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== '''Market Insights from the Product Marketing Strategy Team''' == | == '''Market Insights from the Product Marketing Strategy Team''' == | ||
=== Desktop / Platform === | |||
==== Canonical ==== | |||
* Canonical, [http://thevarguy.com/ubuntu/app-ecosystem-ubuntu-mobile-growing-steadily some press analysts say], is doing well at encouraging independent developers to [http://mhall119.com/2013/04/another-ubuntu-sdk-apps-roundup/ port their Android applications] to the Ubuntun Mobile platform. | |||
==== Google ==== | |||
* Google [http://blog.chromium.org/2013/04/blink-rendering-engine-for-chromium.html forked WebKit] creating a new engine called [http://www.chromium.org/blink Blink]. While Google is able to remove "7 build systems, more than 7,000 files and 4.5 million lines", the WebKit community is also [https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2013-April/024388.html cleaning house]. | |||
** Over the last year, [http://bitergia.com/public/reports/webkit/2013_01/companies.html Google contributors made around half of commits to WebKit], so the WebKit community is now in the process of reprioritizing and identifying code areas [http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/FeatureFlags that are now unmaintained]. Significant portions of the WebKit codebase that require new owners include the Web Inspector, File System API and CSS Variables. | |||
** Google posted a [https://plus.google.com/+GoogleChromeDevelopers/posts/faJ8BmaQL8j video] where lead developers answer community questions about Blink. Google says they "have no plans" to change the format of the user agent string. | |||
** Opera has [http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/04/04/opera-confirms-it-will-follow-google-and-ditch-webkit-for-blink-as-part-of-its-commitment-to-chromium/ confirmed] that it will use Blink. Yandex's browser will as well. | |||
** Google's Alex Russell [http://infrequently.org/2013/04/probably-wrong/ blogged] about how it will allow the Chrome web platform development team to iterate faster. Justin Schuh [https://plus.google.com/u/0/116560594978217291380/posts/AeCnq76cAXb described the security features that will likely be coming]. | |||
* Chrome 27 Beta was [http://blog.chromium.org/2013/04/chrome-27-beta-speedier-web-and-new.html released]. Web content [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JQZXrONw1RrjrdD_Z9jq1ZKsHguh8UVGHY_MZgE63II/preview appears 5% faster], the Chromium team now uses benchmarks from [http://webpagetest.org webpagetest.org] in their testing, a "simple, elegant user interface" for month, week, and date <input> types, live, low-latency audio support for the Web Audio API, the Sync FileSystem API for Chrome Apps, and other improvements. | |||
* Chrome now has a regularly-updated, detailed, [http://www.chromestatus.com/features feature dashboard] for web platform work. | |||
* Chrome for Android now [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/04/fill-out-forms-faster-from-anywhere.html syncs passwords and autofill entries] for logged-in users. | |||
* In likely effort to better support emerging markets with poorer bandwidth, select videos on YouTube are now available [http://9to5google.com/2013/04/05/for-slow-connections-and-emerging-markets-youtube-lowers-base-resolution-to-144p at a 144p pixel video resolution] | |||
* Google [http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77797.html acquired Behavio], a startup that uses mobile sensors to collect data and predict user behavior. Funf.org is an open-source version of the approach. | |||
* Google is [http://9to5google.com/2013/04/15/google-is-about-to-stick-an-chrome-apps-link-in-your-chrome-bookmarks-bar about to place a "Chrome Apps" bookmark in every Chrome user's bookmark bar]. | |||
* [http://www.chromestory.com/2013/04/chrome-os-is-getting-a-virtual-keyboard ChromeOS is getting a virtual keyboard], no doubt part of the early steps for having the operating system run on tablets. | |||
* Chrome Beta for Android and Chrome for iPhone and iPad now support [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/04/more-immersive-mobile-web.html full screen browsing]. Chrome Beta for Android also features improved handling of search terms in the URL bar, and reporting on the data savings obtained from the browser's new SPDY-based data compression feature. | |||
* Chrome for Business [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/04/more-improvements-for-chrome-at-office.html can now be centrally configured by administrators, and be configured to revert to another browser for specific in-house applications] | |||
==== RockMelt ==== | |||
* RockMelt [http://blog.rockmelt.com/post/47705335178/an-update-on-the-existing-rockmelt-browser has removed their RockMelt browser from the market], deciding to concentrate on their web curation product. | |||
==== Microsoft ==== | |||
* Microsoft released [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238278/Microsoft_takes_new_Scroogled_shot_at_Google another attack] in its "Scroogled" campaign, describing how the Google Play store passes users' personal information to app developers. | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||