Google Glass specs revealed: Android app sync, 12GB storage and 5mp camera
Google has revealed the specifications for its Google Glass augmented reality glasses, alongside an Android app, called MyGlass, to configure and manage the device.
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Video viral of the week: Zuckerberg (and goat) star in Facebook Home launch ad
Facebook Home is the social network’s boldest mobile move yet- so much so that founder Mark Zuckerberg himself is starring in one of the launch ads (alongside a screaming goat naturally). See why it’s our video of the week below…
App trends: Android gets most downloads, but Apple makes most money
Just over half (51%) of all apps downloaded during the first quarter of 2013 were from Google Play, but Apple generated 74% of all app revenue, according to new global data.
Is Android a ‘Trojan horse’? Microsoft consortium accuses Google of mobile monopoly
Microsoft is leading a consortium of 17 companies to petition a European antitrust investigation into Google’s dominance of mobile Internet usage on smartphones.
Android gets post-app adverts via Adfonic and IQzone
Ad buying platform Adfonic has teamed up with mobile ad technology firm IQzone to offer advertisers Postitial post-app ad units on Android smartphones.
Basket abandonment case study: How mobile email can help
Re-targeting customers who have abandoned online shopping baskets has proven lucrative in recent years- with mobile email offering a new channel for conversion. This case study, from Matt Swan, Client Strategist at Affiliate Window, looks at how email re-targeting sales are being generated by mobile handsets.
Google ‘to buy WhatsApp’ to boost cross platform messaging- report
Google is mulling the acquisition of popular cross-platform meesenger tool WhatsApp for as much as $1bn, according to a news report.
Android shifts focus on 'engaged' users to attract marketers
Google has adjusted the way it counts an active Android phone user, in a bid to provide developers and marketers with a more accurate measure of its audience.
Android shifts focus on ‘engaged’ users to attract marketers
Google has adjusted the way it counts an active Android phone user, in a bid to provide developers and marketers with a more accurate measure of its audience.
Baseball app gets 6 million users in 24 hours on ‘Opening Day’ relaunch
The official app for Major League Baseball got an update on the first day of the new US season- getting 6 million players accessing the tool within 24 hours.