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Technology reinforces generation gap

If you believe that technology could be bridging the generation gap, think again. According to Deloitte’s first State of the Media report it’s as stark as ever.

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Google Android delay: Bluetooth, GTalk APIs

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Thirdly, "As originally designed, the GTalkService placed a significant burden on the application developer to avoid security flaws and perform user and relationship management," said Android security researcher Rich Cannings.

But the idea of allowing applications running on Android devices lives on. "One of our top priorities after the first devices ship is to develop a device-to-device (and possibly device-to-server) RPC mechanism that is fast, reliable, and protective of developers and users alike," said Morrill.

So Bluetooth and some kind of program-to-program communication service are clearly coming in the future, but just as Rome and its empire wasn’t built in a day, neither will the newest and biggest potential threat to the iPhone, Windows Mobile, LiMo and Symbian platforms: Google Android.