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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Google vs. Apple in Electronic Media

In the competition between corporations over electronic media distribution over tablets, smartphones, and other electronic devices--a new system is in to compete with the dominant player: Apple. It appears that Google is offering a new payment/distribution service for publishers wanting to get their media onto tablets and smartphones. It's called Google One Pass.

The main difference between Google One Pass and the Apple iTunes App Store is that Google One Pass takes 10% of their revenue from the sale while Apple iTunes App Store takes ~30% of the revenue from the sale. I for one am glad to see Google stepping it up to compete against such a big controller of the market for tablet PCs and smartphones.

And with Borders filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy just today, it looks like the competition is only going to heat up among electronic distribution in the coming years. Electronic-only publications like "The Daily" which introduced itself on the Apple iPad recently are also gaining popularity among consumers. If Google is able to gain a strong percentage with publishers, then the market will only become more heated up--since Google has its own Android platform to compete with Apple's proprietary Apple iPhone platform (iOS).

Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out in the long run.

18 comments:

  1. Google will rule over the internet world!

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  2. I'm gonna get on my Google computer to use a Google browser to Google Google phones. Google.

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  3. Well I already knew google>apple but its good to see some actual figures to back it up.

    good job with the blog :)

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  4. I'm a big fan of the android platform. Competition is good!

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  5. if i had stuck with i.t in my first college, i would have tried to work for either company.

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  6. Another notch to the omnipresence of the Google entity. Hope they don't start making cars or game consoles.

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  7. @Bring_Napkins: They might just be in the process of working on technology for both.

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  8. im on googles side. apple can suck it

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  9. Sweet blog man! and nice read. Following and supporting!

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  10. So long as the option exists outside of paying these companies, I really don't care what they do. That's what pisses me off about the Apple strategy. You absolutely must buy through the app store. With the Google option, at least you can embed a link to buy from a website and skip on paying Google the 10%

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  11. Time will tell, but Apple seems to be on a roll

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  12. I quite like Apple's products but I can't stand their narrow mind...
    See me on google's side !

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  13. Basically what Disser2 said. Google knows how to look level-headed, while Apple is good at looking like greedy monstes.

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  14. I use both, but mostly Google. Apple controls my music though.

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  15. I'm not a big fan of Apple, I reckon they are a precursor to skynet. I haven't seen much unethical behavior from Google, I'm throwing in with them

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  16. My vote is for Google. This would be great to break Apple's monopoly.

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  17. it was only a matter of time till someone was going to take the plate. google being one of the very few companies capable of doing it.

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