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gDisk coming to reality

Posted by Abhishek Vij on November 27, 2007

We all had used the famous gDisk software to used up our free space at gmail account, now it seems that google has finally heard our pleas and will be launching an online storage service (soon) .By the looks of it we should be getting somewhere around 5gb atleast :)

 Btw we all knew it was coming when MS launched skydrive :P

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Google announces Android mobile platform

Posted by Abhishek Vij on November 6, 2007

Google on Monday announced a widely expected open-development platform for mobile devices backed by industry heavyweights like T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm and Motorola that could shake the wireless market to its core by simplifying and reducing the cost of developing mobile applications. The platform, called Android, has been developed by Google and others as part of the Open Handset Alliance, which has over 30 partners supporting it. The goal of this ambitious initiative is to spur innovation in the mobile space and accelerate improvements in how people use the Web via cell phones. The open-source platform will have a complete set of components, including an operating system, middleware stack, customizable user interface and applications.

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gPhone OS codenamed Android

Posted by Abhishek Vij on November 4, 2007

gPhoneCnet is reporting that as part of Monday’s big press conference, Google will unveil their gPhone OS, tentatively codenamed Android. Sources are calling the OS a “a complete mobile-phone software stack” that will be followed shortly after by a SDK (Translation: this isn’t just an ad system and will have more than a bunch of lame web apps).CNET affirms that the OS should be open-source and Linux based, but we shouldn’t expect to see it in stores soon. The number of companies involved (over 30) will make it difficult to move quickly on this.

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