Software : Google to enter digital newspaper business with Google Play News? |
| Google to enter digital newspaper business with Google Play News? Posted:  Google looks like its planning to launch a digital newspaper store for Android devices through the Google Play Store. A Google Play News service has been discovered within the JavaScript of the web-based iteration of the shop. The find by the Android Police site suggests that users will soon be able to access digital newspapers through "Issues" and "Subscriptions" bought through the Play Store. It's likely that upon launch, the News section will sit alongside Apps, Games, Books, Magazines, Music and Movies as content categories within Android app store. Google Reader replacement?Some of the wording unearthed within the JavaScript hints at Google Play News being a replacement, of sorts, for the Google Reeder RSS service, which was controversially axed during the week. However, it's probably more likely to take a similar form of Apple's Newsstand app, which sells and delivers digital newspaper issues and subscriptions to users. The language gleaned from the complex code includes:
Perhaps we'll see this rolled new feature out at Google I/O on May 15? |
| Dropbox makes a successful pass at Mailbox iOS email app Posted:  Dropbox announced that it has now purchased Mailbox, the new email app and queue waiting simulator. Mailbox will remain a stand-alone app rather than get wrapped into Dropbox, with the acquisition's goal to help Mailbox grow. "Rather than grow Mailbox on our own, we've decided to join forces with Dropbox and build it out together," read a blog post by the Mailbox team. "To be clear, Mailbox is not going away. The product needs to grow fast, and we believe that joining Dropbox is the best way to make that happen." Growing painsMailbox's growth has been the email app's biggest source of buzz, but not for how fast it's growing. In order to ensure Mailbox's servers can accommodate all users, there is a queue users need to wait in to gain access. While waiting in line, the app offers a counter to show both how many users are ahead and behind them in line. At the time of the merger with Dropbox, there are more than 500,000 people waiting in that line. Despite the line Mailbox is gaining in popularity, with CEO Gentry Underwood telling The Wall Street Journal that it has already taken 1.3 million reservations since the service started in Feb. and delivers 60 million emails each day. Boxes within boxesDropbox says that the acquisition came about because the two companies share similar goals. "After spending time with Gentry, Scott, and the team, it became clear that their calling was the same as ours at Dropbox - to solve life's hidden problems and reimagine the things we do every day," Dropbox CEO Drew Houston said. "Dropbox doesn't replace your folders or your hard drive: it makes them better. The same is true with Mailbox, it doesn't replace your email: it makes it better," he added. All 14 members of the Mailbox team will now join Dropbox, though no price has been given for the acquisition. While past Dropbox acquisitions have been more about buying the technology and closing the service, Mailbox will remain an active stand-alone service. At least, that is assuming you can get in. |
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