Google and ShopSavvy!
May 7, 2009
Most of you know that I have been sort of busy lately helping to build our Big in Japan mobile application business (i.e. the reason why I don’t blog as much as I should or want to). The driving force behind Big in Japan is largely due to the success of ShopSavvy (our barcode scanning/price comparison application for Android). In turn the success of ShopSavvy is due in large part to our relationship with Google. We hope that we have played a small part in the success of Android - Google’s mobile phone operating system.
I was surprised, and humbled, when I noticed that Sergey Brin wrote about ShopSavvy in the latest Founders Letter published today. Each year Larry and Sergey take turns writing an annual letter - this is the first time one of our projects has ever been mentioned! Check out the full letter here. I just wanted to take a minute to thank Larry, Sergey, Eric and Dan for supporting Android and our development efforts - we really appreciate everything you have done! Keep up the great work.
