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Google intros Play for Education, a curated portal for apps and books
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/google-intros-play-for-education-a-curated-portal-for-apps-and/
Google’s making it easy for educators and their students to discover and recommend applications and books with Play for Education. Announced onstage at this year’s I/O by Chris Yerga, Google’s Android Engineering Director, the new Play storefront organizes content by education type, age and various other criteria to make the content discovery process simple for higher learning institutions. What’s more, all of the content that appears within this curated portal bears educators’ stamps of approval, so users know that what they’re accessing is tried-and-tested for quality.
Play for Education also makes use of Google+ groups, so schools and universities can quickly push apps, books and other content out to their students and even bill to one central account. A pilot program for the service has already been underway with six New Jersey schools ranking as current participants. Despite Google making the service official today, the actual sign-up window for general access won’t be until sometime later this fall. Though, developers can start submitting their applications right now.
drag2share: Smartphone Penetration Reaccelerates In The U.S.
Handset manufacturers will have to find new markets as U.S. smartphone sales growth slows. U.S.-focused developers will start to refocus on monetization as audience growth will no longer be robust. Mobile platform operators will need to focus on converting users of rival platforms to their ecosystem as they can no longer lean on a steady stream of new smartphone owners to boost usage.
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App Store hits 45 billion total downloads, iCloud notches 300 million users
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/23/app-store-hits-45-billion-downloads-icloud-has-300-million-users/
After cluing us in on the state of its ever-stuffed coffers, Apple’s given us a quick progress report on its App Store, noting that it’s reached a total of 45 billion downloads — a 5 billion jump since the end of its last quarter. Cook’s crew also divulged that they’ve doled out $9 billion to developers who’ve sold their wares on the digital storefront, and they’re paying out $1 billion every quarter. Cupertino gave a quick nod to iCloud too, revealing that the service now has 300 million users under its belt, 50 million more than it claimed at the end of the firm’s last quarter. By the sounds of it, Apple’s data centers are being put to good use.
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Amazon Just Made Its Own Currency, Amazon Coins
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5981745/amazon-just-made-its-own-currency-amazon-coins
Amazon’s got a new way to buy stuff for anyone who has a Kindle Fire. Amazon Coins are a virtual currency that will come out in May, and work for all app and in-app purchases on the Kindle Fire.
The Coins will function exactly the same as real money, and developers will still get their standard cut. Amazon thinks it will help drive more business, and that makes some sense. Especially with apps and games for kids, it seems like a nice addition where you can maybe set up a Coins purse without allowing access to another payment method. And since Amazon will obviously never stop accepting real money—unlike virtual currency-only merchants like Xbox Live—you don’t have quite the locked-in headache here, either. [Amazon]
The iPad Is Quickly Becoming Our Primary Computer (AAPL)
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-ipad-usage-2012-7
We ran a survey of our readers about how they use the iPad. This was the third survey we’ve run since the iPad was released. As a result, we can see an evolution people’s attitude towards the iPad.
We had over 2,000 responses to this survey, and all of the charts are interesting. However, this is one we want to highlight.
As you can see, after just three years, the iPad is becoming the primary computer for users. When we first ran the survey, only 29.1% of people said it was a primary computer. Today, it’s 46.7% of users.
In the last three years, the iPad has gotten lighter and more powerful. Additionally, developers have built a variety of applications to make it more useful. Imagine what’s going to happen in the next three years.
For more, check out: How People Really Use The iPad: The Results Of Our Exclusive Survey →
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Google adds same-site recommendations to +1 buttons, but only for platform preview testers
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/26/google-plus-share-button-recommendations/
On the eve of its I/O event, Google is continuing to roll out new features, one of which is expanded functionality for its ubiquitous +1 sharing buttons that can be found all over the web (and on this site). For users that are a member of its platform preview test group, other than clicking once to +1 something, or clicking again to share it on Google+, now on mouseover it will display recommended pages as seen above. According to the corresponding blog post, it pulls in related content and stuff shared by friends, and will only display selections from the same domain or subdomain as the page the button is on. Google anticipates this will go live to all users “in the next few weeks”, if you can’t wait until then hit the more coverage link below to join the preview and give feedback on how well it’s working.
Google adds same-site recommendations to +1 buttons, but only for platform preview testers originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple And Google Get A Record Breaking Christmas (AAPL, GOOG)
Apple and Google activated a record breaking number of mobile devices this Christmas, according to Flurry analytics, which delivers mobile analytics to developers. Flurry has 140,000 apps running its software, and believes it can track every new Android or iOS device activated.
Between December 1 and 20, 1.5 million Android and iOS devices were activated daily on average. On Christmas day, a record breaking 6.8 million devices were activated, a 353% increase over the rest of the month. It’s also much better than 2010, when 2.8 million devices were activated.
Don’t miss: The First 15 iPhone Apps You Must Download
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- CHART OF THE DAY: Google Is Activating 700,000 Android Devices Daily
- CHART OF THE DAY: The Facebook iPad App Crushed Facebook On The iPad’s Web Browser
- CHART OF THE DAY: How Apple’s Magazine Subscription Plan Helped Sell More Copies Of Popular Science
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A Really Scary Chart For Yahoo (YHOO)
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-2011-11
This chart shows why Yahoo quickly needs to figure out a new path for itself.
For all of its success, at its core, Yahoo is still an email business. People use Yahoo email and then from there land on its other properties.
The rise of smartphones and iPads is a problem for Yahoo. On those devices, email is a native application that doesn’t encourage people to checkout Yahoo’s pages.
As you can see in this chart, web-based email usage is cratering for people aged 12-34. Unless Yahoo figures out a way to wean itself from email dependence, it’s going to be in trouble.
What is the future of Yahoo? Our own Nicholas Carlson has a bold idea …
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- CHART OF THE DAY: Android Is Totally Blowing Away The Competition
- CHART OF THE DAY: Developers Are Excited About The Kindle Fire
- Yahoo’s Core Business Isn’t Worth Buying, Says Private Equity Firm That Took A Look
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Developers Are Excited About The Kindle Fire (AMZN, AAPL)
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-kindle-fire-developer-interest-2011-11
Before the Kindle Fire even hits the market, it is drawing considerable interest from developers, according to an IDC poll of 2,160 developers.
The Fire is second behind the Galaxy Tab as the Android tablet developers are most interested in doing work for. Not a huge endorsement considering how weak the Android tablet app market is, but IDC says the level of interest is equal to what Apple had with the iPad pre-launch.
If the Amazon is going to have a long term life in the tablet market, it’s going to need developers building apps for its tablets.
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- Guess What Was The Best Selling Smartphone In Q3
- The 15 Tech Companies Young People Are Dying To Work For
- GOLDMAN: Demand For The iPad Is Fading
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Treehouse Is an Elegant, Focused Online Learning Resource for Aspiring Designers and Developers [Teach Yourself]
Source: http://lifehacker.com/5857764/treehouse-teaches-you-development-and-design-elegantly-and-for-free
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If you’re looking to learn some new development or design skills, Treehouse can teach your the core knowledge you need. The site offers a focused look at the basics of object oriented programming, the principals of good design, and how to make an iPhone app.
The lessons take you through your topic of choice in video form, explain everything in clear and precise terms, and award you badges as you make your way through. If you’re willing to pay extra, you’ll also get access to project videos which will take you through the process of creating real-world projects from start to finish. I’ve been meaning to improve my pathetic Objective C skills and learn to develop for iOS but had yet to come across a set of lessons I really liked. After watching a few at Treehouse I was pretty hooked. If you’ve been looking to pick up one of these valuable skills as well, their lessons are definitely worth checking out.
Note: I made an error and initially thought Treehouse was free. First, sorry for the misleading information! Second, we still think it’s pretty nice. Pricing is $25/month for basic access and $49/month for premium. (More information here.) That’s about on par with our other favorite, Lynda. Lynda offers you far more topics but Treehouse has a nice focus (and, at the moment, a more up-to-date iOS course). Sorry again that I completely missed the cost of the service, but it’s still pretty cool and worth a look if it’s within your budget.
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