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The main drawback on the Nexus One (now with multitouch, there really aren’t that many) is the network. T-Mobile is not the fastest 3G dude out there, but Verizon’s EV-DO Rev.A network is. Neowin has some buzz from an anonymous Google employee who said that the CDMA version of the Nexus One (for Big Red) is coming on March 23rd. That’s one day before the CTIA wireless convention, which is no less than a month away. Seems pretty plausible and accurate if you ask me.
Source: Neowin
Without properly citing where-in-the-world who their sources are, The Daily Telegraph states that the Nexus One will launch on Vodafone UK in April for an undetermined price. To try and put details on that subject, the Telegrpah mentioned it’s “likely to be priced very similarly to comparable smartphones such as the iPhone.” It’s no surprise that Vodafone will take on the massively-powerful N1, but with a solid time frame for the UK launch, the also UK-inbound Sense UI-bumped, extremely similar Desire will have some serious competition.
Source: Daily Telegraph
Scarily a new post on the Google blog called “Serious Threat to the Web in Italy” has emerged to explain why three Google employees were convicted and charged for a crime they did not commit. The issue here was a video uploaded to Google Video in 2006 depicting an autistic student getting bullied by peers. The Italian police informed Google of situation; Google pulled the vid and helped the police figure out who uploaded it. Pretty reasonable, right? Well not quite. Instead of being thanked for and let go, four Google employees where charged with “for failure to comply with the Italian privacy code” and criminal defamation. The employees did not know the people in the video, did not remove (apparently some other employees did), and did not even know it existed until after it was removed. One of the employees left Google in 2008, all of which Google is defending. Currently under Italian law there will be no jail time for the employees since a sentence less than 3 years is typically commuted in Italy for those without a criminal record.
Google’s VP and Deputy General Counsel Matt Sucherman said the following on the issue:
“It attacks the very principles of freedom on which the Internet is built. Common sense dictates that only the person who films and uploads a video to a hosting platform could take the steps necessary to protect the privacy and obtain the consent of the people they are filming. European Union law was drafted specifically to give hosting providers a safe harbor from liability so long as they remove illegal content once they are notified of its existence. The belief, rightly in our opinion, was that a notice and take down regime of this kind would help creativity flourish and support free speech while protecting personal privacy. If that principle is swept aside and sites like Blogger, YouTube and indeed every social network and any community bulletin board, are held responsible for vetting every single piece of content that is uploaded to them – every piece of text, every photo, every file, every video – then the Web as we know it will cease to exist, and many of the economic, social, political and technological benefits it brings could disappear.”
If they don’t win this, it could be a major blow to the freedom and creativity of the Internet itself. This backwards lawsuit would mean that executives (at Google) are responsible for the content users upload, which is entirely false.
When Google CEO Eric Schmidt demoed the Google Earth application on the Nexus One at MWC, all Android owners hoped for Google’s own product to make its way onto Google’s own platform. The iPhone has nearly had its version of the app for a year, and today marks the beginning for a select few of Android 2.1 owners who own a Nexus One to be able to use Google Earth. As with most of Google’s Android apps, it’s free, but it doesn’t really matter until your Motorola Droid becomes cool again with a new sought-after firmware update called Android 2.1? So does this mean patience is a virtue!?
That’s right! We haven’t been snoozing here and forgot to officially push LaptopMemo into the Google Buzz limelight! Now you can follow all the latest LaptopMemo updates straight from your Gmail inbox by following us here. Once you’re there, click “Follow LaptopMemo”. We’re still getting the hang of Google Buzz ourselves, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun! Over time, we will be throwing fun questions and the like on Google Buzz. And maybe even some secret stuff once in a while…
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Kudos to Google. They’ve created Android, Gmail, redefined the cloud, conquered the search engines, will have the Chrome OS, built Chrome the web browser, yesterday Buzz, and now? Google’s planning to offer an “experimental” ISP broadband service. Un-bel-iev-able. This plan is to offer Internet browsing speeds of up to 1GB per second, being 20 times faster than all of the other ISP clowns in the room. On its blog Google says:
We’re planning to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. We’ll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We plan to offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people
Comcast, Verizon and AT&T? They must be joyful. Putting this deathblow aside, Google plans for the service to be deployed to 50,000 homes, and up to 500,000. Price? “Competitive” Google says. They’re doing it on a trial basis and will push forward things like being more open-source. Now just imagine: Google could create an Android home phone that could make call using Wi-Fi — the possibilities are endless! Video after the jump.
Buzzzz! A word that will be overused because of Google’s new social networking service Google Buzz, which is integrated into Gmail. But for those of you who want some buzz without going to your laptop, you’re in luck. Google Maps 4.0 has launched at the Android Market, which brings you the special Buzz layer. It should work on all Android phones with Android 1.6 and above (G1 included). And as for you S60 and Windows Mobile owners: just download the new version of Maps and you’re good to go. That goes for you too iPhone.
Need I say more? Mainly from the looks of it, Buzz will be a major player in the smartphone arena, but as for PCs, it’s going to take some pushing. Still, this looks like the perfect Twitter/Facebook enemy.
[The Google Blog]
Google Buzz. That’s the name of the new built-in Gmail service from Google. Buzz is used on a computer, and basically combines RSS with social networking at buzz.google.com. The five main features of Buzz are:
Buzz also works on Android phones and the iPhone from the browser, and offers one-tap location updates. From that point on, Buzz will get local results for anything that you’re looking for. I’ll be putting up the new Google Buzz videos courtesy of Google in a couple of minutes. [Google Buzz. TechCrunch]
If you are following the Android naming scheme trilogy you’ll know the Android Alphabet (I’m coining that word, BTW) — Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, and Froyo — but now there’s someone new that’s crashing the party. Get ready for this: “GIngerbread”. I actually like it, and it’s only moving the Android Alphabet further. The name was confirmed by Google’s Brian Swetland — who works on the Android Linux-based kernel in Mountain View, California. The discussion was about kernal versions, and that’s when Gingerbread showed up. Otherwise what’s going to be in the build is what we want to know; according to Swetland it will “likely be on [Linux kernel 2.6.].33 or .34″ when it comes out. So what’s “H” going to be called? Hamburger anyone? [Android And Me]
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