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...operating system. Touch sensitive, with an onboard, motion-sensing accelerometer that can also place a user precisely on a Google satellite map, the device resembles nothing so much as an iPhone. Android, explains Andy Rubin, Google's director of mobile platforms, is an open platform for developers à la Facebook; the code is theirs to modify. He says developers have so far written more than 1,800 applications, which could be distributed on a Google site arranged according to popularity, as YouTube is. "There's some pretty innovative stuff there," Rubin explains. "This is merging the handset...
...everyone in this war because it sounds as if - the concerns of Harvard's Zittrain notwithstanding - we all win here. Andreessen is right when he says the Web is so vast that it defies attempts to control it. With Google riding shotgun, it strikes me as unlikely that Facebook or anyone else can pull too far ahead. Also, I believe Zuckerberg when he says Facebook will continue to open over time. It's the smart move, and he's a smart cookie. Finally, I want to get my hands on the new iPhone. Its time will come...
...original version of this article incorrectly stated that F8 is the name of the Facebook platform. It is the name of the developer's conference...
...recent post on the well-known blog Gawker subjected Facebook’s often controversial roots to further scrutiny, when it reported an upcoming “tell-all” book that suggests the social networking site came about as a result of Mark E. Zuckerberg and other Facebook founders’ desire to get into final clubs and to “get laid...
...media gossip and pop culture, posted the leak on May 22, reporting that Benjamin A. Mezrich ’91, who also wrote “Bringing Down the House,” has signed a deal for over $1 million to write a memoir about the creators of Facebook...