Tag: Google

Testing and ranking the latest Twitter apps for Android including Falcon Pro, UberSocial, TweetCaster, Carbon, Hootsuite, Scope Beta.

$1,299?! For a laptop that weighs over 3 pounds, and only lasts 5 hours? And it won't even run Premiere Pro, or Photoshop?

I finally received the software update alert today on my Nexus 4 (an Android smartphone I'm lukewarm about, truth be told) and downloaded it via wi-fi el pronto. The process takes about five minutes, and includes a restart.

Take a close look at that new Google Now widget. Do you see anything? I mean, look really, really hard. Stare long at it. Pretend it's Megan Fox (or Ryan Gosling as the case may be).

Many analysts say the iOS platform is aging. While BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8 have added gesture-enabled features, and slick, customizable screens, iOS is stuck with an interface that looks pretty much the same as it did when first released in 2007.

Interestingly LG, who makes the much-hyped and well-received Nexus 4 smartphone (sold unlocked directly on the Google Play Store and on contract via T-Mobile) saw a modest jump of only 0.5% quarter-over-quarter despite all the marketing effort from Google.

Thinking through what Android is missing is not an easy exercise. Over the past few months with my Nexus 4 and Jelly Bean I've continually asked myself, what is this phone missing? The answer: not much.

The brief statement was in stark contrast to the glitzy (and generally well received) launch event at which Heins presided, and where singer Alicia Keys was appointed as "Global Creative Director."

According to the data collected, Jelly Bean has grown approximately 30% month-to-month.

That a partner brand (Samsung) would be better known and more valuable than the licensee brand (Android) is an interesting, though not entirely surprising, supposition. But I'm not so sure the tail is wagging the dog.