Mobile/ProductPlanning/Notes-2014-11-25
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Roadmap & Funnel update
Jenn
- Roadmap in Trello
- Review of 34 & 35 items
Hot items
- MP3 & MP4 on Android L
- 50% increase in uninstall rate on Nexus 5
Goals check in
Mark & Karen
- [ON TRACK] FxMobile: Ship new Search Activity for Android in Fx35.
- [ON TRACK] FxMobile: Establish a GTM plan for project 105 v1 release, including deployment, marketing and required Cloud Services resources.
- [AT RISK] FxMobile: Agree on joint e.me Android launcher & lock screen plan for a Beta Launch in Q1, including fulfillment of all assets and UX flows as required
- [ON TRACK] FxMobile: Add required content server metrics for tracking Suggested Sites in Fx35
- [AT RISK] FxMobile: Land a set of client-side password improvements (for FxAccounts) in Fx36
Insights
Kev
Worth a Read
- The Chrome Dev Summit 2014 Keynote is available on Youtube and is worth a watch. It starts with an overview of how Chrome now has 400MM actives, and a refocusing on web content as a first-class citizen. It feels somewhat odd until you realize where ad networks play into the web, but it's a good overview of a lot of the items we've covered on Lollipop, and how Google is looking at using Chrome as yet another lens. Lots of other good stuff from the Summit as well if you're interested.
- I include this as an item of interest mainly because of how this article is pitched - Flashlight Apps that don't need more permissions than required. It's not something you typically see, and is a privacy interest piece.
Notes
- The Q3 Mobile Overview Report from scientiamobile is available. Interesting directional information on form factors, screen sizes, and usage of mobile devices by geography. Make sure you read the Reports Specifications part. Data used to compile this report is also available for viewing/remixing at http://www.scientiamobile.com/page/movr-mobile-overview-report
- Google has agreed to settle with Rockstar, indicating that Apple and Google may focus on products for a while vs. patent litigation. Terms haven't been announced, but it wouldn't surprise people if there was bidirectional portfolio licensing involved.
- News from the EU suggests that you'll see more antitrust actions against Google in the coming months. Not surprising given some of the strategies Google is employing to add value and afinity to its brand, and bears watching.
- Some (usually bang-on) analysts are predicting Apple will have a blowout quarter in shipping iPhones. Added bonus, The Register points out the obvious of people having little spending money after the holidays, resulting in a 50% drop compared to the holidays in Q1. Apple's market cap broke the $700B level today on the strong sales of the iPhone 6 and expected holiday sales. That's a lot of iThings.
- Windows Phone as number two in the enterprise behind Apple? Maybe. Plausible.
- Just in time for holiday shopping, Google changes search up a bit on mobile to give you product information at your fingertips. Good example of how they can change the experience to match behaviours they see, and an opportunity to experiment with better monetization on mobile.
- Chromebooks new and old are getting 1TB of Google Drive storage included with them. Related to this, updates to Chrome OS include support for playing media and launching apps from Google Drive.
- iOS 8.1.1 isn't as awesome as Apple would like, so they're allowing downgrades to 8.1 (this isn't usually a thing). iOS 8 really hasn't been a banner release.
- Divide, a company focused on providing ways to separate personal life from work on your mobile device, has launched a preview on Play. Divide is a Google acquisition, and their product is intended to provide similar functionality to what BBOS gives its corporate users. Sign-up (and general information) on the product is available on the Google site.
- Google updated Now just in time for Lollipop updates; added bonus: coin-flipping (srsly).
- Google's added a security tab to your Google Account, making it easier to see what devices have connected to your account and when, as well as simplifying revoking access.
- The Chrome team updated its NPAPI deprecation plan, with NPAPI support ending in September 2015.
Feedback
Rob
Reports
- Starting to get some Android L feedback (Ctrl+F "Lollipop" to find my comments)
- Continued click offsets/not registered
- 2 users claim that the tab page is empty and/or unresponsive
- Starting to get some Android L feedback (Ctrl+F "Lollipop" to find my comments)
- Continued click offsets/not registered
- Single user commenting on "New UI" (I assume tablet work)
Workweek
User-Advocacy will be presenting 2 major products, please ping or email rrayborn@ if you'd like to attend or more info about either:
- Desktop Telemetry Dashboard - a dashboard for viewing changes in Firefox usage for 1 or 2 arbitrary weeks/versions for a given channel/version/OS (rrayborn's latest project :) )
- Desktop Heartbeat - a system to universally survey Firefox users in-browser for a less biased/broader sentiment/feedback system.
Marketing
Arcadio
Partner review
No notes - in-meeting updates from Mark & Karen
