With how varied Android devices are, this can sometimes be invaluable information for app creators. Browser size Mobile marketing name Mobile pointing method Mobile has QWERTY keyboard? Mobile is NFC supported?
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...
Fairsearch's lead lawyer Thomas Vinje claimed that Google is using its mobile software as a "deceptive way to build advantages for key Google apps in 70 percent of the smartphones shipped today," adding that Android hardware makers have...
Safari was first at 61.79 percent; the default Android browser came in second with 21.86 percent; Opera Mini was third with 8.4 percent, and Chrome was fourth with 2.43 percent, Net Applications reported.
Create platform-specific content – Android content for Android phones. Feature phone users – outside the most developed countries, are dominant – 158 million visitors used opera (the major feature phone browser) in 2012 – do you want to ignore them?
Pros: ODIN provides standardization with an identifier that could be used across iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile. Pros: This method is standard for all Android devices. Android Referrer is a standard method for tracking app download provided by...
During this year's Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference the firm said that the mobile browser for Chrome will now support Braille on Android 4.1 and over. Meanwhile Google also updated its Android Chrome app...
Izik is a new search experience built specifically with the iPad and Android tablets in mind using Blekko's algorithms, sans-spam thanks to human curating. You can download the Izik app for both Android and iOS 6 devices.
Subsequently, Crisis Response is now built into Android Jellybean so that users will automatically receive a push notification for nearby hazards, such as a tornado warning, without the user needing to search.
Though Android is growing in hardware market share, iOS still has greater engagement levels. And it has begun to monetize in-app map searches in Android. But as far as mapping apps go, don't count Google out by any means; Android again continues to...
While Chinese smartphone punters have taken to Android, the firm cannot rely on a web browser alone to generate a significant amount of revenue. Baidu has very high hopes for its web browser and said it wants the browser on 80 percent of Chinese...
According to figures from analysis outfit Netmarketshare, Opera Mini has about half as many mobile and tablet users as Google's Android web browser, with around 9 percent compared to around 20 percent, respectively.
Apple has sued a number of Android handset vendors over alleged patent infringement, and former Apple chief Steve Jobs famously vowed to go "thermonuclear war" to beat Google in the mobile space. Our license to include the YouTube app in iOS has...
Handwrite is experimental, and works better in some browsers than others—on Android devices, it works best in Chrome. For now, we’ve enabled Handwrite for iOS5+ devices, Android 2.3+ phones and Android 4.0+ tablets—in 27 languages.
Android Jelly Bean will feature Google Now, a revamped mobile search experience with improved voice search and increased integration of Google’s Knowledge Graph. Although Google has been talking up its new mobile operating system, Android Jelly...
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). Wilensky indicated that Google may “resize, adjust, or convert images, text formatting...
Recent analyst reports have shown that Google's Android platform has been increasing its market share in both the handset and tablet fields. The launch of the GetMo campaign also comes as Google looks to boost its own share of the mobile browser...
Google has released a version of its Chrome browser for Android-based smartphones and tablets, bringing a number of new features optimized for use on mobile devices. The mobile version of Chrome runs on smartphones or tablets with Android 4.0 Ice...
As the mobile market continues to mature with increased pressure from the almost limitless supply of new Android handsets and operating systems, look for mobile analytics to take a larger share of attention in 2012.
