This is not the way to do it: Man builds machine to push phone buttons from half a world away (video) — Engadget See here how it’s done commercially: DeviceAnywhere – The Ultimate Mobile Application Testing Platform Their system controls real phones, but they do it electrically, not by pushing physical buttons. I’m not affiliated Read more about Remote control of phones the wrong way[…]
Furby was voted the most stupid one. From a geeky perspective I feel saddened. 10 of the stupidest toys of all time – Guyism An interesting thing with the Furby dolls is that such toys will come back as thinking and moving robot toys in a not too distant future (before the next decade). And Read more about A history of stupid toys[…]
… a winning streak, capturing 760M in revenue in 2010 and raised 950M in funding during January. Congratulations to GroupOn for finding a revenue sweetspot. If you think about it, daily deals is just another way of advertising. Next step: fully localized deals with mobile alerts. Groupon Generated $760 Million in Revenue in 2010 [REPORT]
The Twitizer API is now quite stable, and is available for third party on request. It’s possible to authenticate via Twitizer alias or OAuth, increasing flexibility. The Android app for Twitizer is getting along fine. It’s already possible to submit photos, videos and audio, but there are a few more things to do before it’s Read more about Major Twitizer updates[…]
Added a few new features. Nothing much, so it’s more of a maintenance release. Added Swap (exchanges the selected units; a good complement to Invert) and Exit to menu. Removed one of the ads, leaving only the top ad, making the main screen less cluttered. Added an icon to the Convert button. The jury is Read more about Abiro Converter Pro 1.04[…]
At the end of 2009 there’s a very clear worldwide spike. I’m not quite sure what that is, except general availability of much more phones at that time, or that the data this was based on came in yearly. Exponential growth is a fair statement. Supposedly ~200 Android phone models were launched at Mobile World Read more about Android activation over time[…]
“Android Market revenues in 2010 came in at an estimated $102 million … Apple App Store revenues came in at an estimated $1.7 billion in 2010” But does that include revenue from ads in free apps? I doubt it, as that’s not visible in the same way. That seems to be the way to go Read more about Android, no profit for you…[…]
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My extrapolations and thoughts. What do you think? Nokia and Microsoft collaborate now, and Nokia drops Symbian and MeeGo. Alarms immediately go off about Nokia risking losing out on the high revenue smartphone market, with possibly only the low-end left to fight about. A market that will be flooded with low-cost smartphones based on Android, Read more about 2011, a game-changing year[…]
Update 2011-02-23: ÜberTwitter is now ÜberSocial, and is up again: UberSocial, formerly UberTwitter, and Twidroyd now back online Twitter has been docile for a long time regarding branding and competitive issues, which has left the field open for establishing an ecosystem around it with a lot of complementing services with Twitter-like names and revenue Read more about Twitter shows its muscles[…]