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== '''Market insights Insights from the Product Marketing Strategy Team''' ===== Desktop / Platform ======= Google ====* Google's Android APIs now include [http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-google-maps-android-api-now-part-of.html improved Maps and "Photo Sphere" functionality], allowing Android mobile app developers to build more interesting and compelling applications.* The Chromium team released [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fmbySQ4VfiCQEfvOsDnczmPJSTa-kuHzWFcGs3OtSTI/edit Telemetry], a "python-based framework for writing web platform performance tests" that makes use of the remote debugging protocol. Scripts have been written with it to [http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=169297 test multiple devices], [http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=169020 recording a replay script], and adds some [http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=169267 benchmarking] [http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=169254 tests].* Google's Executive Chairman and Director of Ideas have [http://9to5google.com/2012/12/03/google-chairmen-eric-schmidt-and-director-of-google-ideas-jared-cohen-author-new-book-looking-at-our-future authored a new book that discusses the world's digital future]. The book will tackle not only changing technology like smartphones and computers, but also government, technology’s effect on terrorism, privacy, business and more. “This is a book about the importance of a guiding human hand in the new digital age."==== Microsoft ====* Seeking to turn a new chapter with Internet Explorer 10, Microsoft released a [http://blogs.windows.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2012/11/30/for-all-of-you-skeptics.aspx tongue-in-cheek web advertisement] making fun of both Internet Explorer's reputation as well as the "haters" that comment on it.* Because of Windows XP's large install base, some security researchers are saying that [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9234316/Experts_question_Microsoft_s_decision_to_retire_XP Microsoft has no choice but to continue to support it after April 2014].==== RIM ====* RIM [http://devblog.blackberry.com/2012/11/blackberry-10-webworks-sdk-updated updated their WebWorks API for the upcoming BlackBerry 10 release]. This set of HTML5 APIs offers a significant number of device APIs for smartphones and some tooling changes to make it easier to develop and ship applications.==== Security ====* Researchers have published an academic paper [http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/11/hack-could-let-browsers-use-cloud-to-carry-out-big-attacks-on-the-cheap/ describing how attackers could use a browser-based exploit that could be used to make large, online attacks cheaply].