Apple CEO Steve Jobs' iPhone Apps store, seeded with Kleiner Perkins' $100 million iFund, isn't the only game in town for developers. Search king Google names 20 developers recipients of funding for its Android applications competition. Winning applications for the open-source mobile operating system include cab search, carbon footprint tracking, and price comparison via photo of bar codes.
|
The search king introduces a Linux-based mobile operating system from Android, a startup Google acquired in 2005, and an alliance of 34 mobile companies.
|