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Google Android SDK Downloads Break 750,000

According to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, downloads for the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) have broken some 750,000 downloads since its release in November 2007.

Given that many early news reports slammed the SDK as being 'too clunky' for keen developers to get stuck into, these download numbers are made to seem even more impressive.

With the recent release of the updated Android SDK you can expect this number to greatly increase over the coming months, surely surpassing the 1 million downloads mark.

[via Sydney Morning Herald]

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Google Considering Using Floating Cell Towers

Recent speculation from Wall Street Journal suggests that Google may be looking into using floating cell towers rather than conventional cell towers.

The cheaper hydrogen filled balloons containing wireless technology are lofted some 20 miles above the earth's surface with just one balloon offering the same range as some 40 cell towers.

Space Data Corp is currently using such a method to provide rurar parts of the Souhern States with wireless cell and data services.

A major downside to using flaoting cell towers however is that the average balloon only stays up about 24 hours, after which the balloons plumet to ground with $1,500 worth of electronics still contained within the unit. Space Data Corp currently have to launch around 10 balloons a day to keep up support for those Southern rural area.

[via WSJ]

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