Still explosive growth from Android which looks like eventually settling in to a decent balance and fair choice for consumers.

Like an ever growing bad meme, Facebook bought tagtile last week, which got buried under Instagram-gate…
Very interesting, but can see facebook ditching the meatspace tile cube in stores quickly.

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Great article from a few months ago in the Guardian with an iMyopic image but some some good links and a quote I love;

Don’t get bogged down in the large strategy development surrounding digital - consider short term solutions and wins too

Too true, sometimes there are too many stakeholders, bureaucracy and time delays in all businesses and before you know it, your killer idea can be put through a mangle and turn out well…mangled.

Cheers to the very talented @jsnip for the heads up!

Nice overview of Instagram’s brief history up till it became facegram : )

After a good 6 months of will it, wont it arrive, and one pulled release at Christmas, Google’s Android 4.04 mobile operating system update arrived today for many with a complete overhaul of the Android interface. Most Nexus S users have jumped completely past the Gingerbread release from Froyo directly to ICS.

Confused with all these cakes and desert names? Get the lowdown.

Other devices via carriers will have to wait and may take up to six months if at all, but if you can’t wait, follow these instructions.

Samsung now the worlds largest manufacturer of mobiles. Sales of high-end Android models the key factor. Their mobile division expectations for operating profit will reach somewhere between (gulp) 6.5trillion to 7.5trillion.

And in Australia millions of businesses still build for the desktop. (facepalm)

Many find it easy to be dismissive and not see the long term strategy here for Google +, but Google CEO Larry Page claimed in a state-of-Google blog post on Thursday that Google+ now has 100 million active users, 10 million more than the figure he shared with analysts in January.

Like all stats, only an indication, but Hitwise is one of the more reliable and realistic measurement options out there. Growth vastly helped by the abundance of Android devices I believe along with the interactive button found on even more sites and services worldwide.

Well not quite but a sizeable chunk have it seems many are not too happy about ‘farcebook’ spending (in best Dr. Evil I can) 1 Billion dollars to buy out the oh so cool polaroid stylee app.

The same whiners who in droves complained bitterly about Android stealing their cool and who were desperate to keep it elite (if you call it that and many did).

Still hipsters aside, bloody well done for Kevin Systrom and his small team at Instagram who now no longer need to worry where the next cheque is coming from.

So what happens to the app? Cynically we could have pokes, farmville and privacy options becoming hidden and cryptic, but Zuckerberg says nothing for now.

Why? To preserve Instagrams cool status, but is too late? Could it be like Yahoo was to the then oh so cool flickr, which is barley luke warm at best?

Time will tell but expect deeper integration with facebook and it’s main mobile app quicker than you can sell your stock on farmville or poke your pal. 1 billion dollars spent needs return on investment.

Some excellent social features captured here in this app called Pair that incorporates very similar elements to the pretty good app at Path.com.

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After months of barely a cheep, finally we get… a sign up form.

Taken forever and a day but the one last reason to have an iO/s device is very close.

If you are not yet aware that your future is categorically tinted green, courtesy of Android, then you need to take the red pill dude. You cannot hide behind your iPhone any longer, either get balanced and have both devices, or be a chump and ignore the ever increasing market stats.

The reality is market wants choice and that is only a good thing for all. Monopolistic & forced control damages market creativity and stifles innovation.

In February 2012, Android Robot had 22.67% market share, followed by Opera with 21.7% and iPhone‘s Safari with 21.06% share.

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Well, without saying I told you so, Android continues to grow, and develop at a rapid pace.
As said before I use multiple devices on multiple platforms, so no iHating (well only really towards iTunes) but balance and choice are incredibly vital to growth.

All to often in all walks of life, when absolute power is given to one, it corrupts and skews development for others.

Android commanded 48 per cent of the market compared to Apple’s 43 per cent, according to NPD.

This news vis the Sydney Morning Herald is ushering in a new age of development, choice and innovation and is a major win for us all.

Told you so : P