Google TV, Take 2: Android Apps Join the Smart TV Party

Last Updated on Saturday, 29 October 2011 11:25 Written by External Post Saturday, 29 October 2011 11:25

Google’s smart TV software platform, Google TV, is poised for its first significant overall since it launched in Logitech and Sony hardware a year ago. Via over-the-air updates that should begin streaming to hardware devices on October 30, users will
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eBay to Outline Its Future and It Looks Nothing Like Amazon

Last Updated on Friday, 28 October 2011 03:20 Written by a2e Friday, 28 October 2011 03:20

For the past decade, eBay and Amazon have been considered two of the most dominant e-commerce companies, but it is becoming increasingly clear that the two are headed down entirely different paths.

At eBay’s developer conference kicking off Wednesday in San Francisco, more than 4,000 developers and merchants will receive a preview of X.commerce, the company’s new technology platform aimed at developers.

The non-consumer-focused platform will enable developers to use the tools to build applications for retailers that are looking to have a larger presence on social networks, online and mobile phones.

Also on stage will be some of eBay’s new partners, including Omniture, Adobe’s marketing and advertising unit, and Katie Mitic, the director of platform and mobile marketing at Facebook.

Mitic, who recently joined eBay’s board, is expected to announce a partnership between the social network and eBay.



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PayPal Now Processing $315 Million In Payments Per Day

Last Updated on Friday, 28 October 2011 03:20 Written by a2e Friday, 28 October 2011 03:20

Wow. PayPal released some new public numbers recently that show the payments platform is processing a massive number of payments per day. PayPal says that it saw $3,650 in Total Payment Volume every second in Q2 2011. By our calculations, that means PayPal is processing around $315.3 million in payments per day. On average, the payments platform is seeing upwards of over 5 million transactions a day.

PayPal has unequivocally been the crown jewel in parent eBay’s family of businesses. This past quarter, PayPal delivered its first-ever billion dollar revenue quarter. Total net total payment volume (TPV) grew 34% compared to the same period of last year. And PayPal is actually closing in on eBay’s marketplaces segment in terms of revenue (which posted $1.6 billion in revenue in Q2).

Another area where PayPal is growing fast is mobile. The company said earlier this year that is seeing $10 million in mobile transactions per day, and expects more than $3 billion in mobile TPV this year, compared to $750 million in 2010.



http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/25/paypal-now-processing-315-million-in-payments-per-day/
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Google Fights Back Against Android Fragmentation

Last Updated on Monday, 4 April 2011 08:19 Written by External Post Monday, 4 April 2011 08:19

bonch writes “Google is tightening its control over Android in an attempt to standardize the platform. Licensees must agree to a ‘non-fragmentation clause’ that gives Google final approval over operating system changes, allegedly sparking complaints to
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Comedy Central, MTV now blocking Google TV

Last Updated on Monday, 22 November 2010 06:11 Written by External Post Monday, 22 November 2010 06:11

(Credit: Matthew Moskovciak/CNET) The Google TV platform was already struggling after its devices from streaming video, and now things are getting worse. Viacom properties, including Comedy Central, MTV, and Nickelodeon, are now also blocking Google TV,
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Oracle: Google ‘Directly Copied’ Our Java Code

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 October 2010 05:21 Written by External Post Thursday, 28 October 2010 05:21

Oracle has updated its lawsuit against Google to allege that parts of its Android mobile phone software “directly copied” Oracle’s Java code. Oracle filed a surprise lawsuit against Google in August, claiming portions of Google’s mobile OS platform
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Google releases standalone YouTube app for Froyo

Last Updated on Friday, 22 October 2010 02:21 Written by External Post Friday, 22 October 2010 02:21

A new look for an old favorite. (Credit: Google) For the second time in as many months, Google has split one of its applications off from the Android platform. Following last September’s updated Gmail client, Google has released YouTube as a standalone
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Facebook moves from app to platform (live blog)

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 08:42 Written by External Post Wednesday, 6 October 2010 08:42

CNET is on the scene at Facebook’s Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters to bring you all the news from the company’s invite-only media event. The event is planned to start at 10:30 a.m. PDT, and as usual, we’ll be using Cover It Live to deliver text and photo
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Google TV Details Revealed

Last Updated on Monday, 4 October 2010 09:00 Written by External Post Monday, 4 October 2010 09:00

Today Google provided new information about their upcoming Google TV platform for set-top boxes. Using a video and a demonstration site, they show how apps will look and function, and stressed that users wouldn’t be limited in their ability to browse the
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Datasift Tames Twitter Overload for Companies Seeking Specific Data

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 September 2010 06:23 Written by External Post Tuesday, 28 September 2010 06:23

Datasift is taking a different approach to taming the constant barrage of data from the Internet by creating a company-directed platform, instead of just a service geared toward individuals, for searching Twitter for specific topics and displaying the
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