IBM Sues Its Ex-Employee for Leaving for Apple
Bitter corporate battle over employees still exist no matter how big or small the company is. I just don’t understand the whole point of it though. Once an employee is out of the door, what’s the point of fighting over him or trying to stop him from working for your competitors? If he has decided to work for someone then he’d do it anyway. Well, I would. Then what’s the point of trying to make his life miserable? Well, I just don’t get it. May be some of you do.
Android G1 Makes Its Debut in the US Market
Android G1 has officially hit the US market yesterday. T-mobile released G1, the first smartphone based on Google’s open-source mobile platform, Android. The most compelling thing about Android is it’s fully open sourced. So anyone can jump and work on it pretty much straightaway. Though at the moment Google only teamed up with HTC Taiwan to make the device and integrate it’s mobile operating system, but already all the giants like Samsung and Motorola are lining up to use Android in their production line. So hopefully by next year we’ll start seeing a lot more devices filled up with Android.
Apple: The Third Largest Phone Supplier
Apple is now officially the third largest phone supplier in the world. The sky rocketing success of its “Jesus Phone” has landed Apple to the third position just within a year of getting into the mobile market. The news came from none other then the man himself at the Apple’s earnings conference call yesterday.
