There’s been high level changes in the M5 release of the Android SDK.
Jason Chen…
“We’re excited about the progress that we’ve made and look forward to making additional updates in the future as the platform evolves towards production-readiness.”
There are a couple of changes in m5-rc14 I’d like to highlight:
New user interface - As I mentioned when […]
And then I’ll be back…
Meanwhile, this is where my heart is;
And this is what my brain tells me;
[Yes, I’ve duplicated this post elsewhere…]
Tags: Android, Android-Developer-Challenge, Google, Mobile-Applications, Open-Handset-Alliance
Posted on The Android Developers Blog by Quang Nguyen;
“We’d like to let you know that we are extending the submission deadline for the first Android Developers Challenge to 14 April 2008. Based on the great feedback you’ve given us, we’ve made significant updates to the SDK that we’ll be releasing in several weeks. In order […]
Putting those three words in the same sentence ought to earn you… a night in purgatory or something similar. That is almost the same as putting “Scott Cleland” “Net Neutrality” and “Truth” together.
From “In State of the Union, Bush to begin framing legacy”
“After all, few people still are looking to Bush for political leadership, says […]
Jay Westerdal initiated the rumblings online with this post: Google to kill Domain Tasting
He speaks of an apparent policy change by Google which will end the opportunity to monetize parked domains. That ought to mean that Google will have to dismantle Adsense for Domains? I don’t think that’s the most important item on Google’s agenda […]
What appears to be a negative?
Google Drops More Than 160 Points
“Since its peak back in the Fall at nearly 750, Google has dropped to 584 currently, a 166 point drop (it’s dropped more in after hours, all the way down to 568). It’s on a steep decline in the past few days, perhaps due to […]
About Google Adwords
And motivated by a thread at the Warrior Forum;
What is placement-targeting?
“Placement targeting (formerly called site targeting) lets AdWords advertisers choose individual spots in the Google content network where they’d like their ads to appear. A placement might be an entire website or a subset of a site, such as only the sports pages […]
Introducing the first Android prototype
A small software developer, A La Mobile, based in San Ramon, Calif., on Monday plans to unveil a suite of applications — browser, camera, games and more — based on the new Google-endorsed operating system, Android.
A La Mobile applications (installed on a smartphone from HTC, the Qtek 9090) include: a Google […]
And quite a lot more…
From The New Yorker: “Annals of Communication - The Search Party”
“In June, 2006, Sergey Brin, one of the co-founders of Google, went to Washington, D.C., hoping to create a little good will. Google was something of a Washington oddity then. Although it was a multibillion-dollar company, with enormous power, it had […]
You’ll Just Have To Work Harder To Win The $10 Million!
You’d think that intelligent folk would understand that Google’s Android would require a developmental period as opposed to being ready to go out of the box.
Come on…
According to Scott Morrison of The Wall Street Journal and Adam MacBeth, Android is buggy so far. I agree […]
Don’t take me seriously… :)
Help Wanted: A Vacancy In Google’s Top Ranks
Hey! I fit the qualifications!
There is one job the search giant seems to be having a hard time filling: chief financial officer.
Since August, the Mountain View, Calif., company has been looking for a replacement for retiring CFO George Reyes.
Although the prestige of working at […]
Well… you probably won’t be advertising on Google anymore.
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Matt Cutts authored a […]
Lest you forget! There’s $10 Million of Google’s money available to those of you talented enough to come up with some mobile applications for Android.
How It Works (from the Android Developer Challenge )
Tags: Android, Android-Developer-Challenge, Google, Mobile-Applications, Open-Handset-Alliance
Google’s Goal: Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal
Creates renewable energy R&D group and supports breakthrough technologies
It’s announcements like these that offer me personal hope for our society at large. Someone is willing to do something different, someone who is different, someone who is not part of that old, established “good old boy” network of […]
Google’s search share jumps
“Google Inc. enjoyed one of its biggest monthly gains in U.S. Web search market share in October, building on consistent gains over the past two years, according to industry data out on Wednesday.
Market research firm comScore Inc said Google’s core Web search properties captured 58.5 percent of the U.S. market in October, […]
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