Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on March 23, 2007 by CyberNet.

We saw the pictures and mock ups of a Google phone, and people speculated on features that it might have. Now analysts are saying that there’s no secret Google phone in the works. Instead, Google is working on software for mobile phones, and location finding services to work with the iPhone. Now that’s an idea, work with Apple instead of competing against them.

When Google was asked about this, the response from their spokeswoman was, “Mobile is an important area for Google.  We remain focused on creating applications and establishing and growing partnerships with industry leaders to develop innovative services for users worldwide.  However, we have nothing further to announce.”

Creating software sounds like something that Google would get into, more so than developing a low cost Internet phone to complete with the iPhone.  There’s always speculation about products Google might launch, and so far the hardware speculations have always proven to be false like the Google Computer that  was rumored to be in the works.

Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist said that building a phone would change Google’s business model, which is true. They’ve always been software focused, which is probably how it should remain. For now anways.

Source: Computer World

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Now that Ice Cream Sandwich is officially coming our way next week, Google’s statue-makers (Honeycomb, Gingerbread, Froyo) wasted no time raising an idol in its honor. Video of the ceremony is after the break, helpfully pointed out by the brand new @Android Twitter account. Give ’em a follow, won’t you?

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Update: During the company’s earnings call, CEO Larry Page confirmed that there’s now 190 million Android phones activated around the world, and 200 million users of the Chrome web browser (although it’s not clear how many of those are active users). Page also took a moment to post his remarks to Google+ during the call.

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Microsoft’s crossed yet another name off its patent licensing hit list, and this time the big red target lands squarely on Quanta. Under the undisclosed terms of the agreement, Android and Chrome-based devices manufactured by the Taiwanese OEM will be protected by Redmond’s vast patent portfolio. Of course, this means MS’ll receive royalties for granting access to its treasure trove of related IPs — of which it has no dearth of at the moment. In other news, Google continues to hope it’s all just a case of “opposite day.” Official PR in all its vagueness after the break.

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This article was written on August 30, 2006 by CyberNet.

So the word is out that Google is now letting users download books for free from the Google Books site. I went ahead and decided to try it because I wanted to see how they would prevent other sites from downloading the PDF and redistributing it themselves.

I found Aesop’s “Fables” and downloaded the 308 page book. The first thing that I was greeted with after downloading the PDF was a “Guidelines” page. It went over the usual “non-commercial use” and “keep it legal” stuff that we would expect it to have. That was just the first page though…you know that isn’t all they would do.

They also mention that they added a “Digitized by Google” watermark to each page. Interesting enough they say “please do not remove it” but they don’t say that you can’t remove it. I would have thought that the watermark served some sort of legal purpose but they say it is there to inform people about the project and to help them find additional materials.

The watermark is very light and can hardly be seen though. Would I read an entire book this way? It’s hard to say but I think they need to come out with their own book reader so that it can resize the window to eliminate the margins that are around their scanned images. If you read the book online they have a nice layout to it but most people wouldn’t want to read the whole thing on a Web site.

Whatever you do make sure you return the book on time! You don’t want to get a fine!

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