Google Makes 98% of Profit From Play Store via In-app Purchases

In a new report by analytics firm, Distimo, it has been proven that how powerful the bloodsucking Freemium modelling of apps is. A mammoth 98% of revenue that Google makes from the Play Store comes as a result of in-app purchases from these free apps.

Piracy has always been a huge issue on Android and while this method is a pain to live with, it has also proven to be a great way of combating privacy. As you would expect, the remaining 2% money comes in from paid apps and in-app purchases on these paid apps.

Google Releases its Annual List of Most-Searched Topics, Malala is in The List!

Google has released its list of most-searched objects throughout the year on its zeitgeist site. Rather unsurprisingly, consumer tech grabbed three out of the top ten spots.

The list, headed by Nelson Mandela and Paul Walker, features the iPhone 5s as the third most-searched query of the year. Samsung’s Galaxy S4 and PlayStation 4 were on 8th and 9th respectively.

Xbox One and Nexus 5 are next in consumer technology while Malala Yousufzai is third on the list of most-searched people worldwide.

The list further divides these topics into numerous categories such as Events, Movies and Athletes. Google also released an interactive globe which shows you the 5 top-trending topics for a particular city in the past or the present.

Top trends of the year can be viewed for a particular country. (There are only two lists for Pakistan though, with uninspiring top-searches on either of them.)

Lastly, Google has added a feature to take you back in time to see the top-trends of time as back as 2001. It’s a small addition but it does feel nice to be able to go back in the past see what was being searched in a time when we weren’t here on this place called the Internet.

Zindagi Gulzar Hai is the Top Trending Drama – Google Zeitgeist Launched in Pakistan

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Google officially globally released its brand new product Google Zeitgeist on December 17, 2013. An event was held in PC Hotel Lahore which was synchronized with the global launch. The tool was released in 50 countries and Pakistanis could be proud of the fact that we were included in these top 50 countries of the world.

Google Zeitgeist is a tool which gives a detailed analysis of the top searches and trends done by the netizens of a country. Zeitgeist Pakistan will get trends for now and top searches feature will be rolled out in future.

Zeitgeist Pakistan is showing only two ‘boxes’ at the moment, i.e. top ten People and Searches. But these two boxes contain mammoth amount of data and can be used by marketers, researchers  as well as SEO professionals to have a crucial insight into behavior of internet users across Pakistan. Features like graphs, exporting data to CSV files (which can be opened in Excel), embed codes and city-wise search scores are great.

You can view personalities and searches from the Zeitgeist page. The top-3 trending personalities are Paul Walker, Jiah Khan and Nelson Mandela and the top-3 trending searches are ‘PTV sports live’, ‘Ashiqui 2′ and ‘Chennai Express’.

Here is a treat for you. Some top-trending searches which you cannot view on Google Zeitgeist yet!

Google Agrees to Launch Localized Version of YouTube in Pakistan

Google/YouTube has conditionally agreed to launch localized version of YouTube in Pakistan that will work in-line with local authorities to block blasphemous content with-in Pakistani borders, reported Dawn.com.

Citing the Minister for IT and Telecom, Ms. Anusha Rehman, the paper said that this new arrangement will give birth to YouTube.com.pk or YouTube.PK, a local version of YouTube in Pakistan.

Ms. Rehman was cited as saying that government of Pakistan has succeeded in convincing the Google management about religious sensitivities of Pakistanis.

She was explaining the situation to a Standing Committee of Senate yesterday.

Anusha Rehman further unveiled that Google wants not to be held responsible for any blasphemous content uploaded on its sites as that will be a personal action of the individual. Google, however, will work closely with government of Pakistan to get any such blasphemous content blocked in Pakistan.

LG releases white Google Nexus 4, pours cold water on Nexus 5 rumors

Google’s Nexus 4 smartphone is not at the end of its life despite suspicions to the contrary during the run-up to Google I/O.

And if you were hoping to see a Nexus 5 from LG that is also out, the company reportedly said. To make up for this, LG Tuesday announced a white version of the Nexus 4. However, only the back of the phone actually is white. As you can see in the image above, the front of the phone is black.

People Who Changed Internet

 

40 people who changed the INTERNETOnly 20 listed here.

 The world has become tightly connected since the internet. The web itself has replaced the practice of reading newspaper. Most of us now communicate through e-mails instead of paper and pen. We now watch networks or movies online, it has even become a wide business venture, so much so we can now make purchase and pay our bills through the internet. The web has also transformed friendships through various social media. It also provides us the possibility to reconnect with people from our childhood and it can be a life changing event. Having a great idea is one thing. Turning that idea into a booming company through innovationand execution is what that matters most. Here, these are the people who have the biggest impact on the direction of the web: past, present, and future. They changed the internetand revolutionized the way we lead our lives today. Just imagine the world withoutinternet. 

You can't because it has become our daily life.

Google Glass not going commercial anytime soon

When Google announced that they would be giving out Google Glass to some of the people, everyone started thinking that well than the Google Glass launch must be near. For some time now, we had been hearing that Google Glass would probably out by the end of this year but that is not the case.

Google Nexus 4 Launched In Pakistan

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Brightex has launched Google Nexus 4 in Pakistan collaboration with Mobilink. Nexus 4 is available at an attractive price of Rs. 43,000. The device has been manufactured by LG and is also known as LG Nexus 4 and LG E960.

HOW TO: Use Google Drive Without Internet Connection

Google Drive offline screenshot

Google Drive online cloud storage support automatic syncing and offline access for all your Google Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets, and Drawings. In this article, you will learn how to setup and use Google Drive in offline mode.

Setup Google Drive for offline access

Google Drive’s offline access is available only on Google Chrome or Chrome OS computer. Chrome OS users do not need to setup offline access because it is already there for you.

Google Drive Offline Edit

1. Install Google Drive extension for Chrome.
2. Goto https://drive.google.com and login your Google Account.

Will You Buy Google Glass With These Specs And Price?

So finally Google Glass is about to hit the shelves in a few days and we all are excited to see it for real! Now one needs to know about this device more than a usual gadget or a mobile phone since spending 1500 bucks on a gadget you don’t know about isnt a good buying practice. According to Google, looking through Glass’s 640 x 360 pixel “high resolution display” is just like watching a high definition screen from eight feet away. The on board camera is good enough to give 5 megapixels result and it will be able to record 720p resolution videos as well. There will be 16 Gb of internal storage available out of which 12 Gb would be usable.

The Glass is also loaded with Wi-Fi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth. Sadly there is still no news about battery life so we can’t say anything about battery stats of Glass. Questions like whether it will last a day or not are still unanswered. For now we know that Glass will charge by a Micro USB port. According to some rumors, Glass will transmit audio by using a bone conduction transducer. Google has confirmed that there new device will be compatible with both iOS and Android via Bluetooth. However an app called ”MyGlass companion” will only work on 4.0.3 or higher. The app enables GPS and SMS messaging. In terms of size and durability, Glass will feature one size fits all durable frame which will have adjustable nosepads along with two extra pairs.

So will you spend $1500 for this piece of technology? Tell us in the comment box below