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As expected, a slowish week this week given the MWC hangover. | As expected, a slowish week this week given the MWC hangover. | ||
* Google launching [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2454755,00.asp Android SDK for wearables]: Sundar Pichai committed to releasing an SDK before the end of this month, to further push (Google-influenced) Android as an OS for connected devices, not just handsets, tablets, and streaming boxes. In the same talk, Pichai also disclosed the first soft numbers around Chromecast, which he said were "in the millions". | * Google launching [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2454755,00.asp Android SDK for wearables]: Sundar Pichai committed to releasing an SDK before the end of this month, to further push (Google-influenced) Android as an OS for connected devices, not just handsets, tablets, and streaming boxes. | ||
* Chromecast numbers and expansion: In the [http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/03/09/google-chromecast-go-sale-many-countries-weeks same talk at SXSW], Pichai also disclosed the first soft numbers around Chromecast, which he said were "in the millions" as well as Google's intent to expand non-grey-market sales of Chromecast to a bunch of new countries, continuing their push for adoption and development. | |||
* Personalization Apps on Android: Continuing a trend that's been running for a while, Flurry Analytics [http://blog.flurry.com/bid/109266/Android-Personalization-Apps-The-Battle-for-App-Content-and-Service-Discovery posted about how personalization of Android] is a bigger target than ever for developers. In particular, [http://mashable.com/2014/03/10/android-launcher-apps/ launcher apps] fall into this category, and we're seeing more and more of them as users look to have more control over their home screen experience. | * Personalization Apps on Android: Continuing a trend that's been running for a while, Flurry Analytics [http://blog.flurry.com/bid/109266/Android-Personalization-Apps-The-Battle-for-App-Content-and-Service-Discovery posted about how personalization of Android] is a bigger target than ever for developers. In particular, [http://mashable.com/2014/03/10/android-launcher-apps/ launcher apps] fall into this category, and we're seeing more and more of them as users look to have more control over their home screen experience. | ||