The Open Handset Alliance released the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) today.
Google Announces Android, Open Handset Alliance
Anyone who was still holding out for an antigravity/invisibility/teleportation device in the form of a forthcoming Gphone is in for a disappointment; Google has (re)confirmed that it will not be producing such a product. But Google did discuss some other mobile plans that it feels are quite important.
Yahoo Newspaper Alliance Shaky?
As fresh members signed on, the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium helped a lot of companies achieve some impressive gains. Yet there’s now a concern that nothing else will happen.
Vodafone Forms Irish Alliance With Google, Others
Your average news bulletin may say something about Corporation X partnering with sites Y and Z, and your average response may be a shrug – X, Y, and Z often represent companies you’ve never heard of. But in this case, Vodafone has sealed a deal with Google, YouTube, eBay, and MySpace.
Google Forges Alliance With Airtel
India’s population long ago passed the one billion mark, and Bharti Airtel Broadband & Telephone Services is that country’s largest private broadband and telephone service provider. Thanks to a new deal, the gigantic corporation is also Google’s partner.
Analyst: Yahoo Gains From Video Alliance
The much discussed NBC and News Corp video alliance will include Yahoo in its net of content distributors, and that is going to benefit the portal company.
OpenAjax Alliance Welcomes MSFT, Google
Microsoft has joined the OpenAjax Alliance, along with thirty-one other companies.
And although thirty of those corporations were named in the official press release, a rather big one was left out: Google.
The omission is more of an embarrassing slipup than an insulting snub, however.
John Ferraiolo, the Alliance’s blogger, writes, “Unfortunately, we became aware of Google after the press release went out.”
Communication and IT: Still an Uneasy Alliance
Dee Rambeau presents a depressing workplace scenario that, in my experience, was all too common ten to twelve years ago as everyone began discovering the web as a business tool.
Sun Joins OpenAJAX Alliance, Dojo Foundation
Sun Microsystems, known best for creating the Java programming language, has announced that it is joining the OpenAJAX Alliance, as well as the Dojo Foundation.
Open AJAX Alliance Grows
Yet another company has joined the recently formed Open AJAX Alliance, an industry group focused on promoting and spreading AJAX. ICEsoft will stand by established (and esteemed) members such as Borland, the Dojo Foundation, Google, IBM, the Mozilla Corporation, Novell, Oracle, Red Hat, Yahoo, and Zimbra.