Industry News Summary- Opera hopes Apple will change iPhone & iPad policies, Galaxy S III’s share of Web traffic surges and Google’s self driving cars reach another milestone.
Opera challenges Apple’s policies- The Times of India reported today that the Norway based company behind the Opera browser wants Apple to change some of its policies regarding third-party-web- browsers in iOS stores. Officials at Opera say that Apple’s tight control over content and apps precludes the company from offering Opera’s full version on iPad and iPhones. Read More
Samsung’s Galaxy S lll’s web traffic surges according to Chitika, which runs an ad network and performs data analytics- following the Galaxy S III’s successful launch, the smartphone is surging in its share of web traffic. According to Chikita, the S III jumped from zero to 11.23% of all Samsung smartphone Web usage in just six weeks. Learn more here
Google’s self driving cars reach an important milestone- Google announced that its much anticipated self driving vehicles have driven 300,000 miles without a single accident while under computer control. Google posted a blog post stating “ We’re encouraged by this progress, but there’s still a long road ahead. To provide the best experience we can, we’ll need to master snow-covered roadways, interpret temporary construction signals and handle other tricky situations that many drivers encounter” . For further reading press here
