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Why Google Introduced Android? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Amit Patil   
Saturday, 27 September 2008 20:40

Android LogoThere is no doubt that Google founders have extraordinary vision. A company that started as a simple search engine 12 years back not only managed to survive but became a force to reckon with in the internet empire. Several people would have written about the success of Google. But in this article I am looking upon a very specific step Google took in late 2007.

On 5th November 2007 Google introduced Android platform for mobile devices. A small step it may seem for the internet giant, but if we look deeper, Google may have a far stretched vision behind it.

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Future Of Packaged Media - Part I PDF Print E-mail
Written by Amit Patil   

Few days back somebody was discussing Blu-Ray medium with me. After 5 minutes of discussion we landed upon a question – what is the future? Straight forward it may seem, another disk format with a terabyte of space, a new video encoding standard supporting quad-HD resolution, ultra high def sound, interactivity… and the list goes on. Will it be the reality? I thought for a moment and said, No… My friend dazed and gave me a strange look. I confirmed, this is not the future and for it you must hear my story.

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