Google activating 350,000 Android devices per day

During its first-quarter earnings call, search giant Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) offered a few more insights into its mobile initiatives, but much of the proceedings involved Google's unexpectedly low profits and its efforts in social media.
Specifically, Google's Jeff Huber said the company's mobile search traffic has increased 5,000 percent during the past two years, and that company is now activating around 350,000 Android smartphones per day. Separately, Google's Susan Wojcicki said Google's AdMob mobile advertising platform is now recording 150 million ad requests per month from Android and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS devices, a figure she said has increased 50 percent during the past four months. She also said the company now counts more than half a million advertisers using the company's click-to-call mobile advertising function.

"These are just a few examples," Wojcicki said of Google's mobile business.
Google executives also briefly discussed the tablet market, highlighted by the success of Apple's iPad. In response to a question on tablets, Google's Huber said that "tablets are doing very well. There's certainly been a lot of growth in that segment." Specifically, he said Android 3.0, dubbed Honeycomb, is built for the tablet form factor, and that Google recently introduced an advertising product that allows online advertisers to specifically target their ads to tablet devices.
But analysts attending the company's quarterly earnings conference call continued to question Google's social strategy, apparently worried about the growing dominance of Facebook on the Internet. Google launched its new +1 button earlier this month in an effort to challenge Facebook and its ubiquitous "like" button. Google executives repeatedly noted the company's social networking efforts will continue.
Further, analysts worried over Google's lower-than-expected profits. Google's net revenue rose during the first quarter, but the company's profits fell below Wall Street expectations, according to Reuters. Google's net income in the first quarter of 2011 was $2.30 billion, up from the $1.96 billion the company earned in the first quarter of 2010.
Google executives said the company continues to invest in new functions and areas. "I'm very, very optimistic about our future," said Google CEO Larry Page during a brief appearance on the conference call.

Google hits 3 billion Android app installs, 2 months after hitting 2 billion

Google announced today that its Android platform has now hit 3 billion installations of mobile apps, just two months after hitting 2 billion installations.
That shows that Google is getting good traction for Android and that users are becoming more adept at installing apps to use with their smartphones and tablets.
By comparison, Apple reported that it hit its 10 billionth download for iOS (iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch) apps in January, compared to hitting its first billion in April 2009.
It took Google 20 months to hit its first 1 billion installs on Android, then five months to hit 2 billion. Google also said that app installs are up 50 percent compared to the previous quarter.
Android is now seeing 350,000 device activations per day and more than 500,000 advertisers are using the click-to-call ads, where users can dial a number embedded in the ad. Advertisers say that they see their mobile click-through rate increase 11.5 percent when they run a mobile-only campaign. Google’s Jeff Huber, senior vice president of commerce and local, said on the earnings call that the market for Android devices is strong in the U.S., Japan, South Korea and Europe.

Jailbreak iOS 4.3.2 using Redsn0w!

Earlier today Apple released iOS 4.3.2 and it has already been jailbroken using PwnageTool. At this time PwnageTool jailbreak is tethered meaning you have to connect your device with PC for a successful reboot. However some users used the latest version of Redsnow with a small trick and managed to jailbreak their iOS 4.3.2 devices.

Update: Redsnow also provides tethered jailbreak on iOS 4.3.2. If you want to keep untethered jailbreak on your device, don’t update to iOS 4.3.2 until iPhone Dev Team releases an official version.

It is also to be noted that Redsn0w does not support iOS 4.3.2 officially at this stage. So you might face some problems related to Cydia, like blank Cydia icon, after jailbreaking your device with Redsn0w.

All those users who rely on unlock must keep their devices away from the latest iOS 4.3.2 because Ultrasn0w may not be compatible with iOS 4.3.2.

Here is the guide to jailberak iOS 4.3.2 with Redsnow: [This guide is tested on iPhone 3GS]

Step 1:

Download iOS 4.3.2 for your device and restore it on your device using the latest iTunes.

Step 2:

Run Redsnow 0.9.6 RC 12 and when it asks for iPSW file, point it to iOS 4.3.1 instead of iOS 4.3.2.

Step 3:

Select “Install Cydia” option.

Step 4:

Put your device into DFU mode by following the onscreen instructions.

Now sit back and let Redsow do its work. After few minutes your device will restart automatically. Launch Cydia from Springboard and install your favorite tweaks.

Downloads:

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Download iOS 4.3.2

iOS 4.3.2 now available for download (direct links)

Apple just released iOS 4.3.2. It’s available now in iTunes if you check for updates, and direct links to the downloads will be available shortly.

As previously reported, iOS 4.3.2 fixes issues with FaceTime calls (freezing or displaying random photos from the camera roll), and problems with iPad WiFi + 3G connectivity. Build number is 8H7 for most devices; the CDMA iPad 2 got build number 8H8.

Direct Download Links for iOS 4.3.2 / 4.2.7 (Official from Apple)

• iPhone 4 (GSM)
• iPhone 4, iOS 4.2.7 (Verizon)
• iPhone 3GS
• iPad 2 WiFi
• iPad 2 GSM
• iPad 2 CDMA
• iPad
• iPod touch 3G
• iPod touch 4G