At this quarter's earnings call, which took place earlier today, Google's CEO Larry Page has expressed his extreme satisfaction with Google+'s performance, along with several promising figures.
With Google+ slowly, but surely taking the world by storm, few would argue that the key to launching and maintaining a popular social networking experience is at least one popular, and feature rich, mobile app.
Two new forms of Android malware are now in the wild. The first one is a new variant of DroidDream Light, which has been spotted on the Android Market by Android anti-malware maker Lookout. The second one, a lot more serious, is known as Zitmo, has the ability to intercept banking data from unsuspecting users. These two threats have caused many to question Google's policy on allowing all apps to make it to the platform without any previous approval.
Ever since Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg created an account on Google+, Google's new endeavor in the social networking business, his profile has become a source of gossip and speculation among his fans. It now seems that Mark has turned up the privacy settings on his account, dropping him off the site's statistics, as well as making it impossible for outsiders to view his friends list.
Continuing to take the mobile phone industry by storm, Apple has found itself sitting pretty at the top of a list of smartphone OEMs. This particular list shows Apple is currently the top dog when it comes to smartphone market share for the three months ending May 2011.
A new chapter in the recent patent merry-go-round sees Apple attempting to get sales of HTC's smartphones blocked, writes Bloomberg. The move comes after Apple claimed HTC is infringing upon five of its patents,ranging from movement sensors, to hardware for LCD touch screens.
Interesting news coming out of Canaccord Genuity analysts T. Michael Walkley, Charles John and Matthew D. Ramsay today suggests that while Google's Android smartphones may be popular amongst many buyers, those same customers are turning to Apple to scratch their tablet itch.
Google's design team has been on fire lately with Google+ and subsequent visual updates to Gmail and Google's main page. YouTube is now getting a redesign too, codenamed Cosmic Panda, and yes, this one is open to the public.
At a Q&A session at today's Facebook's event, Mark Zuckerberg, the company's CEO and founder, was asked about his opinion on Google+. According to Mark, he simply sees Google's service as a validation for his vision, much like personal computing today is a validation of the vision of just a few people several decades ago.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO and founder, is now the most popular person on Google+ in terms of total people that have added him to their respective circles.
