Tag: Eric Schmidt

Google provides developers with prep data for Ice Cream Sandwich

Julie Campbell
Google Ice Cream Sandwich

Google has released data to help developers to prepare for the upcoming launch of Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) so that apps can be properly readied for the latest Android developments. Google’s official Android developer website’s lead tech writer, Scott Main, wrote in a blog post that the ICS design is meant for running on any screen size from smartphones to tablets with larger screens. That said, apps that have been created to run under Android 3.0 Honeycomb are designed to be “forward compatible”, which means that they will also be…

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PayPal and Google predict tremendous popularity of NFC mobile payments

Jesse Collins
Mobile Payments

Both PayPal and Google executives are adamant that near-field communication (NFC) technology enabled mobile devices will lead to tremendous successes with mobile payments. According to executive chairman Eric Schmidt of Google, he anticipates that within the next twelve months, one third of all retail store and restaurant checkout terminals will have been upgraded in order to be able to receive NFC mobile payments by way of their customers’ mobile devices. He stated that “I judge that based on how long I think it takes, because the terminals are available now,…

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