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    This is Google's futuristic new campus, complete with reconfigurable spaces and dome-like roof


    Apple’s unique “Spaceship” campus has garnered a ton of media attention although it’s not the only massive new headquarters in the works under the sunny skies of California.
    Google on Friday revealed its vision for a new North Bayshore campus in Mountain View. The ambitious design is highlighted by translucent, biosphere-like canopies constructed of an ultra-light membrane that’ll control the climate inside while letting in light and air. Think of it as a giant greenhouse.

    Another unique aspect of the campus would be the ability to easily reconfigure its inner workspaces on a massive scale based on the ever-changing needs of the company.
    Of course, not everyone is thrilled about the idea of a massive Googleplex. Former City Councilwoman Margaret Abe-Koga said it’s important to keep diversity in their communities and that includes companies. Google’s plans alone will take up much of the land the city sets aside as office space.




    Up to this point, most tech companies in Silicon Valley have purchased existing office buildings to meet their needs. But now, we’re seeing companies like Apple, Google, Samsung and Nvidia all designing and building facilities that best reflect their philosophies.
    Apple’s new campus, for example, will more or less be an enclosed space for its employees that’s representative of its secretive nature. Google’s proposal, on the other hand, is extremely open and inviting even to outsiders.
    The facility was designed by architects Thomas Heatherwick and Bjarke Ingels
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    Google confirms wireless efforts, plans bigger reveal 'in coming months'

    Don't look for Google to run a large-scale network. Instead it's teaming up with wireless carriers, as it does with hardware makers for Nexus devices.

    BARCELONA -- Google will launch a wireless service of its own, but it may be a limited project.
    Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of products for Google, confirmed that the world's largest search company was in talks with wireless carriers, and suggested an answer would arrive "in the coming months." He was addressing the speculation that Google would partner with the carriers to offer a hybrid service that would rely on cellular and Wi-Fi networks.
    A spokesman later clarified that an announcement would come in the next few months, not that a service would be launching.
    Pichai was quick to note that he would approach any service the same way that he approaches the Nexus program. He doesn't see Nexus as a competitor to his vendor partners -- rather, it's a way for Google to drive innovation across hardware and software through a limited roll out. He views wireless service the same way.
    "We don't intend to be a network operator at scale," Pichai said in a keynote address at the Mobile World Congress trade show. "We are working with carrier partners. You'll see our answer in coming months. Our goal is to drive a set of innovations we think should arrive, but do it a smaller scale, like Nexus devices, so people will see what we're doing."
    The Nexus line of mobile devices has been Google's attempt to foster a "pure" Android experience, in which for a given device a hardware maker such as HTC or Motorola is forbidden from making tweaks to the user interface atop the Android operating system, from altering the underlying software or from preloading custom apps. The community of Android devices outside that Nexus experience has been notorious for its lack of consistency, in contrast with the uniformity presented by Apple's iOS.
    Any Google wireless service, however, could potentially shake up the US wireless industry. The company's Google Fiber project, which provides superfast Internet service to customers in select markets, has already forced the traditional telecom and cable companies to increase speeds and cut costs. The service falls in step with Google's broader mission of connecting more people, or new eyeballs for its ad business.
    "I'd hope Google experiments with additional service models besides the default carrier plans where the user - either prepaid or postpaid - has to buy a set service allotment every month," said Gartner analyst Bill Menezes.
    Google is rumored to be working with Sprint and T-Mobile to create a cellular service, which would also be aided by local Wi-Fi networks to augment coverage. Other wireless resellers such as Republic Wireless already employ the same kind of mobile, although they offer limited smartphone selection and availability.
    T-Mobile and Sprint spokesmen weren't immediately available to comment.
    Taking to the sky

    While a traditional wireless service may work in the US, Google is working on building a backbone for connectivity in regions of the world where there's no existing infrastructure. Google already has Project Loon, which employs balloons that lift cellular radios in the air to augment coverage on the ground in remote and rural areas.
    After two years, the balloons can now keep cellular radios in the air for as long as 200 days, Pichai said.
    But Pichai also brought up the next phase, Project Titan, which would take lightweight drone aircraft outfitted with cellular radios to further augment coverage. He said that the drones could be deployed quickly to an area in need of extra capacity, like a disaster zone. The company is taking its first steps now to fly the planes.
    The company envisions a mesh network stitched together by drones and balloons to bring the Internet to regions that have no other options.
    In addition to connectivity, Google has been aggressive in driving down the prices of its partners' products through its Android One program. Today, smartphones that most people would be happy using can be purchased for $100. But, Pichai said, "that could be done at $50 two years from now," something that would bring smartphones to a market of 1.7 billion people.
    "We are well on our way to a platform by the end of the decade will touch 4 to 5 billion people," he said. "They will have a very powerful computer in their hands."
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    Head of Google+ Reportedly Quit His Job


    In April 2014, David Besbris rose up to be the head of Google+, having said back in October 2014 that Google had long-term plans for its social media platform. However, less than a year since then, Besbris reportedly quit his job and has been replaced by Bradley Horowitz who has been with Google+ from the start.
    Besbris has been the successor of Vic Gundrota, the previous head of Google+ before April 2014, having won the job against Horowitz. During this time, Besbris did not detail what we would expect from Google+. However, Horowitz is said to already have given plenty to the public through Sundar Pichai, Google senior vice president of products, at the Mobile World Congress.
    Pichai stated that Google would focus on communications, photos and the Google+ Stream separately, instead of considering them as a package. This means that photos and hangouts would be moving away from Google+. While Horowitz stated on his own Google+ page that he along with his team are working around the clock to bring a lot of changes, it seems that it would be rather hard since the Google+ team of around 1,000 is now half the size.
    Thank you The Verge for providing us with this information
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    MWC: Google Talks Projects Titan, Loon And Becoming An MVNO


    At MWC today, Google's Sundar Pichai said that the company intends to offer wireless connectivity to customers in the United States. For now, Google remains conservative about its plans, but the new wireless service could actually be a Trojan horse meant to get carriers to become more competitive in the same way the company forced Google Fiber competitors to raise the Internet speeds or lower prices in areas where Google Fiber was installed.
    "The core of Android and everything we do is to take an ecosystem approach and [a network would have] the same attributes. We have always tried to push the boundary with the innovations in hardware and software," Pichai said. "We want to experiment along those lines. We don't intend to be a network operator at scale. We are actually working with carrier partners. Will announce something in the coming months."
    Earlier reports said that Google struck a deal with T-Mobile and Sprint to resell wireless services on their networks, essentially making Google an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator). Verizon and AT&T are unlikely to agree on a similar deal with Google, unless there's a concern that Google would have enough clout in the market to steal a significant portion of their customers.
    Although the mobile carriers would still end up making money from having Google buy the service from them, they could make less; or once Google's service becomes popular, Google could decide to develop its own network and keep all of the customers it gained from the carriers.
    Google may very well intend to do that, but the company isn't hinting at this, partly because Android phones being sold in the U.S. still rely heavily on the good will of the mobile operators that carry them. Therefore, Google isn't likely to make too many waves at this time.
    "They know what we are doing," Pichai said. "In the end, partners like Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint in the U.S. are what powers most of our Android phones. And the model works extremely well for us. And so there's no reason for us to course correct."
    The company will initially focus on innovating on the technical side by actually running a wireless service itself. If Google discovers new innovations that could drastically lower the costs for carriers, that could also end up lowering prices for the carriers' customers.
    While the U.S. wireless market is much more difficult to navigate for Google right now, the company has found some success as a wireless provider in other places, such as Africa. Google has been working on Project Loon for the past two years, and last year it also acquired a drone company, called Titan Aerospace, to make flying drones that deliver Internet in remote areas.
    When Google launched the Loon balloons two years ago, the company could only keep them in the air for about three days before they would fall. Keeping them in the air is a difficult task because of the way the currents move. Google needs massive data sets from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to create advanced algorithms in order to predict how the balloons will react to changing atmospheric conditions in order to stay in the air for as long as possible.
    Google reported that it is now able to keep the balloons in the air for more than six months. The company is now working with carriers in Africa and other places to provide Internet to those in remote areas where it is too cost prohibitive for mobile operators to install cables. Google's balloons are a much cheaper way to provide wireless service.
    Plus, Google has switched from using Wi-Fi to using LTE, which makes it easier for carriers to integrate Google's wireless service into theirs, without cellphone subscribers noticing any difference. Baseband modem makers, such as Qualcomm, have also made this sort of integration easier recently, with new technologies that can seamlessly switch carriers even during a call to boost signal strength, or technologies such as LTE-U, which can be used in the unlicensed 5 GHz band instead of Wi-Fi.
    Google's Project Titan is also making strides. Google acquired the drone-making company last year when it learned that Facebook was bidding for it. The Titan drones are supposed to stay in the air for up to five years, although this hasn't been put into practice yet.
    According to Google, the Loon balloons and Titan drones could work together as a mesh network in the air. The drones would mainly be used during peak bandwidth hours to move where they are needed most. It's harder to do the same with the Loon balloons, which can only be moved up and down. Project Titan is still in the early days, though, and Google will begin testing the actual drones in a few months.
    From Google Fiber to becoming an MVNO in the U.S., to trying to cover the whole of Africa (and perhaps later the world) with flying balloons and drones, it's clear that Google is very serious about becoming a global Internet provider.
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    Google calls out MPAAs attempts to ‘censor the internet’

    Google has been both a friend and a foe for organisations like the MPAA over the years. While it has acquiesced to DMCA takedown requests and helped block certain websites from being accessible through its search results, it’s also been more reactive than proactive in doing so and therefore is never quite as vigilant as the lobby groups would like. Ultimately it seems, that’s because while Google might agree with some of their practices, the ones it doesn’t like revolve around what it describes as “censoring the internet.”
    This is no more apparent than in the last few days, when Google issued a response to a recent win it had in the courts over the MPAA. After the media-funded organisation pushed to give Mississippi State Attorney General Jim Hood what TorrentFreak describes as SOPA-like powers to censor content online, Google asked courts to block any attempt he might make to use them and was successful in doing so.

    Jim ‘Shooter McGavin’ Hood, seen here in 2007
    Following on from this victory, it stated: “We’re pleased with the court’s ruling, which recognizes that the MPAA’s long-running campaign to censor the Web — which started with SOPA — is contrary to federal law.”
    Although this isn’t the first time that Google has criticised the MPAA, it is notable for how blatant its condemnation is and suggests a worsening relationship between the lobby group and the search giant. Without Google cooperation, the MPAA may find it much harder to have links taken down in future and it would clearly have an uphill battle if it decided to test its legal might against Google’s again.
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    Google announce LTE-A, a Google-powered mobile network

    In an interesting, but not so surprising announcement, Google has announced Google LTE-A. Google LTE-A is a "next generation cellular network, brought to you by Google".


    Yes, in the future you will be able to connect to a Google mobile network, instead of your usual cellular network like AT&T or T-Mobile. Google has said that this could be the Nexus of the mobile network market, but we don't yet know if they'll operate as their own MVNO or not yet. The Mountain View-based search giant has opened up a Twitter account for Google LTE-A, but as soon as we have more information on it, we'll report it as it breaks.

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    Google Enters Virtual Reality With Entire Team Dedicated To Make Android For VR Devices

    Looks like Google’s got big plans for a lot of things this year. After the software giant announced its jump into mobile payments and even wireless networks on a limited scale earlier this year, this time, seems like its plan mean Android won’t be limited to smartphones and tablet only. An entire team of engineers is hard at work over at Google to develop a variant of Android for virtual reality, which will mimic Android in more ways than one.

    Google’s Working On Android For Virtual Reality With A Host Of Engineers

    Two people familiar with Google’s project have spoken up to the Wall Street Journal and claim that Google has a large team of engineers working on software that could run on future virtual reality devices. Given that there are no virtual reality devices currently in the market, Google’s plans could take quite a time to materialize practically. The team seems to be the company’s response to Facebook’s acquisition of Occulus earlier, which also showcased its VR headgear at the GDC.
    Like Android, Google also intends to distribute its software free of cost, a strategy that has resulted in Android becoming the largest smartphone software right now. Virtual reality is a field where many experts and manufacturers see great potential in the future. Aside from Facebook, Samsung, Sony and Microsoft all have already jumped into the foray with their respective products. Google’s Android Virtual Reality team is headed by Clay Bavor and Jeremy Doig. Bavor also helped Google create Project Cardboard that uses cardboard, magnets and lenses to create 3D images of pictures shown on Android smartphones. While the concept might sound rather rudimentary, Google does have the right people at the head of its team. Stay tuned, we’ll keep you updated. Meanwhile let us know what you think in the comments section.
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    Google's first ever high street store opens in London

    Google has finally entered the physical retail space, launching its first ever Google-branded high street shop, dubbed the Google Shop, in central London. The debut store, situated inside Currys PC World on Tottenham Court Road, is just a few roads away from Apple's flagship Regent Street store, and will showcase the company's range of hardware and apps, reports the Telegraph.

    Even though the launch marks the first time the search giant has opened a shop under its own brand, it previously opened a "Chromezone" back in 2011 that was rolled out across the UK by Dixons, and also launched "Androidland" in shops in Australia. Tutorials will be hosted at the shop to show consumers how to use the range of Android phones and tablets, Chromebook laptops, Android Wear smartwatches and Chromecast TV devices, as well as demonstrations of key Google apps.
    Customers can test the latest technology in the Google lounge area, and a 'live trending' screen will be streaming popular searches. Furthermore regular workshops will include tutorials about online security. "Virtual Space Camps" will also be held to teach children the basics of coding, in addition to "Open House" events where teachers can test educational tools.

    Surround screen walls allowing visitors to use a hi-tech controller to zoom in anywhere on Google Earth have been set up too. In another store attraction graffiti artists will have the chance to create virtual tags on a Doodle Wall using digital spray cans to create temporary street art that they can send to friends. A more mundane but useful store feature will be the free charging stations for both Android smartphones and iPhones.

    "We're incredibly excited to launch this space - the first of its kind anywhere in the world - in London with Currys PC World," said James Elias, the UK marketing director for Google. "The pace of innovation of the devices we all use is incredible, yet the way we buy them has remained the same for years. With the Google shop, we want to offer people a place where they can play, experiment and learn about all of what Google has to offer; from an incredible range of devices to a totally-connected, seamless online life."
    Google has plans to open two further stores which will operate at a similar 'shop-a-in-shop' fashion within the Currys PC World in Fulham, West London and in Currys PC World in Thurrock, Essex.
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    EU Ready To Declare War On Google, Preps Antitrust Charges

    Tensions between the European Union and Google never seem to subside, nor are they likely to anytime soon as the former reportedly prepares to issue antitrust charges against the latter as part of a five-year investigation. Early indications are that this could be the most high-profile antitrust case brought on by the EU since it spanked Microsoft with hundreds of millions of dollars in fines for bundling Internet Explorer with Windows.

    According to The Wall Street Journal and its numerous unnamed sources, the European Commission is in the process of contacting companies that previously filed complaints against Google on a confidential basis and is asking them for permission to publish some of their grievances. Shopping and travel companies are some that have already been contacted.


    The requests can be viewed as a strong indicator that antitrust charges are imminent. If so, this could end up being a bigger battle than the one waged against Microsoft, which tallied $1.8 billion in fines when all was said and done. Alternately, there could be a settlement agreement.

    At issue for the EU is Google's position in search (it processes more than 90 percent of search traffic in Europe) and whether or not it's been abusing that position. One of the complaints against Google is that when users comparison-shop, the search giant displays results from Google Shopping up top and pushes products from rival sites to lower on the page.

    So, how much is at stake? In a worst case scenario, the EU could rule against Google and fine the firm up to 10 percent of its annual revenue, which was $66 billion last year. A maximum fine based on last year's figures would be $6.6 billion. That's more than a slap on the wrist, though not game changing -- Google posted a profit of $4.76 billion last quarter alone.


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    Europe declares open season on Google



    Europe refuses to turn Page and starts flinging Schmidt

    The European Commission is to charge Google with using its dominant position in online search to favour the company's own services.

    It will be one of the biggest antitrust cases in Europe since regulators went after Microsoft.
    Europe's competition chief, Margrethe Vestager, is expected to make an announcement in Brussels later today and say that Google has abused its dominant position.
    Google has a 90 percent share in the region's search market. If Europe is successful in making its case, the American tech giant could face a huge fine and be forced to alter its business practices to give smaller competitors like Yelp greater prominence in its search queries.
    Margrethe Vestager, Europe's antitrust regulator, will visit Washington this week to participate in two antitrust conferences.
    She is likely to find herself at odds with the US government which has made it clear that does not have a problem with its companies ruling the world.
    In an internal memo to employees, Google expected the commission to file a statement of objections about how the company displays search results, particularly for shopping. It also expected the authorities to open an investigation into Android, the Google software that runs a majority of the world's smartphones.
    Google thinks it is fine

    Google thinks it has a strong case, with especially good arguments when it comes to better services for users and increased competition.
    "Consumers have a lot of choice — and they are exercising it. And many, many other companies have very successful mobile businesses — including Apple, the most valuable (mobile) company in the world."
    It is starting to get messy for US companies in the Old Country. Europe's antitrust officials have already opened investigations into whether Apple and Amazon received preferential treatment in their low-tax arrangements.
    European lawmakers have said that these inquiries are not specifically aimed at American tech companies, though many industry executives say they are aimed at helping European tech companies, which have so far been unable to rival their much larger United States competitors.
    Europeans want blood

    More than two dozen companies and organizations have filed antitrust complaints in Europe against Google. Many are in Germany, where powerful publishing groups and online firms have called on the European regulator to stop the American search giant from blocking competition in sectors like online mapping, travel services and shopping.
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    Google responds to anti-trust accusations from EU

    Google has officially responded to the European Commission’s accusations that the company is hurting online competition and engaging in anti-trust business practices by promoting its own products or services. Just yesterday, the EU Commission escalated its long running anti-trust case against Google, so the company now has to either prove its innocence or pay a hefty fine.
    Google is obviously going to argue its case, saying that users have more online choice now than ever before and that the idea that Google is harming competition has “proved to be wide of the mark”. Google’s Senior Vice President of Search, Amit Singhal (Via: The Inquirer) has said: “While Google may be the most used search engine, people can now find and access information in numerous different ways.”

    “If you look at shopping—an area where we have seen a lot of complaints and where the European Commission has focused in its Statement of Objections—it’s clear that (a) there’s a ton of competition (including from Amazon and eBay, two of the biggest shopping sites in the world) and (b) Google’s shopping results have not harmed the competition.”
    “It’s why we respectfully but strongly disagree with the need to issue a Statement of Objections and look forward to making our case over the weeks ahead.”
    Elsewhere on the interwebs, Google’s VP of engineering pointed out that the company does a lot to help manufacturers of Android devices compete against the likes of Apple and Microsoft, which release their own devices with similar apps and services pre-installed.
    Writing in a blog post, he also said that these distribution agreements were not exclusive and that Android device manufacturers were free to install their own apps or even apps from other third-parties. A good example of this being true is actually found on the Samsung Galaxy S6, which comes pre-installed with some Microsoft apps in certain territories.
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    Europe's War on Google Could Ruin Android (Op-Ed)

    What European bureaucrats may fear. Credit for map: San Jose/Creative Commons
    A Bing search bar on your Android home screen? Yahoo Maps replacing Google Maps? Microsoft Outlook instead of Gmail?
    All of those things could happen if the European Commission has its way. And the changes could be more than cosmetic — Google could lose control of the entire Android platform, resulting in greater fragmentation and a rollback of the operating system's significant security gains.
    The Commission, the executive body of the European Union, yesterday (April 15) opened an official antitrust investigation into Google's confidential agreements with Android handset makers. The probe began even as the Commission formally accused Google of abusing its search-engine dominance to gain a competitive advantage in other fields.
    If the Commission decides that Google has been similarly abusive regarding Android, it could force Google to make drastic changes in how the Android OS is installed and configured on handsets, just as, years ago, it forced Microsoft to limit the preinstallation of Internet Explorer on Windows PCs. It would be bitter irony if the world's leading mobile OS was made worse by the decisions of bureaucrats in Brussels.
    The European Commission decided to investigate the matter after other companies, led by Microsoft, accused Google of anticompetitive behavior. The Commission plans to follow three lines of investigation into the agreements between Google and handset makers. Each line of inquiry has merit, but the case for anticompetitive behavior is far from solid.
    Include Google apps or else
    First, the Commission aims to find "whether Google has illegally hindered the development and market access of rival mobile applications or services by requiring or incentivizing smartphone and tablet manufacturers to exclusively pre-install Google's own applications or service."
    Handset makers must follow stipulations to have a device branded as "Google Android" or "Google certified" instead of just regular Android. Generally, manufacturers first must submit their Android builds to Google so Google can review them for compatibility, and then include at least some Google-branded apps — such as Gmail, Chrome, Maps, YouTube and Play, a bundle also known as Google Mobile Services — when the devices ship.
    All forms of Android, whether authorized by Google or not, are based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). It's wholly open-source software that is loosely guided by Google, and can be freely modified by anyone — no strings attached.
    Many Android device makers choose not to sign up with Google and instead use AOSP or "forked" builds based on AOSP that can differ markedly from Google's. With its Fire line of mobile devices, Amazon is the most prominent U.S. company to do this; because Google limits its own Chinese operations, many Chinese device makers do as well.
    Like Android, few of these companies install the Google Play app store, forcing users to shop from "off-road" app markets that are sometimes riddled with malware-laden apps. (The just-released 2015 Verizon Data Breach Incident Report found that Android malware, prevalent in Russia and China, is nearly nonexistent in the United States, where most users stick to Google Play.)
    MORE: Best Android-Only Apps You Can't Find on iPhone
    Google generally doesn't like forked builds of Android, deeming them a threat to overall Android compatibility and security. However, some forked devices are Google-certified and ship with the Google Mobile Services app bundle. One such device is the OnePlus One phone, which runs a variant of CyanogenMod.
    Handset makers that do sign on with Google are free to create their own music, email, movies, office, calendar and contacts apps. But they can't delete YouTube, Chrome, Play, Gmail or the stand-alone Google app. That's the price of being Google-certified, and that's the quid pro quo that the European Commission is investigating.
    Tizen good, Aliyun bad
    The European Commission's second line of investigation will probe "whether Google has prevented smartphone and tablet manufacturers who wish to install Google's applications and services on some of their Android devices from developing and marketing modified and potentially competing versions of Android (so-called 'Android forks') on other devices, thereby illegally hindering the development and market access of rival mobile operating systems and mobile applications or services."
    This charge may be based on an incident in 2012, when Google forbade the Taiwanese device maker Acer from installing the unauthorized Android fork Aliyun OS on a handset destined for the Chinese market. Acer had previously signed up to use Google-certified Android on other models, and Google said that agreement prevented Acer from using Google Android on some phones and Android forks on others.
    However, Google has no problem when Android handset makers also make and sell non-Android phones. Such exclusivity would be truly anticompetitive, yet Google doesn't blink when HTC sells Windows phones alongside Android ones, or when Samsung sells not only Android and Windows phones, but also handsets running Tizen, an open-source OS that, like Android, is based on Linux, but uses no Android "parts."
    Does not play well with others
    The third line of investigation will be "whether Google has illegally hindered the development and market access of rival applications and services by tying or bundling certain Google applications and services distributed on Android devices with other Google applications, services and/or application programming interfaces of Google."
    This sounds like a serious allegation, but it's so vague that it might not be. One interpretation is that Google may be guilty of creating apps and online services that work well together — just as consumers would expect. The European Commission seems to be arguing that Google's Android apps should work just as smoothly with other companies' online services, as do, for example, the Google Calendar app and Microsoft Exchange.
    This line of inquiry would gain teeth if it could be shown that Google apps had an unfair advantage over other apps in their Android application program interfaces (APIs), or ways in which apps interact with the underlying operating system.
    Does Google give its own apps special privileges in the Android OS? We don't have the answer to that, but we've never heard any accusations to that effect, and we know that non-Google apps seem to work well on both Google-branded and AOSP-derived builds of Android.
    Bureaucrats can't keep up with technology
    Looking over these charges, it's hard not to suspect that the European Commission doesn't understand how technological innovation works. In a statement, the Commission said the investigation into Android "will focus on whether Google has breached EU antitrust rules by hindering the development and market access of rival mobile operating systems, applications and services."
    The Commission seems to think that if it doesn't act, then Android will stifle all competition and no newer, better technology will have the chance to arise. But remember that eight years ago, there was no Android and no iOS, and that Palm and BlackBerry were the dominant smartphone platforms.
    Eight years from now, Android and iOS may be as extinct as Palm is today, due to "natural" technological market selection and not any bureaucratic ruling. Given the glacial pace of European Commission antitrust inquiries, the Commission's investigation into Google and Android should be wrapping up just about then.
    Noticia:
    http://www.tomsguide.com/us/android-...ews-20786.html
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    O Android OS já é uma porcaria, por causa da quantidade de tralha que cada telemóvel trás embutida.

    Estes sistemas deviam vir de origem sem tralhas, ou pelo menos com a opção de desinstalar.
    A não ser que se faça root a um telemóvel, frequentemente não podemos remover muita coisa, não só as apps da Google.
    Desde facebook, twitter, programas de música, apps especificas de um operador de telemóvel, etc.....

    Uma pessoa até pode comprar um bom telemóvel, com bom hardware e muita memória, mas depois fica com o sistema a arrastar-se por causa de ter tanto lixo embutido.
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    Google Apologizes For 'Maps' Snafu That Saw Android Peeing On Apple Logo

    As an Android fan who couldn't imagine "suffering" with an iOS device, I admit that I sometimes get a good chuckle out of some of the jabs that are thrown around. And, it really goes both ways - Apple can give it just as well as Google. But I am not sure of the last time I saw an insult as good as this one, right inside of a Google product:

    image: http://hothardware.com/ContentImages...g_On_Apple.jpg
    Yes, that's the real Google Maps, just south of Islamabad, Pakistan. Unfortunately, the graphic has already been removed, as well as some others. In case you think Apple was hit too harshly, another now-removed message was seen in a field: "Google review policy is crap". In another area in Lahore, Pakistan, a Skype logo could be seen.
    Given the other messages, it becomes pretty obvious that Google itself had absolutely nothing to do with a graphic showing an Android robot urinating on an apple - and it's probably a good thing, as you can't get much more unprofessional than that. Well, you can, but that's not the point. Google confirmed as much in a statement to The Washington Post. "We’re sorry for this inappropriate user-created content; we’re working to remove it quickly," said Google's Mara Harris. "We also learn from these issues, and we’re constantly improving how we detect, prevent and handle bad edits."
    The reason such messages hit Google Maps isn't because of a hacking; it's because the community is allowed to contribute data. As far as I was aware, Google is supposed to have the final say in committed changes, so either that's not the case, or a seriously slack editor was working this particular day.
    This highlights the issue of what can happen when users have such free control over such a popular and trusted tool, though, and it does raise concern that Google might end up locking it down if this digital graffiti continues. While it might be funny to some, it could potentially cause Google more headaches than it's worth.


    Noticia:
    http://hothardware.com/news/googles-...q0szduChy1q.99
    http://www.portugal-tech.pt/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=566&dateline=1384876765

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    How to Delete All Information Google Knows About You


    Does the fact google knows more about you than you do yourself worry you?
    Many members of the global community are irritated by the vast amount of information that Google collects about their searches.
    Yahoo News have released an article with a guide on how to remove the information the internet giant collects:
    First, here’s how to download your history:
    1. Navigate to Google’s Web and App Activity page.
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    You’ll then receive a pop-up window warning you not to download your search history to a public computer, as it contains a large amount of sensitive information.

    4. If you want to continue, click CreateArchive.
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    Once your history is downloaded, you’ll receive a link in a few seconds that lets you view your data.
    If you don’t want to download your data, and would rather get rid of it, you can do that as well. Of course, there are some reasons to let Google keep your search data. For one thing, it guarantees faster search results. It also ensures that Google Now has all of the latest relevant information about you. If you delete your data, your searches won’t be as tailored to your habits.
    Still want to get rid of your search history? Here’s how!
    Before we get started, it’s worth pointing out that if you want to keep your information hidden, you can use your browser’s privacy option, which keeps Google from saving your data — though it can still be seen by your service provider or employer.
    Simply deleting you browser history won’t clear the data saved by Google, as you’re only deleting the information stored by your browser and not what’s on Google’s servers. To do that, you’ll have to:
    1. Navigate to the Web and App Activity Page and click the gear iconin the top-right corner.
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    2. Select Remove Items and choose the beginning of time from the drop-down menu.
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    3.Click Remove and kiss your data goodbye.
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    That’s it. All of your search history will be deleted, and you’ll never have to worry about Google knowing about the time you looked for tickets to a Justin Bieber concert.

    Thank you to Yahoo News and Venturebeat for providing us with this information.
    Images courtesy of Yahoo News
    Noticia:
    http://www.eteknix.com/delete-information-google-knows/
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