My take on Android

The Exponent – Purdues Student Newspaper
Most people are frustrated they are not getting enough from their cell phones and they want more, according to Sorin Matei, associate professor of communications.

Enter Android, an open-source operating system for mobile phones recently unveiled by Google.

According to Matei, Googles main strategy with Android is to create an information-everywhere environment branded Google.

“Google is in the business of aggregating and disseminating information, so what you should think about is your cell phone becoming a funnel for information,” Matei said.

Sorin Adam Matei

Assistant Vice President for Partnerships in Strategic Defense Innnovation and Professor of Communication at Purdue University, Director of the FORCES initiative leads research teams that study the relationship between technological and social systems using big data, simulation, and mapping approaches. He published papers and articles in Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Information Society, National Interest, and Foreign Policy. He is the author or co-editor of several books. The most recent is Structural differentation in social media. He also co-edited Ethical Reasoning in Big Data,Transparency in social media and Roles, Trust, and Reputation in Social Media Knowledge Markets: Theory and Methods (Computational Social Sciences) , all three the product of the NSF funded KredibleNet project. Dr. Matei's teaching portfolio includes technology and strategy, online interaction, and digital media analytics classes. A former BBC World Service journalist, his contributions have been published in Esquire and several leading Romanian newspapers. In Romania, he is known for his books Boierii Mintii (The Mind Boyars), Idolii forului (Idols of the forum), and Idei de schimb (Spare ideas).

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