Google is “enjoying high consumer success” with YouTube, Android and...
Google is “enjoying high consumer success” with YouTube, Android and Chrome, CEO Larry Page said late Thursday on a quarterly earnings call. But for the second quarter in a row Google TV seems to have dropped off the company radar.…
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Instead, Page highlighted Android and Google+, the company’s social media venture that has gained 10 million users in its first few weeks in operation. On the mobile side, Google is logging 550,000 Android activations a day, said Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora. Total activations to date are 135 million, up from 100 million two months ago, Senior Vice President Susan Wojcicki said. More than 400 Android devices are available globally, she said, with 6 billion apps downloaded from Android Market to date, double that of “a few months ago,” she said. More than 250,000 apps are available at Android Market, she said. The company is expanding beyond entertainment for mobile devices, she said. “Phones are also becoming key to the shopping experience, making shopping mobile and local.” Wojcicki said the company launched a mobile app for Google Wallet and Google Offers, and both are currently in field trials.