So with Jerry Yang finally driving the nail in the coffin of the Microsoft takeover, it looks like he may have driven the nail in his own casket too.
An article in the New York Times has condemned Yang’s actions (and incidently questioned his Fiduciary duties) as cutting off his nose to spite his face.
Android is a new operating system for mobile phones and PDA’s. In a nutshell, Google is reinventing the mobile phone. According to Google, its new Android Platform is a platform for mobile devices that not only acts as an operating system, but also allows developers to create applications via its SDK or Software Development Kit.
Applications are written in Java and run on a Linux kernel via Dalvik, a custom virtual machine that allows software applications to be custom installed. Cutting to the chase, this means anyone can design an application for a phone in the same way that anyone can create applications for Facebook (think slide.com).
An early example of one of these open source software mediums, is PacketVideo - a firm that is creating the music and video playback software. For now, Google is not developing its own handsets - they are leaving that to the big hitting manufacturers; Motorola, Nokia, Samsung etc. A good analogy is that Google’s Android is an OS to mobile phones in the same way that Microsoft’s Windows OS is to PC’s.
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Latest Forum ActivityHere's a question on everyone's mind......if you could fill a 747 full of annoying celebrities and then crash it into a mountain, who would you put on the plane?
So it might not be in good taste but, who cares? Every week we'll check in some more celebs who deserve nothing less.
Check out who's already on their last flight and let us know who you think should be next....
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