Guy Kawasaki was one of the Apple employees behind the legendary marketing of its 1984 Macintosh, and he’s well known among the Apple community for being a former evangelist of the Cupertino company. You might think, then, that when Kawasaki’s phone rings, it’s an iPhone he pulls out of his pocket.
Well that couldn’t be further from the truth. Kawasaki’s a diehard Android fan, and he has been for about a year. He no longer uses any iOS products at all — not even an iPad.
Apple’s relationship with Google is often rocky at best. While the Cupertino company has previously utilized its services for its Mac and iOS devices, it has never really forgiven the search giant for developing Android, the biggest competitor to the iPhone. In fact, Apple’s recently been working to distance itself from Google, removing some of its services from iOS, including YouTube and of course Maps.
However, Google CEO Larry Page feels that it’s Apple’s users that suffer when it can’t work with competing companies, and says it would be “nice if everybody would get along better.”
What if I told you that you could combine the inconvenience and slow wireless transfer of the Eye-Fi card with the need to actually remove the SD card from your camera and plug it into a slot? You’d get totally excited right? Right? Aw, c’mon…
Strong sales of the iPhone 5 have helped Apple grab more than a quarter of the global LTE device market last quarter, despite the handset’s short time on sale. The Cupertino company now commands 27% of the market share, while arch rival Samsung’s 40% share means it maintains the top spot for the seventh quarter in a row.
However, increasing competition from its rivals means Samsung’s share has quickly slipped by more than 10% from 50.9% in the previous quarter.
YouTube announced today that its Android app has been updated to match more directly with the recent updates to its web homepage. On the video host’s Google+ page, they noted that the YouTube app on an Android tabled has now included a Guide like the one recently introduced on YouTube proper. It allows you to access your favorite channels and discover new ones.
In addition, YouTube announced that the mobile website, available to iPad and other mobile users, will provide the same easy access to the Guide interface, letting you connect with your subscriptions and playlists as well as easier controls for sending video to your HDTV via AirPlay and other systems.
