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== '''Market Insights''' == | == '''Market Insights''' == | ||
=== | === Platforms === | ||
=== ANDROID === | |||
* Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich released, along with SDK v14. Notable API and support changes include: | |||
** Support for Matroska video containers, WEBP images | |||
** Classes to set region for focus, auto-focus and light auto-metering, and the ability to disable the camera entirely | |||
** Peer-to-peer wifi connections | |||
** Accessibility improvements: explore-by-touch, view callbacks | |||
** New framework to ease creation of new spellcheckers | |||
** ACTION_MANAGE_NETWORK_USAGE action allows users to adjust data usage settings for apps | |||
** New VPN Service allows apps to build their own VPN | |||
** New device sensors TYPE_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE, TYPE_RELATIVE_HUMIDITY and improvements to synthetic gravity, rotation, and linear accelerator sensors | |||
** Hardware acceleration for all windows is enabled by default | |||
** Webkit updated to version 534.40, font support for Indic, Ethiopic, Georgian and Armenian fonts | |||
** Browser has updated V8 engine and Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) enhancements are available for handsets, including HTML media capture, device orientation, and CSS 3D transformations | |||
=== CHROME === | |||
* Chrome v15 stable was released, along with a UI update to the Chrome web app store. The major promoted feature are UI improvements to the tab pane and better integration with the app store. In the app store, reviewers' Google+ pages are linked to each review. | |||
=== WEBKIT/CHROMIUM === | |||
* Chromium is now up to v17. Recent notable commits include: | |||
** detailed timing (anonymous opt-in) instrumentation for downloads | |||
** basic support for HTTP pipelining | |||
** now supports playing of videos greater than 2GB in size | |||
** changes to boxing/unboxing of double ints in the JIT changed, delivering a 29% speed improvement on Kraken | |||
=== OPERA === | |||
* New Opera Labs alpha release | |||
** demonstrates "Opera Reader" support for CSS Generated Content for Paged Media -- Paged Presentations module | |||
** HTML5 API support for getUserMedia API to allow camera input in the browser | |||
** Full hardware acceleration for all WebGL graphics, currently only with OpenGL, with DirectX coming in future | |||
=== AMAZON SILK === | |||
* Amazon, via MarkMonitor, registered amazonsilkforandroid.com, amazonsilkformac.com, and amazonsilkforpc.com, increasing speculation that, like the Kindle app, that the Silk browser will be available for other platforms. The company is currently advertising 10 open developer positions for Amazon Silk. | |||
=== Mobile === | === Mobile === | ||