Pebble Passes 5,000 Smartwatch Apps
<p>Markets can swing from optimism to pessimism in the blink of an eye. It's unusual, however, for two competing companies, both leaders in their field making incredible sums of money, to be priced as if one was headed to the moon and the other to the scrap heap.
<p>That's exactly how the market is pricing Apple and Google. And it isn't Google going to the scrap heap.
<p>Despite the promise of driverless cars and computer glasses, Google makes about 90 per cent of its total revenue from selling online advertising. It's a genuinely impressive business. And on a price-to-earnings ratio of 25, one that many investors recognise as such.
<p>Meanwhile, the market believes Apple's best years are behind it. The iPhone and iPad were great, sure, but what's next? Right at the time the company needs the mind-bending genius of Steve Jobs, it puts Tim Cook at the helm, the closest thing Silicon Valley has to a human cardigan.
<p>Apple and Google have finally begun to stem the tidal wave of Flappy Bird clones saturating app stores, developers report.You may interested on: best cases for iPhone 6 plus and best cases for iPhone 6.
<p>App creators have taken to Twitter after finding out that their own versions of Flappy Bird have been rejected.
<p>Apple has begun blocking Flappy Bird-style submissions under the grounds that they "leverage a popular app", while Google is labelling Flappy clones simply as "spam".
<p>The apparent policy change does not appear to have affected games already live on app stores - which include titles such as Flappy Fish, Flappy Wings, Flippy Flappy Bird, Floppy Bird and the current top-rated game Fly Birdie - Flappy Bird Flyer.
<p>If you were to place bets on which companies will win the smartwatch wars, the safe choices would be Apple, Google, and Samsung. They've got massive marketing budgets, large-scale manufacturing resources, and billions of dollars to invest in research and development. Just as importantly, their success in smartphones gives them built-in armies of third-party app developers to work with.
<p>But for now, the watch that's winning—at least in terms of developer support—is Pebble. The Palo Alto-based company, which employs roughly 130 people, now has more than 5,500 apps and watch faces for its $100 smartwatch. (The split is 1,100 native apps, 4,300 watch faces, and 100 apps that rely on a companion iOS or Android app, CEO Eric Migicovsky tells Fast Company.) And while most of those apps come from small, independent developers, Pebble has also enlisted some big names along the way, including ESPN, Yelp, Paypal, Pandora, and Domino's Pizza.
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<p>That's exactly how the market is pricing Apple and Google. And it isn't Google going to the scrap heap.
<p>Despite the promise of driverless cars and computer glasses, Google makes about 90 per cent of its total revenue from selling online advertising. It's a genuinely impressive business. And on a price-to-earnings ratio of 25, one that many investors recognise as such.
<p>Meanwhile, the market believes Apple's best years are behind it. The iPhone and iPad were great, sure, but what's next? Right at the time the company needs the mind-bending genius of Steve Jobs, it puts Tim Cook at the helm, the closest thing Silicon Valley has to a human cardigan.
<p>Apple and Google have finally begun to stem the tidal wave of Flappy Bird clones saturating app stores, developers report.You may interested on: best cases for iPhone 6 plus and best cases for iPhone 6.
<p>App creators have taken to Twitter after finding out that their own versions of Flappy Bird have been rejected.
<p>Apple has begun blocking Flappy Bird-style submissions under the grounds that they "leverage a popular app", while Google is labelling Flappy clones simply as "spam".
<p>The apparent policy change does not appear to have affected games already live on app stores - which include titles such as Flappy Fish, Flappy Wings, Flippy Flappy Bird, Floppy Bird and the current top-rated game Fly Birdie - Flappy Bird Flyer.
<p>If you were to place bets on which companies will win the smartwatch wars, the safe choices would be Apple, Google, and Samsung. They've got massive marketing budgets, large-scale manufacturing resources, and billions of dollars to invest in research and development. Just as importantly, their success in smartphones gives them built-in armies of third-party app developers to work with.
<p>But for now, the watch that's winning—at least in terms of developer support—is Pebble. The Palo Alto-based company, which employs roughly 130 people, now has more than 5,500 apps and watch faces for its $100 smartwatch. (The split is 1,100 native apps, 4,300 watch faces, and 100 apps that rely on a companion iOS or Android app, CEO Eric Migicovsky tells Fast Company.) And while most of those apps come from small, independent developers, Pebble has also enlisted some big names along the way, including ESPN, Yelp, Paypal, Pandora, and Domino's Pizza.
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