Android sets up to take its place at Google I/O 2013.
Source: searchengineland.com
Andy Rubin Out, Sundar Pichai In, To Run Android For Google
Andy Rubin, who has lead Google’s Android operating system efforts, will now be replaced by Sundar Pichai. Google says the move today will leave Rubin time to work on a “new chapter” at Google. More…
Source: marketingland.com
Android built in…Chrome?
Thanks to Jeremy Joslin who posted the photo this week.
The Strange Explanation Of Why Windows Phone Users Lost Access To Google Maps
On Friday, Windows Phone users supposedly found themselves unable to access Google Maps. But Google said it made no sudden change on its end to cause this. What happened? It seems likely many people simple noticed for the first time long-standing redirection that Google had in place for those not using Android or iOS devices.
Google can’t have it both ways, and the more it tries, the worse things look. Google should embrace Android as its own, controlled operating system and rebrand AOSP “fake” Android as Androidium or some other name, the open project that it really isn’t trying to run.
What Is The One True Android & How “Open” Is It? It’s well past time for “Android” to mean the mobile operating system that Google largely controls while some other name is found for the entirely separate open source mobile OS project that Google supports. Danny Sullivan breaks it down for us here.
Source: marketingland.com
