The Google Android platform is about to get a little bit more serious-minded. According to a recent report, Google is going to shift to a paid platform for Android applications.
Until now, Android apps have been available only for free. The shift will make the platform a lot more attractive to professional developers, and will position the Android phone platform as a more serious competitor to the iPhone and other smartphones.
Free is great when you can get it, and the free software folks definitely have their place. But it's just not going to cut it in the consumer world. The profit motive still drives the bulk of development, and several of the major developers have been hesitant to develop for the Android platform for this very reason. With the shift to a for-profit Android applications marketplace, Google's going to take a big piece of the market as more developers see this as a brand new opportunity and start building serious consumer and business applications for the platform. Developers will keep 70 percent of the revenue from app sales.
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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