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Google Goggles – Visual Search
Oct 6th
Goggles essentially works the same as its Android counterpart: It recognizes things like landmarks, logos and book covers, but isn’t able to recognize food or animals. Clearly, though, the company is working on that functionality; if Google can nail it, Goggles would definitely become a must-have killer app.
Goggles isn’t available for every iPhone user, though; it’s enabled for English-speaking users only at the moment, and because it needs a camera that can auto-focus, it only works More >
Skype Arrives on Android
Oct 5th
Skype is now available on devices running Android 2.1 or later.
The app allows users to make Skype-to-Skype calls (only over Wi-Fi in the U.S.), as well as send and receive IMs, all for free. Calls to phones are charged according to Skype’s published rates. If you already have a Skype account, you’ll instantly be able to access your contact list on your Android device after logging in.
Android users can install Skype at skype.com/mor via the Android Market.
1.5 Million Visits Generated By Areatrade
Oct 4th
The most important aspect of PPC advertising is the analytic side of things. We take over campaigns for new clients all the time and there are hardly ever any GOAL SETTING implemented. This is key to understanding the cost of each conversion on your website, without this information you have no idea what is working and what is not. Most accounts are made up of just 1 campaign with all keywords crammed into it which also is a big no no and has a very negative effect on the quality scores. Google tries to calculate which advert works the best – if you have no specific adverts Google has no chance of helping you.
If your not currently tracking your PPC campaign let us know as we can help.
Android apps found sharing data
Oct 2nd
50% of Android Apps Secretly Share User Data
Oct 1st
Study Finds that 50% of Android Apps Secretly Share User Data
A study of 30 of the 358 most popular apps for Andriod devices found that 50% of them sent location information to advertisers without users’ knowledge.
Some apps dispatched location information as often as every 30 seconds, even when an application was not running. One sent this information to advertisers before it was even run for the first time. Seven apps shared unique identifier numbers, and others dispatched phone and SIM card numbers.
Buying An Android Phone Just Got Easier
Sep 30th
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Google Flintstones
Sep 30th
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Google Shows Government Requests, Google Traffic
Sep 22nd
“This new tool—which is global and includes China—will replace the Mainland China service availability chart, which showed product access for China alone,” adds Drummond. “By showing outages, the traffic graphs visualize disruptions in the free flow of information, whether it’s a government blocking information or a cable being cut. For example, the graphs show that YouTube has been inaccessible in Iran since June 12, 2009, following the disputed presidential election.”
The United States, by far, has made the largest number of data requests, with Brazil coming More >
YouTube Surpasses Two Billion Video Views Daily + Info Graphic
May 17th