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== '''Market Insights''' == | == '''Market Insights''' == | ||
=== Desktop / Platform === | |||
==== Adobe ==== | |||
* Adobe released an updated version of [http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/shadow/ Adobe Shadow], their mobile/desktop synchronized viewing and editing tool for mobile websites and web apps | |||
==== Google ==== | |||
* Google Play now supports [http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-app-subscriptions-in-google-play.html in-app subscription billing for applications] | |||
* The Chromium development team made further [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/05/changes-to-field-trials-infrastructure.html improvements to their Field Trials infrastructure] (somewhat analogous to Firefox's Telemetry), and encouraged contributors to make use of them | |||
* The Chrome Security Team posted a detailed [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/05/tale-of-two-pwnies-part-1.html summary of how "PinkiePie" managed to break out of the Chrome sandbox] during the last Pwnium competition. A chain of six different bugs, including two in Native Client, were used. A total of [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227404/Pwnium_hacking_contest_winners_exploited_16_Chrome_zero_days 16 zero-day vulnerabilities] were revealed during the contest | |||
* Google [http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/05/next-step-in-chrome-os-journey.html released updated versions of the Chromebook and introduced the Chromebox]. Potential customers in the United States and the UK will be able to try them out at selected retail stores, while enterprise customers will benefit from a [http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/05/29/google-chromebooks-say-hello-to-chromebox-chrome-os-update number of new features], including cost-effective Windows virtualization. The new version of the [https://support.google.com/chromeos/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2586116 Chromebook's UI, "Aura"], also was made available to existing Chromebook users. | |||
* [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227327/EU_offers_Google_a_chance_to_avoid_fines_over_four_antitrust_concerns Google has "a matter of weeks" to address four antitrust issues identified by European Union antitrust regulators.] | |||
* SPDY/3 is now available to [http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=137559 95% of Chrome users] | |||
* A Chrome developer posted a [http://www.webkitbits.com/post/23172529582/web-intents-chrome-stable good introduction] to the browser's initial implementation of Web Intents | |||
* StatCounter, which measures browser share page view, not users, said that Chrome had now [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227536/Chrome_to_take_world_s_top_browser_spot_for_May surpassed] Microsoft Internet Explorer as the world's most popular browser. | |||
==== Microsoft ==== | |||
* It appears that Adobe Flash [http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/flash-windows-8-thats-just-part-of-the-story-194315 will be permitted to run in the Metro version of MSIE10 on Windows 8] | |||
==== Motorola ==== | |||
* Google finally closed it's [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227380/Google_has_finally_closed_Motorola_Mobility_acquisition $12.5b purchase of Motorola Mobility] | |||
==== Opera ==== | |||
* Post about Facebook rumour | |||
==== WebOS === | |||
* The HP team responsible for Enyo -- webOS's HTML5-based application framework that debuted on the TouchPad -- [http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/24/3042441/hp-enyo-google will be leaving the company and starting at Google shortly] | |||
==== Yahoo! ==== | |||
* Yahoo! launched [http://axis.yahoo.com/ Axis], what it describes as a new browser. Provided as a browser plugin for Firefox, Chrome and MSIE on desktops, it is a full wrapper around UIWebView on iOS. Media coverage has on the whole been [http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/23/killer-mobile-browser positive]. It offers a tighter integration between search, with thumbnails shown instead of search results. | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||