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gPhone is here!
Google has scored another first, the first gPhone was announced today. This will go in history as one of the really defining moments for the open source world.
T-Mobile, the Germany mobile phone services provider unveiled the first Android powered phone, today. Android is a set of programs that will form the operating system and developing platform for gPhones. Android was developed by Google with the cooperation of more than 30 companies involved in the mobile phone industry, a group known as the Open Handset Alliance. The Open Handset Alliance includes the likes of Google. Motorola, Samsung, Ebay, Intel and several other companies
Android is really a platform aimed at software geeks to develop exciting mobile phone applications such those found on the iPhone from Apple. The Android platform is based on the open source Linux operating system and as such should make a serious business case for open source software.
Google continues to redefine technology as we have known it and it seems nothing is stopping those guys at Googleplex.
Einstein, Google & answers
Google founders: Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
I’m now certain that my favourite company, Google, literally has all the answers. Yes literally all the answers! “…if this Google monster has all the answers then why submit wrong assignments, why are there so many inaccurate writings out there, design terrible sites/systems, why so many misconceptions on nature and generally everything?”, i can hear the critics moan. I think the answer lies in the fact that only quality questions get quality answers. Read more
The Large Hadron Collider and the future of science (in Africa)
There is currently a buzz of excitement in the world of physics, why you may ask? Predictably scientists especially physicists are not the most excitable of people… unless of course an experiment shoots electric current through them and they spontaneously combust with shouts of “Eureka!” Unfortunately most science is nowhere close to that kind of nirvana. However, in what will probably science’s closest shot at nirvana a large and expensive experiment is about to reach fruition in the peaceful cantons of Switzerland. Like the country’s secretive bankers a collection of thousands of scientists, engineers and technicians have for the last 9 years toiled on bringing to life the Large Hadron Collider. It is I suppose a measure of how far physics has come if cutting edge experiments over half a millennia ago consisted of Galileo dropping weights from the tower of Pisa* today it consists of building a $6 billion, an underground 17 mile particle accelerator with over 10,000 minders. Read more
Traditional vs new online marketing technology
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As someone involved in IT, I try by all means to convince other people to do likewise. It is said Zimbabwe, and Africa as a whole lag behind in ICT usage. According to Zimbablog,”It is said that less than 2% of ALL content on the web is from Africa.” Does this mean Zimbabeans or rather Africans resist to change?
Early this year, I was having a meeting with one big dhara in the tourism sector. I wanted to offer him online marketing services. He seemed not to be in the room and nodded all the way till the meeting ended. At the end, I was suprised when he simply said, “Send an email to my secretary and she will print it for me to read.” I looked around his office and noticed the dude had no computer on his desk. Read more
The Open Source Evangelist
Introductions first, Solomon-Hopewell Kembo is the name, but you can call me “solkem” its short for my name. Am more than excited to be blogging with energetic spirits like James and company. I have no doubt we can use this blogging platform in “making a dent in this universe” in our different ways.
Well Open Source Software(OSS) is the angle I will be using to dent this beautiful planet of ours on Zimbablog. I am the “self-proclaimed” open source evangelist in Africa. My hope is first, to demystify OSS Technologies and together as entrepreneurs we can collaborate on ways to effectively use this noble concept in business models and explore the resultant benefits. Read more
