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Google releases better Android emulator

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Posted 10 April 2012 15:28pm by Patricio Robles with 0 comments

Ask mobile developers who work with both iOS and Android, and you'll probably hear from more than a few of them that the Android emulator is lacking. From poor performance to inconsistencies, there have been no shortage of complaints about the tool developers are provided with to test their Android apps prior to testing them on a real device.

So Google is doing what you'd expect it to do and trying to improve its emulator.

Yesterday, Google's Android engineering team announced a number of improvements to the Android emulator that it hopes will help developers build and test their apps more efficiently. These improvements include:

Improved CPU performance. Google says its new x86 system images and host drivers "offer significantly faster execution" of apps in the emulator.Built-in GPU support. Google says this provides for significant performance gains.A greater level of hardware feature emulation. Now, a tethered device's sensor and multi-touch inputs can be used with the emulator, with support for Bluetooth and NFC coming soon.

Needless to say, Android developers, particularly those left disappointed by the Android emulator in the past, will most likely welcome these improvements. Google, of course, will continue to need to make them, and make them much faster than it has in the past, if it hopes to keep developers on side.

The reality for platform companies hoping to compete in the app ecosystem today is that it's not just enough to provide developers with adequate tooling; developer experience is key. Developer experience covers everything from development tools like IDES and emulators to app store submission and revenue sharing, and with companies like Microsoft trying to be more developer-friendly, the bar for developer experience is only going higher.

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Court reinstates Viacom lawsuit against YouTube

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Posted 06 April 2012 14:01pm by Patricio Robles with 0 comments

Google has taken YouTube to new heights since it acquired the popular online video service in 2006 for $1.65bn. And in 2010, it looked like the search giant would be able to continue to grow YouTube without worrying about the billion-dollar lawsuit media conglomerate Viacom had filed against it.

That lawsuit, which alleged that YouTube and Google were responsible for copyright infringement of Viacom content, was thrown out of court on the grounds that YouTube was protected by the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Viacom appealed the summary judgment issued by Judge Louis Stanton, and today the lawsuit was reinstated by the US Court of Appeals in Manhattan, which found that, on several points, the lower court erred in dismissing Viacom's lawsuit.

"A reasonable jury could find that YouTube had actual knowledge or awareness of specific infringing activity on its website," two judges at the US Court of Appeals in Manhattan wrote in their decision (PDF). So the District Court will have to pick up the case again, addressing the issues that the appeals court found it didn't get right the first time.

While this certainly isn't the outcome Google was hoping for, it's not all bad news. The Court of Appeals did find that three of the four software functions in question do qualify for DMCA safe harbor coverage, so while Viacom will have an opportunity to make its case, some of its legal arguments are off the table.

As Google sees it:

All that is left of the Viacom lawsuit that began as a wholesale attack on YouTube is a dispute over a tiny percentage of videos long ago removed from YouTube.

That may be the case, but it doesn't mean that Google has nothing to lose. Conceivably, it could still be on the hook for some damages.

The big question is what Viacom really stands to gain. Even if it manages to beat YouTube on the issues that are part of the reinstated lawsuit, that victory will still be of questionable value. Viacom, and media companies like it, need to play ball if they want to win in the digital space, and given YouTube's popularity, playing ball probably requires dealing with YouTube, past (alleged) infringements notwithstanding.

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AOL sells patent collection to Microsoft for $1bn

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Posted 09 April 2012 18:07pm by Patricio Robles with 0 comments

The patent wars continue.

Just weeks after AOL CEO Tim Armstrong was quoted as referring to AOL's 800-plus patent portfolio as "beachfront property in East Hampton" and reports surfaced that the company was shopping the collection, AOL sealed a deal with Microsoft worth just over $1bn.

A memo from Tim Armstrong to AOL staff explained the deal and what it means for AOL:

This morning, we announced that we’ve agreed to sell 800 of our patents and their related applications to Microsoft for $1.056 billion in cash. Most importantly, for the future growth trajectory and innovation for our business, we will continue to hold a significant patent portfolio of over 300 patents and patent applications spanning core and strategic technologies, including advertising, search, content generation/management, social networking, mapping, multimedia/streaming and security among others. AOL also received a perpetual license to the patents being sold to Microsoft, which allows us to continue to innovate and drive strategic growth across all areas of our business.

Armstrong continued:

This process of unlocking the value of our patent portfolio, that we began last fall, is a significant example of focusing our time and energy around strengthening our company’s balance sheet and unlocking value for our shareholders. Most importantly, this is another step forward for the comeback of AOL and allows us to remain laser-focused on our strategy and future growth.

While the $1bn haul is good news for AOL, and appears to represent a good deal given that AOL will retain perpetual licenses for the patents sold, it's questionable as to whether the sale is really a "step forward" for the company.

Yes, Microsoft has added money to the bank, but that doesn't mean that AOL will spend it wisely. The company's Patch initiative, which might be referred to as a train wreck in progress, shows that too much money can be a dangerous thing when it's being invested in an unprofitable concept.

The billion-dollar price tag for AOL's patents is a big one, but not an amount that Microsoft executives will lose sleep over. Just how 'good' (read: legitimate) are the AOL patents, many of which cover technologies related to "online communications"? Who knows?

But as we've seen from the Yahoo-Facebook patent lawsuit circus, patents are sort of like guns: much of the time, you don't need to know if they'll actually fire to accomplish what you're looking to accomplish, meaning any gun is a good gun so long as the party staring down the barrel thinks it might fire.

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What we've been reading this week: APAC edition

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Posted 05 April 2012 23:30pm by Jake Hird with 0 comments

Finally, it’s Friday. But what have we been reading and sharing around the office this week? Here’s a quick round up of the content that grabbed our attention. 

Pop back later to see what our UK and US offices have being checking out, too. 

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Baidu is far ahead of Google in China, controlling 83% of all searches, compared to Google’s 11%. However, when you look the revenues. Google accounts for nearly a fifth of estimated $866 million (5.5 billion Yuan) ad-spend. 

Originally published 28-Mar-12

The Attorney-General has announced that the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) may review the operation of copyright in the digital environment. Interested stakeholders are invited to comment on the proposed draft terms of reference.

Originally published 30-Mar-12

Taiwan’s 7-Eleven ibon machine allows customers to buy train tickets, concert tickets, pay telephone bills, top up phone and gaming credits and pay cash directly. Going through a physical third-party player makes the customers a little more confident that the deal is trustworthy, and it provides a cosier environment for e-commerce in Taiwan to flourish. 

Originally published 29-Mar-12

Companies needing assistance with digital and mobile marketing efforts aren't required to turn to advertising agencies. They can and will work with anyone who seems to offer the needed expertise... 

Originally published 04-Apr-12

Analyzing heaps of data can give you an edge... or make you fall flat on your face. It all depends on how you use the results. 

Originally published 26-Mar-12

China’s e-commerce king, Taobao, now has a PC web browser of its own that’s aimed at – surprise, surprise – web shoppers and providing security when making online payments. 

Originally published 02-Apr-12

There is a considerable confusion about a difference between SMM and Customer intelligence methodologies. This matrix tries to make it more simple. 

Originally published 28-Mar-12

An appeal court has ruled that Google misled Australian consumers in 2007 by including paid advertisements from competitors in search results – and ordered that a protocol to avoid repeating the practice. Is this the beginning of the end for brand bidding? 

Originally published 03-Apr-12

Just in case you were wondering, Facebook is not trying to build an ad agency, despite recent hiring of some of the industry's creatives... 

Originally published 27-Mar-12

It wasn't so long ago that pipe-smoking men in dark suits could sell their products to women with a patronising pat on the head and a wink. Those days went the way of the cocktail lunch, but sexism still rages in the advertising world. It's just that now, everybody gets in on it. 

Originally published 03-Apr-12 

Jake Hird is a Senior Research Analyst for Econsultancy. Follow him on Twitter and Google +, connect with him on LinkedIn or see what he's keeping an eye on via diigo. 

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Colorado's online use tax reporting law ruled unconstitutional

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Posted 05 April 2012 16:41pm by Patricio Robles with 0 comments

When Colorado politicians pushed an affiliate tax designed to bolster their state's revenue on the back of out-of-state retailers, one thing was certain: the effort would backfire.

After all, we've known for years that states which have tried to find a way to collect sales tax on out-of-state internet sales fail to raise revenue.

The latest state to learn that the hard way is Illinois. When it passed affiliate tax legislation, it saw major retailers like Amazon and Overstock terminate their Illinois affiliates, giving successful busineses dependent on affiliate fees a good reason to flee for other states. Adding insult to injury, we now know that the tax hasn't raised a cent for the financially-troubled state.

Colorado politicans, perhaps aware of the failure of affiliate taxes in other states, decided to take a different approach when they passed legislation in 2010 designed to ensure that residents of its state pay use tax on purchases from large out-of-state internet retailers. Instead of trying to force out-of-state retailers with in-state affiliates to physically collect sales tax, Colorado's legislation sought to force out-of-state retailers to report purchases from Colorado residents. With those reports, Colorado's tax authorities would be able to pursue the use taxes residents are supposed to pay but rarely ever do.

Colorado's new tax law was temporarily blocked while a lawsuit questioning its legality worked its way through the court system and now, that dispute is one step closer to resolution after a US District Court Judge declared the law unconstitutional last Friday.

In issuing his opinion, US District Court judge Robert Blackburn wrote that the so-called Amazon tax would "impose an undue burden on interstate commerce" and that "enforcing a reporting requirement on out-of-state retailers will, by definition, discriminate against the out-of-state retailers by imposing unique burdens on those retailers."

The state of Colorado may very well appeal the decision, so it would be premature for the retail and affiliate groups who led the fight against Colorado's law to declare victory. But given the evidence that trying to tax out-of-state sales on the internet is a fruitless exercise -- evidence which has only grown since Colorado passed its law -- perhaps state officials will take a step back and reconsider just how much their coffers realistically stand to gain from tax laws that are as foolish as they are unenforceable.

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