Apple has three of the top 10 spots in Google’s Zeitgeist results for 2011 (http://www.googlezeitgeist.com/en).
The iPhone was number six on the list, Steve Jobs was number nine and the iPad 2 was number 10. Google says “Zeitgeist sorted billions of Google searches to capture the year’s 10 fastest-rising global queries and the rest of the spirit of 2011.”
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Mobile wallets are coming, and while MNOs [mobile network operators] will provide the majority of NFC-based mobile wallets, their market share will erode between 2012 and 2016 as Google and Apple claim loyal users, according to ABI Research (http://www.abiresearch.com).
“By the end of 2012, Google will prove that Google Wallet is a hit with consumers. By 2014, we will see Google Wallets supported alongside competing MNO offerings globally,” says Mark Beccue, senior analyst, mobile commerce and NFC. “MNOs will provide 75% of all mobile wallets in 2012, shrinking to 63% in 2016.”
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CEO Eric Schmidt says Google will continue to offer support to firms using its Android system that are involved in legal disputes, according to “Reuters” (http://macte.ch/yRO6F). Samsung and HTC are both involved in patent disputes with Apple
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By Greg Mills
Since I live in Kansas City, Kansas, site of the coming Google 1 Gig Internet service, I have tried to keep my ear to the ground on developments. Getting information from Google about what they plan reminds me of the black hole at Apple R&D. “The Wall Street Journal” reports Google plans to offer phone and cable TV as well as super fast Internet when they finally get around to launching the project.
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Google and Samsung have canceled an event planned for next week where the companies were supposed to announce the first smartphone based on Android “Ice Cream Sandwich,” reports “AllThingsD” (http://macte.ch/VYvxE). The move was made in response to the death of Steve Jobs.
Sources told “AllThingsD” that the companies felt it was the wrong time to hold a launch event, as the world continues mourning Jobs.
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