Google Plus is fast becoming a formidable challenge to Facebook and other social networks. Apple and Google are the two powerhouses that are taking the social networks by storm. A favorite platform for developers, mobile programmers are writing more apps for Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.
In a survey from IDC and Appcelerator that shows they will surge ahead of other developers due to game changing new services. As thousands if not million sign up for Google+, there are many developers who have plans to incorporate Google+ into their applications, much like they do Twitter.
Google Plus – Apple and Google Are Setting to a Standard
On the Apple iCloud front, a remote service that allows users to store files and sync them with their iPad, iPhones, and other Apple devices, is gaining thrust against rival Amazon’s cloud based service. It’s fast becoming a question of “What’s my social and cloud strategy?” if you’re not associated with Apple or Google. It’s going to take Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and RIM’s (Research In Motion) work more complicated as they try to catch up with Apple and Google Plus.
The cost alone will be a contributing factor for the other companies not to mention the development time and energy to bring their apps up to the current standard that Apple and Google are setting to a standard.
In the survey, developers sit at 88% for interest in developing for iPhone and iPad while respondent’s stated Android development at 87%, which is a slight rise and 74% for Android tablets, which is a comeback.
The respondent’s backed off to 30% for developing for Windows Phone, 28% for BlackBerry and 20 % for RIM’s PlayBook tablet. HP sits at 18% for its webOS TouchPad and 12% for the phones.
The most popular item with developers is developing for web based apps using an industry standard to work across all platforms with some loss of capabilities in each mobile service.
In fact, the fifth most popular option among developers (after iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets) is to build a web-based app using industry standards that can work across platforms, albeit with some loss of native capabilities.
Scott Schwarzhoff, head of marketing for Appcelerator, states, “an interesting finding in terms of overall priorities,” between the position for second and first tier developers.
The survey showed Google Plus will surpass Facebook in the near future because it has the largest impact on mobile growth. Apple’s iCloud will launch later this year shows it will effect 22% as having the biggest impact plus the NFC (near-field communication) chips were rated at 18 %. As of now, the only major publisher of web based mobile apps is The Financial Times, which launched in June.
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