On the eve of its developer conference, Google today revealed a new statistic about its Google+ Sign-In feature. The company says that 40 percent of Android users, when prompted, accept to download an app over-the-air. Seth Sternberg, the company’s Google+ Product Management Director, released a statement touting the news: When we launched Google+ Sign-In, we…
Spotify has inked a deal with Telefónica-owned Movistar (in Spanish) in Spain which will see Spotify Premium offered at a discount rate alongside its monthly mobile subscription and prepaid packages. The deal will see the top-tier service offered for €4.99 a month for two years, compared to the usual €9.99 a month as is the…
Yesterday, Facebook responded to reports that employers, colleges and government agencies were requiring students and potential employees to divulge their social network credentials, warning employers about the risks associated their actions, but also stating that it could take legal action against them. The statement drew a lot of praise from Facebook users, recognising that the…
It’s always interesting to watch how a company’s stock price reacts to its product releases and updates. Investors are not always technologically savvy, so they often depend on the larger press organs to divine just what any particular announcement might mean. Analysts, of course, play a role here as well. However, the more mainstream press (as opposed to us…
Yesterday, somewhat obfuscated by the huge wave of Windows 8 news, Microsoft released the Windows Server 8 beta. The final product will likley not be known by that name, the ’8′ in Windows Server 8 being a mere placeholder for the time being. We expect that the final product will be called Windows Server 2012 or 2013,…
Skype, the video chatting giant acquired by Microsoft last year for $8.5 billion, has just announced that it hosted a staggering 32 million users at once yesterday. As the blog states, “that’s quite a lot of people using Skype…’ With a record number of users actively using the service at the same time, it’s a wonder…
Missed several days ago, buried amongst apparently official Indonesian testing information, was news that the Lumia 610 smartphone has been approved. We’ll get to the documentation in a moment, but the kicker here is that the 610, a phone that has not been acknowledged by Nokia as being real, is rumored to run Windows Phone Tango.…
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