Written by Anurag | Jan 2, 2013 6:30:00 PM
- Today Canonical is taking the wraps off the mobile version of Ubuntu, which is built around the existing Android kernel and drivers, but doesn't use a Java Virtual Machine and promises to use "the full power of the phone." Supporting both ARM and x86 processors, the Ubuntu phone OS will be compatible enough to let Android phone makers run it on their devices with minimal adaptation. Read Ubuntu phone OS announced, first devices shipping in early 2014
- Google Inc. is challenging Facebook Inc. by using a controversial tactic: requiring people to use the Google+ social network. Read There's No Avoiding Google+
- Every June and December, social media strategist Vincenzo Cosenza updates his “world map of social networks” to show what the most popular service is in every country around the world. The latest update, for December 2012, reveals that we’re down to just five top social networks, and that Facebook now dominates 127 of the 137 countries worldwide tracked by Alexa. Read World map of top social networks shows just five left, Facebook dominates 127 out of 137 countries
- Microsoft today said that Google executives have blocked a full-featured YouTube app for Windows Phone, via a blog post from one of its chief lawyers. Read Microsoft: Google Is (Still) Blocking Us From Building YouTube for Windows Phone