Pinterest for Android

Pinterest Android App

IPad users as well as connoisseurs of Pinterest seemed about to get a new surprise, if the two merged into one. Yes, it's rumored new social network will soon be landing on the Apple tablet.

Reported by Yahoo News, Tuesday (13/03/2012), in an interview with the New York Times, the founder of Pinterest, Ben Silbermann stated that the application is being worked on, but did not mention the time of its release. Despite already having an iPhone app, but Pinterest not bring the social network on other smartphone platforms.

As a social site that only two years old, Pinterest was popularity and has skyrocketed in recent months.
Actually it is not surprising, when the company released an app for Android iPad before launch, although users of Google OS-based mobile phone more than the Apple tablet.

Startup based in Palo Alto, California was only employs 20 people and they are already familiar with Apple's mobile operating system, IOS. Meanwhile, to develop an Android application, will require the mastering engineer of a different programming language.

Pinterest may have become an attraction on the internet, especially for women. Even so popular among women, 97 percent of fans of Pinterest Facebook fan page are women .

Pinterest also managed to reach 10 million unique visitors monthly in the United States (U.S.), and more than 10.4 million registered users.

Why Android Market Replaced by Google Play?

Android Market has become to "Google Play"

Android Market is eliminated by Google. As a substitute for the application store of Android operating system, Google released "Google Play". This change is seen as Google's effort to compete with the rival Apple's iTunes service which has the App Store, Music, Movies, and iBooks.

Google Play is basically an all in one portal  for applications such music, books and film. Android Market will be called as "Play Store". While the content of books, music and film will be called as Play Books, Play Music and Play Movies.

Android Market application on a tablet computer and the smartphone will be updated with the Google Play Store icon in the next few days. This update is specifically for the Android operating system version 2.2 and higher.

"As of today, Android Market, Google Music and Google eBookstore as a part of "Google Play". On your Android phone or tablet we will upgrade the Android Market to a Google Play Store application ," said Jamie Rosenberg, Google's Director of Digital Content such as cited by TechRadar.

"Google Play" design allows users to control and navigate the content. Google apparently hopes on rebranding its application store will increase the number of visitors as well as revenue. In addition, the application store presented to rival Apple's App Store.

"Although a phenomenal success and widespread adoption, the Android Market find it difficult to collect such revenue in the App Store," said Greg Sandoval of CNET tech sites.

Google is still indicated at least less happy with still a lack of purchasing power of applications in the Android Market. It was said recently by Eric Chu as the Android Platform Manager.

According to research firm Piper Jaffray estimates total revenue from the Apple App Store reaches USD 4.9 billion until the end of 2011. In the span of about the same time the Android Market 'only' reached about USD 341 million.

Instagram for Android Now Ready for Download

Instagram for Android Release Date Announced

There may be times where you will feel jealous of iPhone users when they post pictures taken with Instagram on the device, an IOS application that allows users to take photos, apply filters and option to share social networking web pages.

What is Instagram?

Instagram is a free photo sharing application that allows users to take a photo, apply a digital filter, then share it a variety of social networking services including Instagram's own. A distinctive feature confines photos into a square shape, in homage to both the Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid cameras. This contrasts with the 4:3 aspect ratio more typically used by mobile device cameras. [Wikipedia]

Instagram is one of the best and most popular applications for Apple and for the IOS device and only available for those operating systems. Instagram application has been downloaded more than 14 million people around the world. According to reports, the developers of Instagram are currently being worked and will release Instagram application for Android. This application is one of the most anticipated in the Android Market.

If the previous Instagram application is only available on a gadget that uses IOS operating system, there's a good news for you Android users who want to participate to try the Instagram application . Yes, Instagram application for Android will be released soon. Instagram CEO, Kevin Systrom told The Guardian that six of his team are working hard to provide the Android version of the camera or their photo filter application.

In many cases, Instagram is one of the few applications that can really influence someone to buy the iPhone than Android. Sure there are alternatives such as PicPlz and Snapbucket, but they do not like Instagram. Instagram growing rapidly among the lovers of the device with Apple's IOS operating system, especially since the iPhone 4 was launched. Now, the Instagram application will be produced for the Android version. Instagram information for the Android launch is reportedly linked to the promotion notification screenshot of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

News of the Instagram for Android app comes from the site In Flex We Trust, they upload a photo of a screen shot of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 shows an application Instagram has been available in the "Featured App" Android market.