Creating Mind Maps with Free Software xMind
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Creating Graphs Part 3 - Using Python to write the CSV file.
Veusz is Open Source Free software used for scientific plotting and graphing. Python is also Open Source Free software and I have been using both extensively...
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A group of companies led by Microsoft have called on European authorities to launch an antitrust investigation into Googles dominance of mobile Internet usage on smartphones.
The FairSearch initiative of 17 companies which includes Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle claims Google is acting unfairly by giving away its Android operating system to mobile device companies on the condition that the U.S. online giants own software applications like YouTube and Google Maps are installed and prominently displayed.
Google is using its Android mobile operating system as a Trojan horse to deceive partners, monopolize the mobile marketplace and control consumer data, said Thomas Vinje, the groups Brussels-based lawyer.
Android operating systems are installed on about 70 per cent of new smartphones, according to analyst estimates, handing Google the largest market share worldwide, followed by Apples iOS platform. Systems from BlackBerry, Microsoft and others trail far behind.
Googles predatory distribution of Android at below-cost makes it difficult for other providers of operating systems to recoup investments in competing with Googles dominant mobile platform, FairSearch said in a statement.
The European Commission, the 27-nation blocs executive arm and antitrust authority, must at some point decide whether to take up the case or drop it. A spokesman confirmed the complaint had been received.
Google Inc., based in Mountain View, Calif., did not address the complaints charges in detail. We continue to work co-operatively with the European Commission, said Google spokesman, Al Verney.
The U.S. company is already under investigation by Brussels for practices related to its dominance of online search and advertising markets.
That complaint, launched in 2010, alleges Google unfairly favours its own services in its Internet search results, which enjoy a near-monopoly in Europe. Google has proposed a list of remedies to address the Commissions concerns to achieve a settlement. The Commission is currently examining the proposed changes.
We have received some proposals by Google and we will soon launch a market test of the proposed remedies, said Antoine Colombani, a spokesman for EU Competition Comissioner Joaquin Almunia. He declined to speculate on when the investigation would be concluded.
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Facebook isn't making phones. Instead, the social networking giant is making software called "Home" that will add a Facebook interface to Android phones, making an aggressive move onto the most popular mobile device platform.
The free software will be available next week, enabling people to turn their phones into "Facebook phones" if they choose. The company said it "designed Home to be the next version of Facebook." It also takes its competition with Google to a new level, by effectively taking over phones based on Google's Android software.
"Home isn't a phone or operating system, and it's also more than just an app," the company said in its much hyped announcement today. "Home is a completely new experience that lets you see the world through people, not apps."
Speculation about Facebook's phone ambitions swirled in recent weeks, with some predicting the company would manufacture its own hardware in partnership with HTC, which worked on a Facebook phone called the Status. The device came out in 2011 and wasn't a hit.
This time around, HTC is making an Android phone that will come preloaded with Home and be sold exclusively through AT&T starting April 12. But that's a secondary announcement to Facebook's mobile ambitions.
By building software that can be downloaded on multiple devices _ rather than built into particular hardware _ Facebook likely will reach more users with Home. It's also asserting that its services deserve more prominence on Android devices than other apps and the operating system's interface.
It's a bold move in several ways. Facebook is pushing Google into the background on devices running Google's mobile operating system. Facebook also is gambling that users will like its service enough to Facebook-ify their phones, letting the company fill their pocket screens with news feeds, manage access to other applications and increase its ability to monetize mobile users.
Windows Phone users already are familiar with deep Facebook integration on their devices. Microsoft, an early investor in Facebook, blends photos and contacts from the service into its phone platform, moving it from app to cornerstone.
Here's how Facebook summarized its goals, in the Home announcement:
"We designed Home to be the next version of Facebook. But we also wanted to do something more. We wanted to reimagine the way we all use computing devices to make us more connected and bring us closer to the people we care about."
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