Google announced today that they have acquired a company by the name of Trendalyzer.
In this regard, we are excited to announce that we have acquired Gapminder’s Trendalyzer software, and we welcome the Trendalyzer team to Google. Trendalyzer generates moving graphics and other novel effects in the display of facts, figures, and statistics in presentations. In its nimble hands, Trendalyzer views development data—such as regional income distribution or trends in global health—as literally a world of opportunity. Like Google, Gapminder strives to make information more useful, and Trendalyzer will improve any function or application in which data might be better visualized.
So what does that mean for Google applications? Much better flash integration into already flash-enabled applications. One application which I anticipate it will effect a lot is Google Analytics. Since this new company is focused on data and statistics in association with high-end flash integration, Google Analytics would be a great place to see some improvements.
