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2010년 10월 25일 월요일
Google Apps Now Offers Business Process Automation on Google Sites with Scripts
Google announced today that Google Apps Scripts, a "JavaScript cloud scripting language" for automating tasks in Google products, can now be embedded on any Google Sites page. Google Apps Script has been around for a while, but the ability to create custom pages with the scripts is new.
Google Apps Scripts can be used to automate tasks such as "sending emails, scheduling calendar events, creating and updating site pages using data from other systems, and more."
You can create a script in Google Sites by clicking "More actions" > "Manage site" > "Apps Scripts." Once created scripts can be embedded on any Google Sites page.
Google has several guides for getting started, with the aim of helping non-developers get started automating processes.
We've written before about the popularity of point-and-click app creation in the enterprise. Tools like JackBe Presto enable non-developers to create simple custom apps.
2010년 10월 22일 금요일
How Android Developers Can Implement In-App Purchases Now
Android developers waiting for Google to implement an official method for in-app purchases finally have some alternatives. This week, there was good news from Papaya Mobile, a mobile social platform with 3 million users. The company partnered with Zong, an international mobile payments company to offer in-app virtual goods purchases within its gaming platform.
But Zong isn't the only company operating in this space. Another mobile payment startup, Boku, is offering a similar solution, active now in 60 countries and 198 carriers through its beta program. And PayPal announced in-app billing back in April. If you're a developer waiting on Google to offer in-app purchases, it's time to consider your alternatives.
According to news from GigaOm, Zong allows Papaya Mobile customers to buy virtual goods which are charged to their carrier bill.
Although the Zong Android program is still in beta, its aim is to provide a one-click "buy" button for apps. Instead of having to enter in a credit card number and other billing information, the purchase just shows up on the customer's monthly statement. Interested developers can request access here.
2010년 10월 21일 목요일
Google Won't Resume Its Street View Wi-Fi Collection
Google won't be resuming its use of Street View cars to collect information about Wi-Fi networks. So says the fine print of the Canadian Office of Privacy Commissioner's statement today, that as we reported earlier, found that Google had violated Canadians' privacy.
Google's Street View project has raised a number of privacy concerns, most notably in May when the company announced that it had mistakenly included code in its Street View software that collected Wi-Fi payload data. Google halted the Wi-Fi data collection, but it was unclear if this was a permanent decision.
In the report issued today, Canadian privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said that the "collection is discontinued and Google has no plans to resume it." The plans, according to Stoddart, are to rely on users' smartphones to collect the information on the location of Wi-Fi networks. Google uses this to build out its location-based services database, particularly in those areas with limited celltower strength.
The report does add that "although it has no tracking tool to keep records of a customer's locations (and does not intend to create one), Google acknowledges that it does need to examine the potential privacy concerns of this method of collection."
Currently, Google's mobile privacy policy reads that "If you use location-enabled products and services, such as Google Maps for mobile, you may be sending us location information. This information may reveal your actual location, such as GPS data, or it may not, such as when you submit a partial address to look at a map of the area."
2010년 10월 19일 화요일
Google Dominates Mobile Searches on the iPhone
Google holds both the number 1 and number 2 slots in a ranking of search engines on the iPhone, accounting for an estimated 97 percent of all searches, according to figures from ad network Chitika. The firm looked at search volume on the iPhone and found that Google has search pretty much locked up, with 49.08 percent of searches coming through the Safari tool bar, 42.24 percent coming from its home page and other minor sources and 8.68 percent from its dedicated Google app. If you count the app and the regular search as two sources, Google has both of the top two search engines on the iPhone.
The numbers aren’t completely accurate with respect to Bing, which is hard to track because it doesn’t offer referral URLs. Chitika estimates that Bing searches through its app, its home page and through its access to the Safari tool bar represent anywhere from 1-4 percent of searches on the iPhone.
This suggests that Yahoo and Microsoft are having a tough time dislodging Google from its top spot or even duplicating their current success in desktop searches on mobile. With mobile searches only expected to grow, it supports Google’s move to launch Google Instant on phones soon, giving the company yet another edge in facilitating mobile searches. It also points out how valuable the toolbar search engine is. Greg Sterling at Search Engine Land said less than 20 percent of searches happen through a PC tool bar.
Google Now Gives You More Control Over Your Location Settings
Google's algorithms take your current location into account when choosing which results to display for searches where your location is relevant. Until now, though, it was rather hard to know where exactly Google thought you were and sometimes Google just doesn't get it right. Starting today, Google will make it easier to see where it thinks you are and to change your location settings manually.
A new setting will now appear in the sidebar when you perform local searches that shows where Google thinks you are and allows you to manually enter a new location. Google is currently rolling this feature out across 40 languages and should be available to all users soon. While this feature is useful when Google can't automatically place you in the right location, it should also be helpful if you are regularly searching for hotels, restaurants and sights while you are preparing for a trip, for example.
Until now, this setting was hidden behind a number of rather cryptic steps ("View customizations," "Change location"). Now, as Google's Mack Lu notes, Google has become so much better at displaying locally relevant information that "it felt like the right time to make this setting easier to find."
2010년 10월 18일 월요일
Weekly Poll: Does Android Have a "Dude" Problem?
According to a recent survey of 78,835 mobile phone customers in the U.K., less than 5% of women would select an Android device as their next smartphone. The problem, explains Belinda Parmar, Founder of marketing agency Lady Geek which conducted the survey with YouGov Sixth Sense, is that "Android provides a perfect example of how not to market a platform to women." Few women know or care about what Android is or how it can benefit their lives, she explains.
Parmar plans to detail the survey's findings in a presentation at Droidcon, a London-based Android conference occurring later this month.
Boys Love Droids
According to the survey, less than 5% of women 25-39 would choose Android, while 11.9% of men in the same age range would.
Of course, a survey from a women-centric marketing agency that talks of Android's lack of feminine appeal is a bit suspect, as many company-led surveys today are. But is it wrong?
Anecdotally, I can affirm that my (non-geek) girlfriends are buying iPhones, or feature phones if money is a concern, opting for the iPod Touch as their portal to the world of apps and pocket computing. However, my geek friends, both male and female, are experimenting with both Androids and iPhones and other mobile platforms, too.
How to Download Angry Birds for Free on Android
Mobile game maker Rovio released a free full version of their popular Angry Birds app for Android users today and the launch has subsequently taken down the company's website and, at times, has impacted the app's download page on the independent app store, GetJar, where the app is being exclusively launched. In fact, the app is proving so popular that GetJar is recommending users visit m.getjar.com from their mobile phone browser instead.
So why all the commotion over Angry Birds today? Well, not only is the app one of the most popular of all times - it sold more than 7 million copies according to VentureBeat - the app is now free, too.
For now, the free app is ad-supported, but a version without ads will be available soon for those who would prefer a cleaner experience.
2010년 10월 14일 목요일
TweetDeck for Android officially launched
Gotta love that image.
The favorite app of many Twitter power users, TweetDeck, has been available in beta for Android for a while. Today we see version 1.0, and the app’s debut into the Android Market. Users of the desktop, iOS, or beta Android apps will be very familiar with its features.
Read more...As Gingerbread Bakes, 73.8% of Android Phones Run 2.1+
Nearly three of every four handsets hitting the Android Market are now running the most modern versions of Google’s mobile operating system, just as rumors begin swirling around the next release of Android. The current picture, provided by Google’s own dashboard service, differs greatly from just six months ago, when only one in four Android phones were running version 2.0 or better. This adoption of the Eclair and Froyo versions of Android, combined with Google’s efforts to offer core apps through its Market, is helping to reduce fragmentation issues.Indeed, I saw the handwriting on the wall in May as Google began to build apps that were supported on multiple Android versions and then provide them outside the operating system. Software such as Goggles, Gesture Search and Navigation originally launched on Android 2.0 or better devices, but quickly appeared on older Android 1.6 handsets. Based on the distribution of Android versions at that time (shown below), Google effectively doubled the potential user base of such apps by offering them phones running an older version of Android.
The adoption of newer Android versions comes at a time when the next iteration is likely to appear. Developers should see the SDK of Gingerbread as early as next week, says
2010년 10월 12일 화요일
Android tablets to outsell the iPad, analyst predicts
We've been watching the Android v. iOS battle for quite some time in the smartphone world, and with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, that war is going to move to the tablet division. No one is knows for sure which side will win, but Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has predicted that Android will become the king of the tablet hill. Munster explains that Apple's supply chain vendors are prepping to manufacture 45 million iPads for the next year, but he believes that that number will fall somewhere around 20-25 million. Those numbers will still make the iPad a success, sure, but Munster believes that Android tablets will bring some stiff competition and eventually win out over the iPad. Still, the iPad will have a good chunk of the market, with MeeGo following behind it. As for Microsoft? Munster says that it'll be tough for them to gain any relevance in the tablet space.
2010년 10월 11일 월요일
Adobe AIR for Android Arrives in Market
The Adobe AIR for Android runtime is now available in the Android Market, news which is sure to excite a number of Flash developers. With the new application, developers can build mobile applications for Android users without having to learn new languages. Instead, they can continue using familiar programs like Flash Builder, Flash Professional CS5 or an ActionScript development tool.
For end users, the availability of AIR means, simply put, new apps to try. Searching for "Adobe AIR" in the Market will now reveal a selection of apps that are built with AIR.
One downside to this news, it's "Froyo-only." For those not up to speed on the latest terminology, that means AIR is only available to Android devices running the latest version of the mobile operating system, Android version 2.2, code-named "Froyo." Unfortunately, some older phones don't have Froyo and never will, while others are still waiting. You can see if or when your Android phone is getting Froyo by checking out this handy upgrade list over on PCWorld (as of this writing, it was last updated Oct. 4th).
2010년 10월 5일 화요일
Google TV Will "Change the Way People Live their Lives"
It's Google TV week, with major announcements coming from early application development and media partners and the unveiling of Google TV hardware from Logitech on Wednesday.
How big a deal is Google TV? Mike Hudack, the respected CEO of free video publishing platform Blip.tv, wrote today that Google TV is the real deal - a technology that will knock down the walls between traditional broadcast studio TV and the long-tail of open video content produced by consumers, producing free choice and competition. It will bring new and previously marginalized voices to the world's stage. Steve Jobs said in his latest Apple TV unveiling that consumers "don't want amateur hour" on their TVs. Google vs Apple will once again be the Open Web vs. the Curated Web, this time on TV.
2010년 9월 20일 월요일
The Social Layer: Good for Google Apps but Not So Much for the Rest of Us
The enterprise community has been talking about the "social layer," for almost a year. It's the SaaS services such as Salesforce.com, Socialtext and Socialcast that have popularized the concept. Now the practice is entering a new phase.
The enterprise activity stream from SaaS services is flowing into consumer services such as Seesmic and Facebook. And now Google is looking at the social layer as the focal component of a service reportedly called Google Me that will surface activity across all Google products, including Google Apps.
The activity streams that surface information in the enterprise create a social layer that is valuable for the purposes of doing business. The activity stream in this context is a social aggregator. It works. In fact it woks far better than engaging in a pure social context.
The enterprise has always been averse to the concept of using social technologies. It stems from a concern that people should be working not using Twitter or other services to chat about the day. But the social aggregator is a different beast. Activity streams that surface information can help people do their work better, be smarter and more engaged.
The inverse is true for consumer grade social platforms. In the consumer world, the concept of the social aggregator has its passionate advocates but mainstream acceptance has been elusive. On the flip side, services such as Twitter do quite well as they provide what Fred Wilson calls "social intent." Twitter offers people a way to engage in a social context.
With Android in Hand, AT&T CEO Gushes About the Cloud
We ran across an interview excerpt with AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson that will run in the Sunday print edition of the Dallas Morning News.
There are two interesting takeaways from the interview:
First, AT&T is taking a deep interest in the cloud. Stephenson talks about the networking deals it is winning by providing infrastructure to major cloud computing services.
And second, Stephenson spent the interview showing off the Android-powered Samsung Captivate he's currently using.
Here's what Stephenson had to say about cloud computng:
"A classic case would be Royal Dutch Shell, a big multinational company, and they have hundreds of thousands of people around the globe, and a lot of these big companies manage their own networking capabilities. They came to us and said, 'This stuff is changing fast, it's moving fast. Would you just take this and all of our people and just manage it for us?' We won that bid. We did the same thing with IBM. IBM's global network capability, we took thousands of their people onto our payroll, took over managing all of their networks, and bam, we do it much, much more efficiently.
2010년 9월 13일 월요일
Android Will Be Number 2 Mobile Operating System Worldwide by Year-End
Research analysts at Gartner have forecasted that Google's Android mobile operating system (OS) will become the second largest platform in terms of market share by year-end 2010. Symbian, however, will remain number one. Garner also notes that by 2014, the end of the forecast period for this latest market research report, Android will vie for the top spot against Nokia's Symbian OS.
Yes, Android is officially on the path to world domination.
Here in the U.S., much of the tech news is centered on the smartphone battle between Apple's iPhone and Android. But on the global stage, the top mobile players are Nokia's Symbian, Android, Research in Motion (makers of Blackberry smartphones), then iOS, the operating system that powers the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Principal analyst Roberta Cozza at Gartner noted that recent and upcoming launches of new smartphone operating systems including iOS4, Blackberry OS 6, Symbian 3 and 4 and Windows Phone 7, will help maintain the current trend of heavy growth in the smartphone sector, but her firm believes that market share worldwide will still revolve around the four key providers mentioned above.
The reason these companies have maintained, and likely will continue to maintain, their top spots involves a number of factors, most notably the support they have from communications service providers and developers, as well as their strong brand awareness with both enterprise and consumer customers.
Google Instant Search Inspires Mashups Across the Web
People are still getting used to Google Instant Search, the format that displays search results as you type. But the idea has captivated developers and inspired a growing number of search engines that let you preview the results without having to press enter.
You can now try Instant Search for Twitter, Flickr or iTunes, or just head to the new site Instantise to find links to 16 instant search apps inspired by Google's innovation last week.
Why do developers love instant search
2010년 9월 9일 목요일
How to Get Android Notifications on Your Computer Desktop (Mac, Linux or Windows)
Do you want to be notified of Android notifications like calls, text messages, low battery alerts and more when you're on your computer? An open source mobile application called "Android Notifier" does this by connecting your mobile phone's notification system to the notification system on your computer. The desktop application currently works on Mac only, via the popular notification app, Growl. The project's developer says the Linux port will arrive "soon" and he's looking for volunteers who will connect the app to Windows systems as well.
But he needn't bother. We came across another application called the "Android-Notifier-Desktop" which offers a multi-platform desktop client for the above mobile app to the overlooked Linux and Windows users.
First Android TV Launches Weeks Before Google TV Arrives
Earlier this week we looked at the upcoming launch of Google TV. It's slated for this fall (U.S.) and will be integrated into a new line of Sony Internet TVs. Meanwhile a Swedish company has just launched its own Internet TV, built on top of Google's open source Android Operating System.
The company is called People of Lava and its new line of Internet TVs is called Scandinavia (in the same way that Sony has a line of TVs called 'Bravia'). With the tagline "Window to the World," the Scandanavia comes in 3 sizes: 42", 47" and 55". The new product was unveiled this week at the IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin.
Firstly, to clarify that Google TV is a software product built on Android. It will be integrated into televisions (like the Sony Internet TV) and set-top boxes. It appears that People of Lava plans to integrate Google TV into its TVs too, but for now it has gotten a jump on Sony by building its own Android-based Internet TV software.
2010년 8월 30일 월요일
The Great Big Spreadsheet of All Known Android Devices Everywhere
How many Droids are there? How much RAM is in the Nexus One? Does the Samsung Galaxy S support Wi-Fi N? Does the Droid X have a bigger screen than the Droid 2? Can you get Android in a TV? In a car?
If these are the sort of questions you've found yourself wondering about (or even Googling about with limited success), there's a new resource out there that you should be aware of. It's this incredible spreadsheet of all known Android devices and their technical specifications. And it includes smartphones, netbooks, e-books, PMPs (personal media players), MIDs (mobile Internet devices), TVs, cars and more.
We have to credit Portable Electronics Ltd., a New Zealand-based electronics distribution company, for building this massive resource. And we must thank the many kind folks on Twitter who also brought this to our attention.
The spreadsheet, which is a publicly available Google Doc, sorts Android devices into different categories (phones, netbooks, TV, etc.) using tabs across the top.
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