Mike Blumenthal

Last week saw the introduction of the first Android phone, the G1 handset for T-Mobile. It’s a cool piece of hardware and software that should appeal to many. But is it really an iPhone competitor? And is that why we should care? No and no, but care we should. Here are sampling of the headlines …

Google has formally announced Maps.Google.com/Vote that I covered in mid September. In addition to offering voting information and polling places (coming October 15) via Maps they are making the maplet available as a widget for your website via a their Gadget creator: As I mentioned in my earlier post, this type of mash up of …