Almost a month has gone since Google+ opened up for open beta meaning that you no longer need an invitation to join Google+.
The move has been so well received by the public that growth shot up to 1269% according to Experian hitwise. The graph below:
Google+ open beta growth
Apologies for not writing lately but I have been busy with my app.
I’ll try to wrap up this post pretty quickly as I am pretty sure by now, a lot of people have access to Google+ since they opened their doors to the public last week.
After we looked at circles last time, we will be looking at hangouts, sparks, huddle and instant uploads.
Well well, I finally got my invite for Google+, thanks to a good friend.
The first thing that I did was play around with circles.
Google’s video on circles:
The apps market is a lucrative business, so lucrative that operators, handset OEMs, aggregators and other businesses (like Opera and Amazon) have created their own app stores in a bid to get a slice of the cake. For 2011, the whole apps market has been estimated to bring in around $15 billion globally and this is expected to rise to $38 billion by 2015.
WAC launched at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, promised to make it easier for developers to sell and build apps irrespective of device or technology. One year on, WAC is open for business with the launch of its application store and the release of version 2.0 of its specifications.
Last week I got upgraded to Facebook’s new messaging system. So this means I have my own facebook email and get updates via text in addition to chat.
There have been few but some really good success stories from the apps stores. So far, only 5% of app developers have reported revenues exceeding projections while 27% have reported meeting revenue expectations. Games, social networking and entertainment are the app categories that enjoy the most success on app stores.
Recently I found myself in a very interesting brainstorming session about how to target and provide solutions for specific personas. One of the problems for a particular persona was how to get somebody to look after her kid who fell ill when she had to go to work. So the idea of a “super nanny “app which would help to locate nannies around the area came up.
Here I am back from an event by Mobile Monday: Keep taking the tablets.
Lots of good and interesting discussions around a panel which was led by Leila Makki of Telecom TV and consisted of:
So I had this friend who called me up and wanted to buy an iPhone or HTC Desire HD (Android OS). He wanted to know which phone between the two he should get. I have to mention that my friend is an average phone user and not very techy yet he knew what android was and it was the other alternative OS to an iPhone. Here are details of the conversation…
Me: “So why do you want to use a smartphone, you only use your phone to call your wife anyway?”
Friend: “I want be able to access internet because at work I can’t deal with my shares since they blocked the sites. I want something fast or even better an app.”
The RSS feed address has been updated to http://feeds.feedburner.com/dharmeshsb. It has been moved to feedburner which makes things so easier as it allows me to follow how many subscribers there is on the RSS. Thanks for updating.
