The myTouch 3G is the long awaited followup to the G1, T-Mobile’s first Android phone. The device has gone by a few names in the past couple of months. It’s the same Google Ion that was given to Google I/O attendees. In Europe, Canada and Australia it is known as the HTC Magic. Whatever its [...]
Google put another piece in the puzzle that is its content selling initiative over the weekend, by announcing that it is getting into the e-book business. As the company starts to sell information instead of just pointing to it, it has come under fire from groups such as the Text and Academic Authors Association and [...]
It wasn’t just a free HTC Magic that Google had to offer attendees at Day One of the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. The web developers and junket-loving bloggers in attendance were offered a preview of the long-awaited iPhone version of the Latitude location-sharing service. Already available for most other platforms, the iPhone version [...]
Geeks abound at Google I/O. So do surprises!
In addition to the demonstrations, Google announced that each of more than 4,000 conference attendees will receive a free Google phone.
In the first keynote at Google’s I/O conference Google has given folks a sneak peek at “Donut”, the codename for what will eventually be released as Android 2.0. Although it’s still early days development wise, Google has managed to whet our appetites with a number of Donut’s new features including universal search and a text-to-speech [...]
Seth over at False Dichotomies has heard from Google regarding their decision to remove tethering apps from the Android Market:
We inadvertently unpublished your application for all mobile providers; if you like, we can restore your app so that all Android Market users outside the T-Mobile US network will have access to your application.
Google has removed a number of applications from the Android Market that allow users to tether their handsets to other devices in order to share an Internet connection, including Wifi Tether for Root Users, citing a clause in the Developer Distribution Agreement that allows apps in violation of the Authorized Carrier’s ToS to be removed.
