The folks in Redmond continue the push to get their products on major mobile platforms, software that will now include Cortana. This is Microsoft's version of Siri that is operated by voice and provides information and does things for the user.
Cortana shares similarities with Apple's Siri and it will be interesting to have them both to compare on the iPhone.
Malware that can kill iPhones with a single text message has been reported. Hackers can send a particular message in Arabic that will crash the Messages app upon receipt.
The message will reboot an iPhone if it appears on the lock screen. Apple is working on a fix.
The folks in Cupertino will reportedly release an SDK for the Apple Watch at the upcoming WWDC. The SDK will enable developers to write native apps for the watch.
The dev tools will allow apps to be written that directly access the sensors in the Apple Watch. Most apps for the watch are currently being ported from their iOS versions. This SDK will allow writing native apps for the watch from scratch.
Apple drives 75 percent of Google's mobile ad revenue
Think Apple is a major competitor for Google? Think again, as latest figures show Apple drives a whopping percentage of Google's mobile ad revenue.
Analysts at Goldman Sachs reported that with the estimate of iOS generated revenue, Apple accounted for $9 billion of Google's mobile ad revenue. This puts Google in a precarious position with its major competitor in smartphones.
If
device
makers
want
to
ship
Android
phones
with
Google
apps
--and
especially
the
Play
Store
app--
in
Europe,
they'll
now
have
to
pay
a
licensing
fee.
...
The
Apple
Watch
has
two
features
in
the
watchOS
3
beta
that
can
give
responders
much-needed
information
about
the
victim,
and
notify
contacts
that
a
crisis
is
in
progress.
...
Running
Android
apps
on
Chromebooks
has
been
possible
for
a
while
but
the
selection
is
extremely
limited.
That
may
change
soon
as
it
looks
like
Chrome
OS
will
be
supporting
Google
Play.
...
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