Hitler finds out Google Reader is shutting down. Fjfonseca : AdBlock for #Google #Glass... Update from the CEO. Sergey and I first heard about Android back in 2004, when Andy Rubin came to visit us at Google. He believed that aligning standards around an open-source operating system would drive innovation across the mobile industry. Most people thought he was nuts. But his insight immediately struck a chord because at the time it was extremely painful developing services for mobile devices. We had a closet full of more than 100 phones and were building our software pretty much device by device. It was nearly impossible for us to make truly great mobile experiences.
Fast forward to today. The pace of innovation has never been greater, and Android is the most used mobile operating system in the world: we have a global partnership of over 60 manufacturers; more than 750 million devices have been activated globally; and 25 billion apps have now been downloaded from Google Play. Going forward, Sundar Pichai will lead Android, in addition to his existing work with Chrome and Apps. Google Fiber's fast Internet speeds worry Hollywood. Of all the media industries dragged kicking and screaming into the brave new digital world - news, music, publishing - Hollywood has held up comparatively well.
Although physical sales of DVDs and Blu-ray are falling, no single Web company dominates the online video realm, and consumers mostly still get their programming via pricey cable bundles. Poky Internet speeds - the U.S. average of about 5 megabits per second ranks 26th globally - means that pirates can't swap bulky video files with the same insouciant ease as they do MP3s. Google might change that. In 2010, the company announced plans to bring super-high-speed Internet access to select communities in America and in 2011 picked Kansas City to start. The search giant has said it hopes to spur innovation among cable companies and Internet service providers by demonstrating what's possible with Internet speeds 100 times faster than the U.S. average. Test neighborhood Content distributor? OutSpin: Terms of Service.
New Thank you for reading this post. Since everyone became a legal expert this week, as soon as Google Drive was launched, I’ve decided to publish the Terms of Service for reading my posts (described from now on as ToS). 1. By reading this post you grant me the right to have an opinion. 2. By reading this post you agree that I am right and that my opinion is the only opinion that counts. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Sounds abusive? *I always wanted to go there and meet the king. About the Author Fernando Fonseca ► Noise Maker, Android advocate and craft beer lover, Fernando is the founder and senior digital Ninja at SoMeOps, a digital strategy agency. More articles by Fernando Fonseca+ » OPINION. Oracle vs. Google Trial Gives Judge, Jury Crash Course in Open Source - Application Development. Oracle's lawsuit against fellow IT giant Google charging that it illegally used off-limits parts of Java to build its Android mobile device operating system ended its first week on April 20.
However, the conversation is only getting started: This trial has been projected to last for another seven to nine weeks. The question on the minds of many people is simple: Why? Well, it turns out that most folks -- most importantly, presiding federal court Judge William Alsup and the 12 jurors -- clearly do not understand enough about the technical aspects of the case. At the copyright and patent trial in federal court in San Francisco, which began April 16, Oracle is charging Google with stealing parts of its Java software suite to help build its highly successful Android mobile device operating system.