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14th
MAY

Google Android 1.5 Software Update Hits the UK First

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The latest Android Software update, version 1.5, has officially begun roll out for UK Android Fans via OTA (Over the Air) Update.  The lucky few who have received the update this morning are now able to make use of the ‘Camcorder’ function for capturing video as well as instant Youtube uploading and a similar picture uploading function for Picasa.

Those of you in the US on T-mobile will begin seeing the Android 1.5 rollout later this week.  For a bit of background, this revamped Android OS runs on Linux kernel 2.6.27 with a focus on stronger security and stability.  If you are looking for complete list of improvements in the 1.5 update Google has released the documentation on the Android Developers Site found here.

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14th

Palm Pre gets an early Unboxing, Emphasize on ‘Box’

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The lack of a release date and wait for the May 19th announcement is not stopping the Internet buzz from building.  Earlier today the Palm Pre box was revealed along with the usual documentation over at precentral.net in beautiful high-resolution detail.  The ironic twist is that the box looks a bit weathered despite being an unreleased phone (at the moment), but the good news is that Palm has maintained the sexy styling seen on the Treo Pro.  Enough of the small talk let’s get straight to the meat and potatoes:

For more pictures and additional details go ahead and hit the precentral.net forums here.

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14th

Motorola W7 (Active Edition) Phone

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Motorola W7 (Active Edition) Phone The Motorola W7 (Active Edition) shakes things up by sensing the body’s movement, orientation and hand gestures to perform tasks. Equipped with a built-in accelerometer, the handset can perform tasks with simple hand gestures like a quick shake or a tap on the phone.

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13th
MAY

Behind the scenes of the NYC - Google mapping partnership

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(cross-posted with Google Lat-Long Blog)

In January New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a partnership between Google and NYC & Company, NYC’s official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, to create a new website and high-tech information center. Using these new tools, you can now plan a trip to NYC from your home computer, transfer your itinerary to your cell phone, and then learn more at an information center.

A number of people have asked us about our role in the NYC partnership. We did not create nycgo.com and the Official NYC Information Center here at Google, as you’d probably expect. Rather, we provided NYC with our standard APIs and a bit of technical guidance, and NYC did the rest.

To help other cities and organizations gain a bit more insight into how NYC managed to create nycgo.com and the Official NYC Information Center, we put together this short video of interviews with principal members of the NYC project team.

Click here to learn more about the partnership between Google and NYC.

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12th
MAY

For 18th Consecutive Quarter, Verizon Wireless Leads Wireless Industry In Customer Loyalty

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For the 18th consecutive quarter, Verizon Wireless led the wireless industry in customer loyalty according to data released by the nation’s largest wireless carriers over the past few weeks. Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless company with the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless network, reported the lowest customer churn (turnover) in the first quarter of 2009.

Churn is an important measure of customer loyalty and represents the percentage of customers who leave their provider in a given period. First-quarter financial performance announcements – the latest was released today– included the following customer churn rates, based on the average monthly churn for the quarter:

Carrier
Verizon Wireless
Carrier X
Carrier Y
Carrier Z

Total Customers (Prepay and Postpaid)
1.47%
1.6%
N/A
3.1%

Postpaid Customers
1.14%
1.2%
2.25%
2.3%

As the wireless customer loyalty leader over the past 18 quarters, Verizon Wireless offers customers many reasons to choose and stay with the company. Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless voice and 3G data network and offers quality products and services backed by its award-winning customer service. To increase the coverage and capacity of its premier nationwide network and to add new services, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $50 billion since it was formed in 2000 – $5.5 billion on average every year. In each of the last four years, Verizon Wireless invested $6.5 billion or more to expand and advance its network.

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