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Ok, why am I writing about sweets now? Well no prices for guessing as this one is pretty obvious. When we hear a sweet’s name associated with the tech industry, it has to be the new version of Google’s Android operating system.
Google has a tradition of calling it’s operating system names after sweets in alphabetical order.Earlier versions of the Android versions that have been launched with names of sweets include the Cupcake v1.5, Donut v1.6,Eclair v2.1,Froyo v2.2,Gingerbread v2.3 and the Gingerbread v3.0. With Ice Cream Sandwich version to be launched …
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Taking a peek at what’s happening in the smart phone wars,we get the idea that almost everyone are involved on suing one another,like it’s a game to find out who sues the most.Most of these suing is made on Google.From Apple to Microsoft to Oracle,all of them were against Google in court.So was Google feeling the heat? Or is it Android’s success that is making all these to come out against Google in one way or the other? Most of these cases are dealing with patent rights and it did …
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NFC or Near Field Communication is an emerging technology widely accepted and supported by world’s leading consumer electronics, mobile device manufacturers, semiconductor producers, network operators etc. The idea is to develop a unique contact less technology which is fast, reliable and cater various demands in the industry. A lot of business prospects revolve around the technology and some are already in place for testing purposes. One might wonder what is the need for NFC when its data rate is Kilo bytes and proximity in centimeters. The trick is NFC is …
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Google internally discouraging Microsoft Operating systems.Sources say its due to the so called security issues of Microsoft OSes. The move is initiated on grounds of the google’s china operation got hacked. One employee said its as part of a security effort. Most of the employees are shifting to Mac OS and the open source Linux.New hires are given only two options on there desktop installations, Apple Mac and Linux. Google wouldnot comment on its policy. But inside sources say its pretty confirmed that google is dumbing windows operating systems. If an employee is in need of a windows OS then he needs CIO level clearance. Other than these reasons, google is trying to move to its own products.With the chrome OS is workshop making its final touches, this move can also be considered as an act of publicity and hype for sake of their own new OS. Google and Microsoft compete on many fronts, from search, to web-based emails etc.While Google is the clear leader in search, Windows remains the most popular operating system in the world by a large margin. So with this internal banning of windows OSes google is making a statement we are moving into the OS sector as well.
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Google Inc. is in the eye of a storm, as it’s subsidiary Google China antagonized the interest of the Chinese Government. On March 22, 2010, Google began redirecting all google.cn traffic to google.com.hk (Google Hong Kong), thereby bypassing Chinese regulators and allowing uncensored simplified Chinese search results. Prior to 2006, Google.com was accessible in the country. In 2005, a chinese language interface was developed for google.com. Google China was established in 2006, but much of its content was not accessible due to censorship. On January 12, 2010, Google announced that …
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