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To market, to market: Android's App Store options

One of the areas of concern surrounding the iPhone is its reliance on its single App Store. The only way for developers to readily distribute applications is via the App Store, and the only way consumers can get applications is via the App Store. This has led to many charges against Apple, particularly in its approach towards determining what is and is not allowed to be listed in the App Store. Android's calling card is being open, so it comes as no surprise that there are many more options for installing applications on Android.

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  • Even for Google, the money party is over Submitted by Google Subnet on Fri, 10/10/2008

    During yesterday's huge market sell-off, where the Dow dropped nearly 679 points, Google's shares also took a beating, dropping 2.7% to just 328.98. (So much for rock-bottom at $381 per share.) Buried in the bad news of the day, however, was the fact that the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released its online ad market numbers for the first half of 2008. While they don't look bad, they don't look pretty either. For the past five years, the growth in online advertising has been strong, fueling investments in Web services and technology, and helping cash-flush Google enter new markets, like mobile phones with its Android OS. But if Google's cash cow of search advertising begins to weaken, so will the rest of its business. How well can a company like Google weather these bad economic times?

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  • Google looks to debates to prop up Knol Submitted by Google Subnet on Thu, 10/09/2008

    While it's true that Google launched Knol to a great deal of fanfare back in July, the "Wikipedia killer" has quickly faded from view since then. Google's push to add public policy debates could help create more traffic to the site, and that's something that's very much needed--since Knol's "unusually high" search results on Google need to be explained somehow.

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  • Five reasons to opt for Google e-mail archiving Submitted by Google Subnet on Thu, 10/09/2008

    Got a tight IT budget but still need to securely archive your organization's e-mail to comply with both legal and regulatory mandates? Now that Google upped the amount of time its Google Message Discovery hosted e-mail and archiving solution can store e-mail--from one-year to 10--hosting your e-mail archiving solution in the cloud is a credible alternative. Here are five key advantages to consider:

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  • Google plays new ad games Submitted by Google Subnet on Wed, 10/08/2008

    Seeing a lucrative untapped advertising market in free Flash-based online games, Google publicly launched the beta of its AdSense for Games, a tool that lets advertisers insert ads either within the games themselves or after they've played. So now, rather than missing out on the lucrative Flash gaming market--which boasts roughly 200 million games played each month--Google and its advertisers can target those users, many of whom would rather play an online game than watch TV.

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