There have been 900 million Android activations, 48 billion app installs to date

What would a Google liveblog be without some updates on Android activations? Well, in case you're curious, the newest figure is 900 million -- a big jump from the 400 million activations reported last year. What's more, Google says there have been 48 billion app installations to date, including 2.8 billion in the last month alone, with revenue per user 2.5 times what it was a year ago. To put that in context, that's not far off Apple's latest numbers: the company has logged just under 50 billion downloads of its own.

Moving on to Chrome, meanwhile, Google is touting 750 million active users, and that includes not just the desktop, but phones and tablets too. That's up from 450 million users at this time last year, with 300 million switching over in the past 12 months. Finally, if you want to get really granular, Google also gave an update on its Google Cloud Messaging service, which was announced last year. Apparently, 60 percent of apps are now using GCM, and 17 billion messages are pushed through the service per day. We'll let you chew on that for a moment while you follow the liveblog, but it seems to us now would be a good time to start placing bets on when we hit the 1-billion-activations mark.

Gallery: Google I/O 2013: Update on Android activations, app installs

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Big Problems For Small Business: Part 2 | Make Money Online ...

This is the second article in my series Big Problems For Small Business. If you missed the first article, you can read it here.

In the last article we went over a lot of the problems small businesses face when they are just starting out. We talked about things like choosing a name, having a business plan, and making money. What about our already established small businesses? They aren?t immune to the problems that small businesses have.

Let?s look at a few new problems shall we?

Not Learning Your Customers

In the last article we discussed that small businesses often aren?t hearing their customers. Now that you?re listening to them it?s time to learn who they are. You need to learn things like what countries they are coming from and how old they are. Are they males or females? These kinds of things give you an idea on what kind of advertising to do and where you should be advertising. In turn this means more customers and more profits.

You Aren?t Adapting To Change

Face it the world is changing, and while it?s always good to be different, sometimes you must jump on the bandwagon. Find out what other businesses and other groups or websites related to your business are in to. Join forums, check out podcasts and webcasts related to your business, find out whats going on in your field. Changes are sometimes a necessary evil.

You Aren?t On Social Networks

It?s undoubtable that the fastest and easiest way for your business to be discovered is on the internet. It?s also undoubtable that the fastest way to be found and discovered on the internet is via social networks. So now that you?re online, get socializing. You can join Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, and possibly others that may arise.

Well that?s it for part two of the series. Take these problems into account and determine if they are problems that you are having. Never be too proud to admit you?re having issues. Acceptance is the first step to taking control and improving your business.

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