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In March this year, Sundar Pichai, took over Andy Rubin's position as Google's head of mobile. Since then Pichai has become the driving force behind Android while continuing to oversee his initial assignment, Chrome. In his first major interview since taking over the reins, Pichai downplayed speculation of Chrome and Android merging -- at least in the short term.Pichai also revealed to WIRED why he is comfortable with Android's monetisation strategy and gave his thoughts on Facebook Home, Samsung's hold ...
Google's latest Android adoption figures show that Jelly Bean is on the up, having overtaken Ice Cream Sandwich. And while Gingerbread still dominates, it's falling pretty quickly.Jelly Bean 4.1.x and 4.2.x combined now make up 28.4% of all Android devices, meaning that it has officially overtaken Ice Cream Sandwich, present on 27.5% of devices.If the current trend continues, Jelly Bean could overtake Gingerbread, still present on a substantial 38.4% of devices, in a few months' time. Gingerbread's been ...
With India as Opera Mini’s largest user base in the world, Opera Software has some very interesting things to share about the state of Android in India. Note that the data presents the state of Android in India based on Opera Mini users’ data and may not necessarily be true across the nation. The infographic below captures everything nicely. But here are some key points for the busy ones.21.7% of all data used by Opera Mini’s Android users is for ...
NASA recently rocketed three HTC Nexus One smartphones into orbit and the stuff they're sending back is pretty damn cool.The phones were launched as part of what is called the PhotoSat Project. It’s run on the premise of combining low-cost with high-performance. It showcases “off-the-shelf, commercially available tech.” The use of non-traditional NASA hardware shows us how powerful our everyday-devices really are. That’s something we often take for granted.As shown in the picture above, these Nexi are currently ...It seems Google just can't get away from the antitrust claims. With such a monopoly on search, the company has repeatedly faced questions about whether or not it has used its popularity to favour its own products over those of its competitors. But now it seems another G-product is moving into the spotlight: Android.Fairsearch Europe, a group of companies including Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle, TripAdvisor and Expedia has filed a formal complaint with European regulators, claiming that Android is being used ...When Google left China’s search market back in 2010, it seemed like an end to the company’s attempts to seriously engage with the China market. Yet somehow, just a few years later, Chinese people are buying phones in droves that run on Google’s Android platform. Eighty-six percent of the new smartphones sold in China run Android. Most of China’s so-called “home grown” mobile operating systems are just Android ROMs. Even China’s MIIT feels that Android’s dominance poses a potential threat. ...
It's no secret that Android is winning the smartphone wars by a landslide -- and the home of the world's biggest smartphone market is no exception. But it seems the Chinese government is not enthused by the existence of such a large number of mobile phones controlled by Google within its boundaries, saying it is stunting mobile development in the country.A report released by the state's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and translated by Reuters said that ...
At the start of last week, all the 20+ iOS apps made by Chinese software company and search engine Qihoo vanished from Apple’s App Store -- and they still haven’t been restored. According to multiple sources in one Chinese media report, Qihoo is in big trouble with Apple for systematic abuses of its iOS ecosystem. This is not just about manipulating App Store rankings -- which Qihoo was allegedly caught doing last year -- but also, it is claimed, for ...
It was 2007. Android, as we know it, didn't really exist: it hadn't even been publicly launched yet. Google employee Dan Morril was tasked with putting together an internal presentation for the team, so he could encourage them to start experimenting and see what they could do with the Android API. But his presentation for the second internal developer launch (nicknamed R2D2 -- 'Release to Developers 2'. Seriously) needed something extra -- so he created these. The first Android logos.Ok, ...
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