripping keyword referral data as well, and will continue to do so as users upgrade and update. With Android’s 53 percent mobile market share we can expect the number below to get a lot...
Last week, FairSearch Europe – a group that includes Microsost, Nokia and Oracle – launched an attack on Google for alleged anticompetitive practices on its Android mobile operating system. The group claimed that Google favors its own apps over...
Google foes FairSearch, made up of Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle among others, filed a complaint accusing Android of being a "Trojan Horse" and promoting Google apps. Google is the subject of yet another anti-competitiveness complaint, this one from...
The Android software allows users to skin their smartphone with a Facebook overlay that puts social networking front and center. Annual U.S.social ad revenue is expected to reach $11 billion by 2017, according to a recent study by BIA/Kelsey.