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...
Despite mostly negative reviews from users, Facebook's custom Android user interface Facebook Home has surpassed 500,000 downloads. Of over 11,600 reviews logged by users of the new service, the overwhelmingly majority, 6,059, gave it a one-star...
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...
Because of Android’s open architecture, Facebook didn’t have to partner with Google on the Home project, but Zuckerberg explains that the process is entirely different with each mobile operating system.
If you're selling an iOS app and sending people to the app store, Android devices won't see your ad, and vice versa. HTC One X vs iPhone 4, or iOS vs Android). They can't control how many people search (apart from the high level strategy of being...
Android and Apple). We have already arrived at a post-search era when users and visits are coming from an ever-greater variety of places, using discovery-type apps and sites like Foursquare and Yelp as opposed to traditional search engines.
Publishers should use the preview function to view the unpublished catalog on an iOS and an Android tablet as well as on the desktop before submitting the catalog to be published. Most tablet users look at Google Catalogs in landscape Orientation...
There is a Google Catalogs application for iOS and Android tablets. Your Feed is for SEO, Your Catalog is for Users Google has reformatted the Google Shopping home page. The redesign includes prominent placement for Google Catalogs, with “Featured...
Three-year-old Scoutmob has similar distribution deals in place with Foursquare and Foodspotting, and it's also available as a standalone Android app. Field Trip users can set the type and number of alerts they want to receive.
They’ll also find the Guide and their subscriptions on apps on hundreds of millions of devices including Android, iPhone, PlayStation 3, and Google TV. YouTube has unveiled a new look to help users find their favorite channels and “subscribe...
For instance, rival search engine Bing pays to advertise when you search for [search engines], while Android competitor Apple pays to appear on searches for [cell phone]. Given its market share and public commitment to providing users with the most...
Android devices are always logged in, so those users will see more personalized search results due to the data mined from their devices. GJ: How do mobile users discover "Related" videos for each video they watch on their phone?
Google has revealed its futuristic binary language made up of dots and dashes for Android and iOS users on the go: Gmail Tap, which reduces 26 keys to 2. In 2000, Google asked users to “project a mental image of what you want to find” while staring...
Evaluate your websites landing pages to determine if they are mobile ready through testing on various devices and browsers (Android 2.x and iOS 3.x or later). Another important recommendation was to ensure users are getting to the right locations...
Google: 300 Million Android Devices Activated Google had some big announcements regarding Android today. Google Senior Vice President, mobile and digital content, also announced in a blog post that the number of applications available in the...
Google and Bing can directly acquire this information from mobile users on their operating systems, Android and Windows Phone 7, respectively. Voice actions on Android and recently Siri on the iPhone have provided users a more direct way of getting...
Midway through a post that proclaimed "Music videos now on YouTube app for Android," was the really important news for marketers: “YouTube now exceeds 200 million views a day on mobile, a 3x increase in 2010.
Competitors will be driven to raise the bar with voice search integration in Android as well as auto, television, and gaming systems like the Xbox. Android based tablets won’t be able to compete on price at the low end and, and with quality at the...
Google Android: 38.1% Important Mobile Stat #3: According to a Google 2010 study, 71 percent of smartphone users use offline media to do mobile search. Important Mobile Stat #5: According to a Google 2010 study, one in three mobile searches are...
