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Today, Nokia announced its intention to acquire UI application framework provider Trolltech ASA . This move on Nokia's part is touted as facilitating "application development for multiple platforms and devices", and indeed one of Trolltech's claims to fame is the cross platform agility of its Qt framework.  I have already encountered waves of exuberance (rational and otherwise) about the virtues of this acquisition for Nokia, but little discussion of the trends and values underlying it.

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Now that the Google/Android SDK has hit the streets and some of the dust has settled, we can begin to assess the particulars and peculiarities of the new platform.

And now, a brief digression into late medieval history.  Fourteenth century Franciscan monk and philosopher William of Occam is credited with formulating the principle of Lex Parsimoniae - the law of parsimony, a.k.a. Occam's Razor:  Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem - "Entities ought not be multiplied beyond necessity".  

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The recent Google announcement of the soon-to-be-released Android mobile stack and SDK has spawned incredible industry and media frenzy.  In my roles at the LiPS Forum, at the Linux Foundation and in my consultancy , it is splitting my brain into more fragments than Carrie's (but not as many as Mobile Linux)

I recently wrote a white paper for Vicorp, an independent tool vendor for IVR systems. The following is a section from the white paper which I think is very interesting. 

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I recently wrote a white paper for Vicorp, an independent tool vendor for IVR systems. The following is a section from the white paper which I think is very interesting. 

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Avaya, the publically traded enterprise telecommunications technology company spun out of Lucent barely six years ago, is going private.

The deal's a big one for the industry: $8 billion - and a decent deal for investors - $17.50 per share.  read more »

Nuance Communications announced the acquisition of long time rival VoiceSignal today, giving the speech juggernaut a lock on device based speech recognition.  read more »

Google has quietly entered the mobile search market with the stealth launch of 1-800-GOOG-411. This completely automated service allows a user to find a business listing and be connected for free, even offering SMS of results back when calling from a mobile phone.

This experimental service offers the following:  read more »

UPDATE: Microsoft has announced the acquisition this morning (March 14). 

The Wall Street Journal refreshed the rumor mill today that Microsoft was once again approaching TellMe. This iteration of the rumor mill puts an $800 million price tag on TellMe's book of business.  read more »