Amit Chowdhry | July 5, 2010 | 1,350 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Android, Distimo, Google, Google Android

According to a report by application analytics company Distimo, about 57% of all Google Android applications are free. Whereas 28% of iPhone applications are free.
Distimo also found that over half of all mobile apps across the Android Market, AppleApp Store, Nokia Ovi Store, and Palm App Catalog is priced under $2. BlackBerry App World is not part of this list because apps are not allowed to be priced under $2.99, unless it is free. Below are a couple of analysis charts from Distimo:

Amit Chowdhry | July 5, 2010 | 1,563 views | 2 Comments
Categorized under Pingdom

The Pingdom team has released some interesting charts and analysis about what it takes to become a top 1,000 or top 100 website in the world. Below are some of the numbers:

Amit Chowdhry | July 4, 2010 | 832 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Clearstone Venture Partners, Geodelic, MK Capital, Rahul Sonnad, Shasta Ventures

Geodelic has raised $7 million in a second round of funding. Geodelic is available on the Android and iPhone application store. Users can click on an icon such as coffee shop or bars and immediately see what is near them. Geodelic also allows advertisers send offers to users based on which venue they are at. Geodelic has been downloaded over 500,000 times on Android. MK Capital was the lead investor in Geodelic. Clearstone Ventures and Shasta Ventures also participated in this round of funding. Geodelic was founded by Rahul Sonnad. [paidContent]
Amit Chowdhry | July 4, 2010 | 902 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Texas Instruments, Texas Instruments Blaze Tablet

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE:TXN) is releasing the Blaze Tablet in August, which features the OMAP4. The TI Blaze Tablet has WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, and FM radio. It also has multiple external camera modules, and an external DLP pico-projector. The tablet is a 10.4-inch XVGA (1024×768) LCD touchscreen display, two USB ports, 1GB lpDDR2 memory, and 32GB eMMC. Other features include HDMI port, three tricolor status LEDs used as backlight, two mass vibration motors, serial interface, “lock” switch, four digital microphones, 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyro, proximity sensor, digital compass, etc. [SlashGear]
Amit Chowdhry | July 4, 2010 | 1,160 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant, T-Mobile, T-Mobile Vibrant

The Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant will be released on July 21st at a cost of $199.99 with a 2 year contract. When purchasing the Vibrant, you will get a free copy of The Sims 3 Collectors Edition and a 2GB microSD card pre-loaded with Avatar. [BGR]
Amit Chowdhry | July 4, 2010 | 761 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Apple Inc.

You may not know this but if you call 1-888-FACETIME, you will be able to test the iPhone 4 FaceTime feature with an Apple employee. The service has limited hours. Below is a viral video of a puppet talking to an Apple employee.

Amit Chowdhry | July 4, 2010 | 845 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Carol Kruse, The Coca-Cola Company, Twitter

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) recently ran a Promoted Trends campaign on Twitter and the results are impressive. Promoted Trending topics have to resonate or it will disappear. The Trending Topic ad costs about tens of thousands of dollars according to Coke VP of Marketing Carol Kruse.
