Although the controversy of a kill switch started in the days following the launch of the android based phone G1 from Google, it originated from the iPhone. Jonathan Zdziarski, an independent iPhone developer recently came across a secret line of code in the iPhone. Read more…
The Yahoo Microsoft imbroglio seems to have gone through an extended gestation period. It’s high time we heard of the birth of a new entity. All the expectations are justified at least with all the attention the whole affair has been receiving, and the limbo it has been over the past nine odd months!
It all started close to a year ago with Microsoft pitching in to buy out Yahoo!. Steve Ballmer and Jerry Wang were in the news. At times the stock prices was the debate, while in the recent past, Google entered the limelight. There were talks of Google entering the deal with Yahoo to offset Microsoft from gaining hold of the online marketing business. Read more…
Following close on the heels of the Google deal that made everyone tremble because Yahoo! and Google would achieve an overwhelming monopoly in the market, has worked on its strong points and upgraded its image ads system.
The new system is named apt, changed from amp because of a trademark conflict. At present the platform is targeted at newspaper ads only, and complements web sites with extremely focused ads that are derived from the surfer’s online activities. This focus of the ads means more returns to the advertisers, and more revenues per ad for Yahoo! Read more…
On September 23, Google, HTC and T-Mobile unveiled their long anticipated G1 phone at a press conference in New York. The G1 will be available with the service provider T-Mobile, is manufactured by HTC and runs on the Android platform which is an open source Linux OS. The importance of this device is two-fold; firstly, the phone is placed in direct competition to the iPhone, is more feature-rich and is much cheaper. Second, and more importantly, the G1 is a step towards the visionary future of Google computing, where the OS, the widgets, the applications, and all the interaction is centered on Google.
According to recent reports it was confirmed that internet search Google has filed a patent with the US patent office for its vision of Wireless network for mobile phones. Just like every other product from Google, the very idea is quite revolutionary.
According to Google’s vision of a wireless network, smart phones are not tied or locked to any particular network or service provider, and smart phones and wireless devices will be able to migrate to better and stronger networks as per their needs. They will also be able to choose a particular network or service provider, based on the pricing it’s offering. Read more…
If you can’t wait for G1 phone with Google’s Android platform to come out, or if you plan on buying the phone and would like to test it’s functionality before the purchase, T-Mobile has a perfect solution for you. Read more…
