http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/google Subnet - Google bloggers en http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/48484?source=nww_rss Android is an exciting new platform to develop for, but there are a number of risks associated with Android projects which should not be overlooked. Here’s a short list of what we see as the project pitfalls of Android development at this time. #1: Platform Fragmentation Read more Google Software Wireless / Mobile Android App App Store business business case cell phone distribution fragmentation Google mobile platform project risk SDK wireless Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:20:42 +0000 Conder and Darcey 48484 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/48360?source=nww_rss Android is a free and open platform. Device manufacturers can take the platform and put it on their own devices. Software developers can write applications for Android without concern about being blocked from publishing as they can always choose to self-distribute their applications. However, this freedom comes as a price. A price the end-users often end up paying: a fragmented platform with a fragmented... Wireless / Mobile adoption Android Android Market BlackBerry device Google handset iPhone manufacturers mobile mobile platform phone wireless Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:11:32 +0000 Conder and Darcey 48360 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/48258?source=nww_rss Coming up with the right business model for your mobile application can be tricky. Here are some of the key questions any good mobile application business plan should answer. What kind of mobile application am I building and why should people buy it? Read more Wireless / Mobile Android BlackBerry business plan Google iPhone mobile monetization plan profit wireless Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:13:29 +0000 Conder and Darcey 48258 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/48185?source=nww_rss When developing a new mobile application, you need to decide how you’re going to price it. This question is best answered early, while the application is still being designed. Wait too long and your choices regarding application monetization become limited. Read more Wireless / Mobile Android App Store BlackBerry cost free iPhone market mobile mobile market money paid pricing profit subscription value wireless Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:38:45 +0000 Conder and Darcey 48185 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47660?source=nww_rss Over the past few weeks, we've been talking to a lot of mobile business professionals--some veterans of the mobile marketplace and many just getting started. With easy and accessible mobile platforms like Android, writing a mobile application is often the easy part, but monetizing your application can be a real challenge. We're going to be talking a lot about different mobile application business strategies... Wireless / Mobile Android application BlackBerry business plan cost iPhone market mobile monetization store strategy Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:33:25 +0000 Conder and Darcey 47660 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47137?source=nww_rss Lauren and I presented two--one on tips and tricks for Android projects (which are up 94% this month, according to http://bit.ly/1TxPAw) and another for Android beginners. We listened to the developer buzz and went to a bunch of sessions. Here is our take on the hot topics simmering within the Android community here: Read more Augmented Reality: This came up many times in discussions. New Handsets:... Android barcamp berlin Conference devcamp developer droidcamp droidcon germany mobile Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:42:11 +0000 Conder and Darcey 47137 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46936?source=nww_rss Here are the top five benefits of Android from a business perspective (primarily for prospective application developers). #1 Low Barrier to Entry Android has a low barrier to entry. There are no costly licensing fees or development tools. In fact, it is possible to develop applications without spending a dime. The primary costs fall into three categories: development and testing expertise, royalty... Wireless / Mobile Android Application Store cell phone development Google Java Linux mobile mobile phone open source Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:01:50 +0000 Conder and Darcey 46936 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46896?source=nww_rss Hello, we're Shane Conder and Lauren Darcey. We have one book, Android Wireless Application Development, published and are working on our second Android book. We'll be guest blogging here throughout the month of November. In just a few days, we'll be at Droidcon in Berlin, Germany. More to come... Wireless / Mobile Android Google Java Linux Software Development Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:31:02 +0000 Conder and Darcey 46896 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/45204?source=nww_rss After countless hours of lost productivity to Facebook at work, the developers made up for it by offering the Cloud computing community something to build upon. Read more Google cloud portability cloud software Facebook Open Cloud open source thrift Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:17:24 +0000 Colt Mercer 45204 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/45203?source=nww_rss LoadStorm seeks to change the way we test our web applications. The name says a lot but does not give the full detail. It is a lot more than just a load test and best of all, it is cheap. Leveraging Amazon’s EC2 Cloud Services, LoadStorm offers an easy way to provide a heavy load on your business apps and you only pay for each test. Read more Google application testing cloud computing cloud services load storm load testing Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:14:18 +0000 Colt Mercer 45203 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44988?source=nww_rss Starting your trek within the massive and fast growing social media platforms (Examples: Twitter, Facebook) can seem rather daunting. But, outside of good ol' business planning and strategy development, it's possible - and there are some checklists you should consider. This post is intended to get your team thinking about the possibilities. Resources to consider Internally: Subject matter experts,... Google factors jon rognerud social media success Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:43:35 +0000 Jon Rognerud 44988 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44987?source=nww_rss Starting your trek within the massive and fast growing social media platforms (Examples: Twitter, Facebook) can seem rather daunting. Outside of good ol' business planning and strategy development, there are some checklists you should consider. This post is intended to get your team thinking about the possibilities. Resources to consider Internally: Subject matter experts, social media champions, community... Google factors jon rognerud social media success Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:37:08 +0000 Jon Rognerud 44987 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44939?source=nww_rss I read with great interest a blog post by Tim Bajarin the other day talking about the potential collision course between Apple, Microsoft and Google.  While I found the article interesting and insightful, I think most people are assuming that Google wants to get into more markets than Google may actually be interested in.  I want to suggest that perhaps some of Google's products and services are... Google Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:48:29 +0000 David Pinkus 44939 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44770?source=nww_rss We tend to think of Google Apps as the go-to source for freebie cloud computing services, but the truth is, Google isn't the only, or even the best, cloud service. I've found two sites offering Cloud Computing for the average user for free. They call it a computer in a browser or a WebOS. Read more Google cloud computing free cloud free storage G.ho.st Google Apps icloud online storage WebDAV webOS Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:46:02 +0000 Colt Mercer 44770 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44769?source=nww_rss I have seen two reactions to cloud computing amongst fellow IT. The first, "What is that?" the second is never a positive one. When I read articles online it is almost always followed by comments from critical IT people. So I searched for a few cloud computing services that both the Nerd and the Tech can be positive about. For the Tech Read more Google cloud computing; load testing Google Apps online storage webOS Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:44:45 +0000 Colt Mercer 44769 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44750?source=nww_rss When I worked at Google, I think many of us were surprised by how often people outside the company would talk about Microsoft as a competitor.  Inside the company though, we rarely talked about Microsoft.  In fact, the use of the word Microsoft came up far more often in the context of "so-and-so used to work for Microsoft, ask him how to do x,y,z."  The ex-Microsoft engineers at Google were generally... Google competition Google Microsoft Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:44:01 +0000 David Pinkus 44750 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44602?source=nww_rss This will likely be my first and last post related to search and search optimization with Google, but there's an important point I want to make:  Most users assume Google's product is search; it's not.  And it's not ads either.  Google's primary product is trust.   Read more Google Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:44:41 +0000 David Pinkus 44602 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44476?source=nww_rss One of the most frequently mentioned benefits of Google Chrome is the ability of the browser to load web pages at lightning speed. You usually don’t have to wait for a page to load; just click a link, and the page is there. Read more Google about:dns DNS Prefetching Google Chrome Prefetching Web Browsing Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:44:36 +0000 Ledford and Davis 44476 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44257?source=nww_rss In my last post I speculated a bit about what Google’s doing with the netbook operating system that we should see out later this year. Right now, it’s just a netbook operating system, but Google makes no secret about the fact that it’s designed the Chrome Operating System to work with people they way they work. Read more Google Chrome desktop Gmail Google Netbook operating systems Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:08:10 +0000 Ledford and Davis 44257 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44101?source=nww_rss When Google Chrome (the browser edition) made it's appearance, I thought it was interesting enough to write a book about it. Here was Google, the first company in a long time to take a shot at Microsoft by putting out a browser that really does rival Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Yes, there is some functionality missing, but not so much to make it difficult to use. And it gets better every time... Google browsers Chrome Google NetBooks operating systems Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:15:13 +0000 Ledford and Davis 44101 at http://www.networkworld.com/community