Google is removing applications from the Android Market that violate T-Mobile’s terms and conditions. I understand why Google removed the applications and I also understand why T-Mobile asked them to do so – my question is ‘how is this going to work when we have lots of carriers on Android?’
Next year when there are five or six carriers offering Android phones how will Google deal with the various carrier’s differing policies. Some carriers allow teathering while others offer special ‘teathering’ plans. Will Google remove applications that violate some carriers terms and conditions and not others? Or will Google allow applications in the market that are allowed by at least one carrier’s terms and conditions?
Of course the problem isn’t just for the future. You can buy unlocked G1s today and use them on any network. I can put a SIM from a carrier that allows me to teather into my G1, but now I can’t get Seth’s Wifi Tether. Is this fair and open? Is there going to be a way for carriers to remove apps from the market directly – i.e. removing them from the Android Market ONLY on handsets on their network?
Lots of questions. . .
Posted by admin | March 31, 2009 - 7:57pm | 3 Comments
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Our backend servers went down yesterday, came up for a time and are now back down this morning. Our virtual cloud provider, GoGrid, has had a number of issues over the past couple of days. We are not hopeful that the situation will rectify itself in the near term so we have decided to move ShopSavvy’s backend system to our own data center. I wrote about OUR mistake here.
Posted by admin | March 31, 2009 - 8:17am | No Comments
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After intermittent downtime this afternoon, ShopSavvy is back up. We will be migrating ShopSavvy’s server side to Architel’s data center with Amazon as our back up site in the event of another failure. Our hosting partner had a major DDOS attack that affected their entire network. Sorry for the interuption – tomorrow we will begin the migration.
Posted by admin | March 30, 2009 - 6:47pm | No Comments
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Sorry, no more to report. Skyhook released their new ‘bug-free’ SDK so we will be updating soon. In the meantime, please bear with us!
Posted by admin | March 30, 2009 - 4:04pm | No Comments
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James Kendrick from GigaOM scooped us on our own announcement, but I figured we should go ahead and write about our latest improvement to ShopSavvy. A powerful new feature is now available for our users. Through technology developed by Krillion™, shoppers can now view real-time product inventory at local stores when they use the ShopSavvy application to scan a product barcode. As a result, they can quickly identify a local retailer with in-stock product, and then purchase the product online for immediate pick-up at a nearby store.
The ability to connect ShopSavvy’s 1 million+ users with real-time pricing and inventory from major retailers means that mobile, location-aware shopping has taken a big step forward. A simple integration with Krillion’s StockCheck™ tool means that Big in Japan can enhance the shopping experience for ShopSavvy users and boost its ability to monetize referrals.
“Directing shoppers to local stores is a core feature of ShopSavvy, and being able to present our users with up-to-the-minute, local inventory across hundreds of product categories and merchants adds huge value for our users,” said Alexander Muse, co-founder of Big in Japan, which developed ShopSavvy. ” Our recent enhancements to ShopSavvy’s location awareness makes our new relationship with Krillion even more compelling for ShopSavvy users.”
“Krillion is the most prominent local product shopping search platform for mobile and web applications, because we can connect shoppers with accurate, local product availability and pricing information, wherever they are,” said Joel Toledano, co-founder and CEO of Krillion. “We enable developers of mobile shopping applications, as well as our client base of manufacturers, web publishers, and search and shopping engines, to easily implement a real-time display of in-stock products from more than 40,000 retail locations across the country, including Best Buy, Home Depot, Sears, Target, and Wal-Mart. This enables our network partners to better serve their audience and monetize their apps and websites, while directing more ready-to-buy, local customers to our multichannel retail partners.”
Posted by admin | March 25, 2009 - 6:20pm | 1 Comment
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