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Norbert Nothhelfer (* 2. Juli 1937 in Säckingen) ist ein baden-württembergischer Politiker der CDU und ein Manager. Er war von 1979 bis 1991 Regierungspräsident des Regierungsbezirks Freiburg.

Ausbildung und Beruf
Als Sohn des badischen Justizrats Hans Nothhelfer geboren, besuchte Norbert Nothhelfer die humanistischen Gymnasien Kolleg St. Blasien und in Ravensburg, studierte Rechtswissenschaften und Volkswirtschaft in Freiburg, Tübingen und Hamburg. 1963 promovierte er in München zum Dr. iur. bei Eugen Ulmer. 1966 legte er das zweite Staatsexamen ab und trat in den Höheren Verwaltungsdienst des Landes Baden-Württemberg ein.

Nach Tätigkeiten in den Landratsämtern Emmendingen und Wangen war er von 1971 bis 1979 Landrat des Landkreises Waldshut. Von 1976 bis 1977 war er für den Wahlkreis Waldshut außerdem Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages. Wegen des nach der Wahl erlassenen Inkompatibilitätsgesetzes, mit dem die Unvereinbarkeit eines Bundestagsmandats mit einem kommunalen Wahlamt erstmals festgelegt wurde, musste er 1977 auf das in direkter Wahl gewonnene Bundestagsmandat verzichten.

1979 wurde Nothhelfer zum Regierungspräsidenten des Regierungsbezirks Freiburg berufen. Als Regierungspräsident setzte er für seine Arbeit die thematischen Schwerpunkte: Umweltschutz, Landschaftsschutz und Naturschutz, grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit und Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur und der Verkehrsverbindungen. In seiner Zeit wurde die trinationale Kooperation mit deutsch-französisch-schweizerischen Kongressen zu den Schwerpunktthemen Verkehr, Umwelt, Bildung und Kultur intensiviert.

Er setzte die Schaffung einer neuen Stabsstelle für grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit durch, die konzeptionell und organisatorisch für alle grenzüberschreitenden Projekte federführend zuständig war. Ein wichtiger Schritt dabei war die Etablierung der sog. INTERREG-Programme, mit denen bedeutende Mittel aus Brüssel für bi- und trinationale Projekte akquiriert werden konnten. Mit diesen Aufgaben betraute er Wilderich von Droste zu Hülshoff. Er institutionalisierte erstmals die Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem Regierungspräsidium und der regionalen Wirtschaft durch einen regelmäßigen Gesprächskreis und setzte zusammen mit der regionalen Wirtschaft eine leistungsfähige Ost-West-Verkehrsverbindung als B 31-Ost durch. Die großen Akzeptanzprobleme konnten durch neue Formen der Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung weitgehend ausgeräumt werden in der Weise, dass erstmals die Planung mit einem "Tross" von Experten aus den Bereichen Verkehr, Umwelt, Land- und Forstwirtschaft und regionaler Wirtschaft an den lokalen Brennpunkten mit der betroffenen Bevölkerung diskutiert wurde.

Auf Nothhelfers Initiative und unter seinem Vorsitz wurde 1982 das Aktionsprogramm Grüne Charta der CDU Südbaden erarbeitet, das der spätere Ministerpräsident Erwin Teufel aufgriff.

1991 wechselte er in die Wirtschaft als Alleinvorstand der Rothaus AG bis 2004. In dieser Zeit steigerte die Firma Ausstoß, Umsatz und Gewinn um das Dreifache und sicherte damit den Standort Rothaus Grafenhausen und qualifizierte Arbeitsplätze im strukturschwachen Hochschwarzwald. Seit 2005 war er Aufsichtsrat in der Rothaus AG.

Seit 2007 ist Nothelfer Vorsitzender des Landesverbandes Baden-Württemberg im Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge und Mitglied des Bundespräsidiums. Seit 2010 ist er Bezirksvorsitzender der Senioren-Union Südbaden und Vorsitzender der Freiburger Turnerschaft.

Nothhelfer ist seit seiner Studentenzeit Mitglied der katholischen Studentenkorporation K.St.V. Albertia München im KV.

Am 16. Juni 2004 wurde Nothhelfer zum Senator e. h. der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ernannt.

Literatur
 Rudolf Vierhaus, Ludolf Herbst (Hrsg.), Bruno Jahn (Mitarb.): Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002. Bd. 2: N–Z. Anhang. K. G. Saur, München 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0, S. 610–611.
 Barbara Freitag: Es gab viele sachlich-funktionale Gründe, Norbert Nothhelfer im Gespräch mit Barbara Freitag. In: Heimat am Hoch-Rhein. Band 24, 1999, , S. 15–17.

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Prior to starting on our challenge, Waveney and I swept through the house identifying potential sources of landfill waste and, where possible, replaced items with more sustainable alternatives. One area that received our attention was batteries. Apparently, 15 billion batteries are discarded every year, translating into a column that would stretch to the moon and back – if we could build it, (www.thedailygreen.com). So the alternative was to purchase a battery recharger (Trademe for $20) and rechargeable batteries for the stereo remote and bike lights, the only batteries we use. This all worked well until last week when Waveney's bike light was stolen off her bike, mounting and all. She went and purchased a new light which was packaging friendly, but she didn't realise that it had two disposable batteries already in it. Even buying recyclable batteries now poses a problem as they all come in unwelcome un-recyclable packaging. This story is not a 'woe is me, look at how difficult it all is' tale, rather it is an illustration of the constant vigilance required when purchasing seemingly benign products. It is also a good plug for buying second hand where we would have been more aware if batteries were included. Now that we have the disposable batteries we will use them, and if they run out within the year they will be added to our rubbish bag. To re-home them would be to distort the reality of the waste being produced from our household as obviously they would still exist and end up at the landfill sometime.
Next week, being Good Friday, we are going to have a break from blog writing. Happy Easter and thank you to everyone who is supporting us.
Hmm.. batteries you have me thinking. Thanks to your encouragement I am recyling more and now I have a new compost bin and the hens are enjoying their new diet.
So thanks you have made me aware of my own indifference and disregard for watching my waste! Hmmm…anyway great site I shall keep an eye on your progress and gleen some more ideas along the way.
Hi, great to hear about your challenge for the year. There are lots of really easy things we can all do to reduce landfill. There are clothing/footwear recycling bins outside most Plunket clinics. This clothing is sold to second hand clothing stores and a donation is given to Canterbury Plunket by the bin operater.
You can get rechageable's on trade me as well.
I'm enjoying catching up on your year to date! Out of curiosity, have you thought about monitoring the effects of this challenge on other aspects of your lives, such as money saved, health, and how time is spent?
Its a good idea looking at the effects on other aspects of our lives however at this time we haven't as we don't seem to have the time, also we have a problem with a baseline from which to compare as we've recently returned from living in Canada which was quite a different living situation. Cheers.
just catching up on your progress, I notice you did not mention batteries for smoke alarms. I hope you have some, i'm sure you can get re-chargable batteries for them as well. Good luck with your challenge.
in keeping with community building ethos would Happyscrappy.co.nz/batteryrecycling.htm be of any use if you had enough people contributing to a pile of batteries to be recycled? Maybe if you linked to a local school, kids could collect batteries from home to bring in for recycling.
I appreciate you probably didn't intend to become waste campaigners for the whole city and are pressed for time but I thought I'd mention it as I know your forum is inspiring many many people to try and do more.
Also the scrap metal dealer may have battery recycling contacts.
That is probably a really good idea, gathering enough batteries to pass on for recycling. However, I seem to remember something about small batteries not being able to recycled for some reason. Maybe someone knows more about this? Cheers.
ALL types of batteries can now be recycled, although its expensive rechargables are sent to europe and alikline (the old non rechargable type) can now be sent to Aust. for recycling.


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The 1922 Florida Gators football team represented the Florida Gators of the University of Florida during the 1922 Southern Conference football season. The season was law professor William G. Kline's third and last year as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team.  Kline's 1922 Florida Gators finished 7–2 overall, and 2–0 in their first year as members of the new Southern Conference, placing fifth of twenty-one teams in the conference standings.

Despite the undefeated conference record, the team played only two conference opponents (Tulane and Clemson) and so did not rank as co-champion with Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, and North Carolina.

The 1922 Spalding's Football Guide ranked Florida as the best forward passing team in the country. The team had an unexpected loss early in the season to Furman in a close match, but otherwise the season is notable for visiting Washington D. C. and the White House upon traveling North for the first time to face the Harvard Crimson, and the upset of Tulane.

Before the season
In the first season of the new Southern Conference (SoCon), freshmen were barred from play.

1921 had been the best year in Florida football history. Florida had two of the South's best punters in running backs Ark Newton and Ray Dickson.

Schedule

Season summary

Week 1: Furman

The lone upset of the year happened in the opening game with a 7 to 6 loss to coach Billy Laval's Furman Purple Hurricane.  A muddy and slippery field plagued the first half.  Florida had two touchdowns called back and halfback Case once fell down with a clear field in front of him. The Gators' only score was made in a downpour.

Florida completed just two passes. Furman scored on its only completed pass, a long one of 60+ yards. Ark Newton once failing to kick goal proved to be the difference. As a result of this game, the coaches revised their tactics and strategy.

The starting lineup was: Coleman (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Barchan (quarterback), Pomeroy (left halfback), Newton (right halfback), Hockenstadt (fullback).

Week 2: Rollins
Again rain and a soggy field hampered play in the second week against the Rollins Tars in Orlando. Florida only rolled up 19 points with the new tactics. Dickson made two touchdowns and Newton one.

The starting lineup was: Coleman (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Barchan (quarterback), Pomeroy (left halfback), Newton (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).

Week 3: American Legion

Facing many former college football stars, including Hall of Famer Buck Flowers, who netted a 74-yard punt during the contest, Florida defeated American Legion 14–0 in Tampa using much of the new style of play. Stewart Pomeroy scored both touchdowns and Ray Dickson made both extra points. The last touchdown from Pomeroy was "a beautiful run around right end."

Week 4: Howard
In the game against coach Harris Cope's Howard Bulldogs in Gainesville, Florida seemed to find its stride within the coaches' new system, winning 57–0. Coleman broke his collarbone.

The starting lineup was: Coleman (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Byrd (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Pomeroy (quarterback), Case (left halfback), Newton (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).

Week 5: at Harvard

In the Gators' first ever game against a traditional northeastern college football power, they traveled north to meet coach Bob Fisher's Harvard Crimson. On their way north the Gators stopped in Washington, D. C. and were greeted by President Warren Harding.

Harvard subs overwhelmed the Florida team 24 to 0 in front of the largest crowd yet to see the Gators play. One writer spoke of "the desperate rally of Florida's 'Gators against the overwhelming Harvard attack" which despite the loss "showed the 'Gators probably the best team the Gainesville institution has turned out." The stars for Florida that day included backs Ray Dickson and Ark Newton. On the line, Robbie Robinson, "who at times stood Harvard's backs on their heads," played well. "Robinson and Duncan  stood out all afternoon."

The starting lineup was: Hockinstadt (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Byrd (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Pomeroy (quarterback), Newton (left halfback), Case (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).

Week 6: Mississippi College

In Tampa on Plant Field, the Gators defeated coach Stanley L. Robinson's Mississippi College Choctaws 58 to 0. Florida played poorly in the first quarter. The highlight of the game was Ark Newton's run of 72 yards in the second quarter.

The starting lineup was: Mounts (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Byrd (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Barchan (quarterback), Case (left halfback), Newton (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).

Week 7: at Tulane

In the seventh week of play, Florida defeated coach Clark Shaughnessy's Tulane Green Wave in New Orleans 27 to 6 in an upset. Fullback Ray Dickson was all over the field tackling Tulane's players. He knocked Tulane center Eddie Reed out of the game on a hit which got an unnecessary roughness penalty.

After the first half ended in a 6–6 tie, the Gators opened up a passing attack in the second half "which could not be stopped." One sportswriter claimed Ark Newton threw 13 completions in a row. "Newton gave the greatest halfback exhibition this season in New Orleans."

The starting lineup was: Hockinstadt (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Byrd (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Barchan (quarterback), Newton (left halfback), Case (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).

Week 8: at Oglethorpe

Freezing weather and a stony field in Atlanta made for unexpected trouble against the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels. Florida defeated the Petrels by just a 12 to 0 score. End Ferdinand H. Duncan scored all of Florida's points. "Albeit Duncan did the damage...most of the credit for the victory should go to Newton."

The starting lineup was: Hockinstad (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Byrd (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Duncan (right end), Barchan (quarterback), Case (left halfback), Newton (right halfback), Dickson (fullback).

Week 9: Clemson

The Gators defeated the Clemson Tigers 47 to 14 using a repertoire of shifting tactics. They also used hard line plunges and forward passes. "Newton and Pomeroy provided the thrills from the Florida side." A description of the game reads "The whistle frequently found Ark Newton, Florida's star on his feet with four or five of the Carolinians clinging around him and the others smothered under the Florida poundage."

The starting lineup was: Mounts (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Byrd (left guard), Gunn (center), Scott (right guard), Doty (right tackle), Hockenstad (right end), Barchan (quarterback), Pomeroy (left halfback), Case (right halfback), Newton (fullback).

Postseason

Awards and honors
The season trumped the accomplishments even of last year's team. Newton was selected for the All-Southern team of Ed Hebert of the Times-Picayune in 1922.

The 1922 freshman team was a Southern champion, coached by Florida native and former Yale All-American John Acosta.

Kline's departure
After the 1922–1923 school year, Kline resigned to pursue a legal career, and returned to the University of Nebraska, where he was the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers basketball and baseball teams, and later became a published author of books on coaching football, basketball and baseball. He was replaced at Florida by assistant Van Fleet.

Personnel

Line

Backfield

Coaching staff
Head coach: William G. Kline
Assistant coach: James Van Fleet
Freshman coach: John Acosta
Manager: James R. Boyd
Assistant manager: Frank Evans

See also
1922 College Football All-Southern Team
1922 Southern Conference football season

Notes

References

Bibliography

Florida
Florida Gators football seasons
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Cool activist-esque things to do through the years: early 1960s: register African American voters in the South; late 1960s: protest Vietnam War/attend large-scale concert in upstate New York; 1970s: burn bra while reading Erica Jong; 1990s: wear a red ribbon on an expensive tuxedo; 2008: get involved in the electoral process.
Considering the upcoming election season, significant change seems possible, but what are we voting for? Schools are integrated, the Iraq War is nothing like the Vietnam War, women are no longer discriminated against in the workplace, and only people in other countries have scary diseases. Right??
A project called "Publishing the Long Civil Rights Movement" (LCRM) seeks to expose the ongoing nature of many of these pushed-aside, "past" struggles. With a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, UNC Press is collaborating with the UNC-Chapel Hill University Library, the UNC-Chapel Hill Center for Civil Rights, and the Southern Oral History Program on a three-year project "to expand the understanding of the civil rights movement with a focus on broad chronological, demographic, geographic, and thematic conceptions." Ultimately, the goal of this digital and print publishing venture is to provide interdisciplinary content about the civil rights movement in a variety of formats, most notably via a large digital database that will be the first of its kind in this field.
The LCRM project's director is Sylvia K. Miller, who has more than twenty years' experience in scholarly publishing — with Macmillan, Scribner, Routledge/Taylor & Francis, and Berg, mostly in the humanities and social sciences. Over the years she participated in or supervised the publication of several encyclopedias that won the Dartmouth Medal, reference publishing's highest honor. Mark Simpson-Vos, LCRM editor, has been an acquiring editor for UNC Press for six years, working mainly with books in Native American Studies, environmental studies, and regional general-interest. Kenneth Reed, LCRM digital production specialist, will be working (mostly with XML) to develop workflows and practices for the creation and ingestion of content into the project's publishing platform. LCRM project assistant Russ Damian has experience working with UNC Press as well as with a software developer.
The LCRM project hopes to "widen the window of civil rights scholarship to include contemporary issues such as school resegregation, environmental and economic justice, and related movements such as the women's and gay rights movements." UNC Press is excited to be part of this momentous project. Work began in January 2008 and will continue through December 2010. To learn more about Publishing the Long Civil Rights Movement, visit the LCRM website.
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Tag: market concentration
US tech giants and monopoly power
In recent years, US tech companies have faced increased scrutiny in Washington over their size and power. Despite the big tech firms in America being economically robust, seemingly more so than any other sector, they are also more politically vulnerable. This potential vulnerability is present regardless of the recent election result.
Both the Democrat and Republican parties are thinking critically about monopoly power and antitrust issues, where 'antitrust' refers to the outlawing or control of oligopolistic collusion. Despite the varied reasons across different parts of the political spectrum, the increased scrutiny over big tech companies is bipartisan.
Rising monopoly power
Monopoly power occurs when a firm has a dominant position in the market. A pure monopoly is when one firm has a 100% share of the market. A firm might be considered to have monopoly power with more than a 25% market share.
If there is a rise in market concentration, it tends to hurt blue-collar workers, such as those employed in factories, more than everyone else. Research, from the University of Chicago, studied what happens to particular classes of workers when companies increasingly dominate a market and have more power to raise prices. The study found that those workers that make things tend to be left worse off, while the workers who sell, market or design things gain. When companies have more pricing power, they make fewer products and sell each one for a higher profit margin. In that case, it's far more valuable to a company to be an employee working in so-called expansionary positions, such as marketing, than in production jobs, such as working on a factory line — because there's less production to be done and more salesmanship.
Monopoly power under Trump Vs Biden
In February, President Trump and his economic team saw no need to rewrite the federal government's antitrust rules, drawing a battle line with the Democrats on an issue that has increasingly drawn the attention of economists, legal scholars and other academics. In their annual Economic Report of the President, Mr. Trump and his advisers effectively dismissed research that found large American companies increasingly dominate industries like telecommunications and tech, stifling competition and hurting consumers. At the time the Trump administration contended that studies demonstrating a rise in market concentration were flawed and that the rise of large companies may not be a bad thing for consumers.
On page 201, the report reads:
Concentration may be driven by economies of scale and scope that can lower costs for consumers. Also, successful firms tend to grow, and it is important that antitrust enforcement and competition policy not be used to punish firms for their competitive success.
The Trump administration approved some high-profile corporate mergers, such as the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile, while also trying to block others, such as AT&T's purchase of Time Warner. Mr. Trump's advisers stated that agencies already had the tools they needed to evaluate mergers and antitrust cases. It lamented that some Americans have come to hold the mistaken, simplistic view that 'Big Is Bad.'
However, it is likely that such big firms, including the tech giants, would take a hit under the new presidency. President-Elect Joe Biden has pledged to undo the tax cuts introduced by Trump and has vowed to increase corporation tax from 21% to 28%. As part of these tax changes, he has suggested the introduction of a minimum 15% tax for all companies with a revenue of over $100 million. This has now been given the nickname of the 'Amazon Tax' and it is clear how it would impact on the big the firms such as Amazon.
This is the opposite of what was probable if Trump were to have been re-elected. It was expected that the US would continue along the path of deregulation and lower taxes for corporates and high-income households, which would have been welcomed by the stock market. However, analysts suggest that the tax changes under Biden would negatively affect the US tech sector, with some analysts maintaining that the banking sector would also be hit.
Antitrust enforcement is often associated with the political left, but the current situation is not so clear-cut. In the past, Silicon Valley has largely avoided any clashes with Washington, even when European regulators have levied fines against the tech giants. European regulators have fined Google a total of $9bn for anticompetitive practices. In 2018 Donald Trump attacked the EU decisions. "I told you so! The European Union just slapped a Five Billion Dollar fine on one of our great companies, Google," Trump tweeted. "They truly have taken advantage of the US, but not for long!"
However, since then the mood has changed, with Trump and other conservatives joining liberals, including senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, in attacking the dominance of tech firms, including Amazon, Google, Facebook and others. While Democrats have largely stuck to criticising the scale of big tech's dominance, Republicans, including Trump, have accused the major tech companies of censoring conservative speech.
An antitrust subcommittee of the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee released a 449-page report excoriating the Big Four tech companies, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google-owner, Alphabet, for what it calls systematic and continuing abuses of their monopoly power. Recommendations from the report include ways to limit their power, force them out of certain areas of business and even a break-up of some of them.
Democratic lawmakers working on the probe claim that these firms have too much power, and that power must be reined in. But not all Republicans involved agreed with the recommendations. One Republican congressman, Jim Jordan, dismissed the report as "partisan" and said it advanced "radical proposals that would refashion antitrust law in the vision of the far left." However, others have said they support many of the report's conclusions about the firms' anti-competitive tactics, but that remedies proposed by Democrats go too far.
The US tech giants
Amazon is a leading example of the economic strength held by the tech giants. Amazon has produced 12-month revenues of $321bn to October 2020, which in an increase from 2019 and 2018 revenues of $280bn and $233bn respectively. However, Amazon, along with the other big players Apple, Facebook, Google parent Alphabet, and Microsoft, are facing increased government scrutiny.
The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Google for entrenching itself as the dominant search engine through anti-competitive practices. Google's complex algorithms, software, and custom-built servers helped make it into one of the world's richest and most-powerful corporations. It currently dominates the online search market in the USA, accounting for around 80% of search queries. The lawsuit accuses the tech company of abusing its position to maintain an illegal monopoly over search and search advertising. Facebook also faces an antitrust lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission. It is arguable that the US tech giants are so powerful that they may accomplish the seemingly impossible and unite the two parties, at least on one policy – breaking them up.
If it is correct that the tech giants' behaviour ultimately damages innovation and exacerbates inequality, it is arguable that such problems have only grown worse with the coronavirus pandemic. Many smaller businesses have succumbed to the economic damage: many have been closed during lockdowns or suffered a decline in sales; many have gone out of business.
The changing patterns in teleworking and retail have accelerated in ways that have made Americans more reliant on technologies produced by a few firms. Shares in the Big Four, along with Microsoft, Netflix, and Tesla, added $291 billion in market value in just one day last week. It could therefore be claimed that the dangers of Big Tech domination are more profound now than they were even a few months ago.
Google's lawsuit
On 20 October, the Department of Justice — along with eleven state Attorneys General — filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to stop Google from unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices in the search and search advertising markets and to remedy the competitive harms.
This is the most significant legal challenge to a major tech company in decades and comes as US authorities are increasingly critical of the business practices of the major tech companies. The suit alleges that Google is no longer a start-up company with an innovative way to search the emerging internet. Instead Google is being described as a "monopoly gatekeeper for the internet" that has used "pernicious" anticompetitive tactics to maintain and extend its monopolies.
The allegation that Google is unfairly acting as a gatekeeper to the internet is based on the argument that through a series of business agreements, Google has effectively locked out any competition. One of the specific arrangements being challenged is the issue of Google being preloaded on mobile devices. On mobile phones running its Android operating system, Google is preinstalled and cannot be deleted. The company pays billions each year to "secure default status for its general search engine and, in many cases, to specifically prohibit Google's counterparties from dealing with Google's competitors," the suit states. It is argued that this alone forecloses competition for internet search as it denies its rivals to compete effectively and prevent potential innovation.
However, Google has defended its position, calling the lawsuit "deeply flawed". It has argued that consumers themselves choose to use Google; they do not use it because they are forced to or because they can't find an alternative search platform. Google also argues that this lawsuit will not be beneficial for consumers. It claims that this will artificially prop up lower-quality search alternatives, increase phone prices, and make it harder for people to get the search services they want to use.
Despite wanting to stop Google from "unlawfully maintaining monopolies in the markets for" search services, advertising, and general search text, the lack of consensus and divergence among the Democrats and Republicans on the antitrust issues remains a major issue to move things forward.
The Democrats want to see the power held by these companies reined in, while the Republicans would rather see targeted antitrust enforcement over onerous and burdensome regulation that kills industry innovation. It is clear that the US government will have to balance its reforms and ideas while making sure not to put the largest companies in the USA at a competitive disadvantage versus their competitors globally.
US tech giants accused of 'monopoly power'
BBC News (6/10/20)
Tech, healthcare & the 'fear index': An investor's guide to US election night 2020
Investment Trust Insider, Alex Steger, Alex Rosenberg, John Coumarianos, Nicole Piper, Jake Martin and Ian Wenik (2/11/20)
Justice Department Sues Monopolist Google For Violating Antitrust Laws
The United States Department of Justice (20/10/20)
Trump Administration Sees No Threat to Economy From Monopolies
The New York Times, Jim Tankersley (20/2/20)
Trump vs Biden: Winners and losers under America's next leader
Shares, Yoosof Farah (29/10/20)
America's Monopoly Problem Goes Way Beyond the Tech Giants
The Atlantic, David Dayen (28/7/20)
US justice department sues Google over accusation of illegal monopoly
The Guardian, Dominic Rushe and Kari Paul (20/10/20)
With the aid of a diagram, explain how pricing decisions are made in a monopoly.
What factors influence the degree of monopoly power a company has within an industry?
What are the advantages of a monopoly?
Why would a government want to prevent a monopoly? Discuss the policies a government could implement to do this.
Tags: TagsAmazon, anti-competitive practices, anti-trust, Apple, Big Four tech giants, collusion, competition policy, Democrats, Facebook, Google, market concentration, monopoly, oligopoly, pricing policy, Republicans, restrictive practices, US economy, US electionPosted in: CategoriesEconomics 10e: Ch 07, Economics 10e: Ch 08, Economics 10e: Ch 14, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 11, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 12, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 21, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 05, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 09, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 06, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 08Authored by: Catherine Youds
Oligopoly and competition in the USA and Europe
The USA has seen many horizontal mergers in recent years. This has turned industries that were once relatively competitive into oligopolies, resulting in lower output and higher prices for consumers.
In Europe, by contrast, many markets are becoming more competitive. The result is that in industries such as mobile phone services, airlines and broadband provision, prices are considerably lower in most European countries than in the USA. As the French economist, Thomas Philippon, states in a Guardian article:
When I landed in Boston in 1999, the United States was the land of free markets. Many goods and services were cheaper than in Europe. Twenty years later, American free markets are becoming a myth.
According to Asher Schechter (see linked article below):
Nearly every American industry has experienced an increase in concentration in the last two decades, to the point where … sectors dominated by two or three firms are not the exception, but the rule.
The result has been an increase in deadweight loss, which, according to research by Bruno Pelligrino, now amounts to some 13.3 per cent of total potential surplus.
Philippon in his research estimates that monopolies and oligopolies "cost the median American household about $300 a month" and deprive "American workers of about $1.25tn of labour income every year".
One industry considered by the final two linked articles below is housebuilding. Since the US housing and financial crash of 2007–8 many US housebuilders have gone out of business. This has meant that the surviving companies have greater market power. According to Andrew van Dam in the linked Washington Post article below:
They have since built on that advantage, consolidating until many markets are controlled by just a few builders. Their power has exacerbated the country's affordable-housing crisis, some economists say.
According to research by Luis Quintero and Jacob Cosman:
… this dwindling competition has cost the country approximately 150 000 additional homes a year – all else being equal. With fewer competitors, builders are under less pressure to beat out rival projects, and can time their efforts so that they produce fewer homes while charging higher prices.
Thanks to lobbying of regulators and politicians by businesses and various unfair, but just about legal, practices to exclude rivals, competition policy in the USA has been weak.
In the EU, by contrast, the competition authorities have been more active and tougher. For example, in the airline industry, EU regulators have "encouraged the entry of low-cost competitors by making sure they could get access to takeoff and landing slots." Politicians from individual EU countries have generally favoured tough EU-wide competition policy to prevent companies from other member states getting an unfair advantage over their own country's companies.
Monopolies cost Americans $300 a month. We're no longer the land of free markets
The Guardian, Thomas Philippon (13/11/19)
The U.S. Only Pretends to Have Free Market
The Atlantic, Thomas Philippon (29/10/19)
The Cost of America's Oligopoly Problem
ProMarket blog, University of Chicago, Asher Schechter (16/9/19)
Economists identify an unseen force holding back affordable housing
Washington Post, Andrew Van Dam (17/10/19)
Fewer players, fewer homes: concentration and the new dynamics of housing supply
Carey Business School working paper, Johns Hopkins University, Jacob Cosman and Luis Quintero (15/10/19)
What are the possible advantages and disadvantages of oligopoly compared with markets with many competitors?
How can concentration in an industry be measured?
Why have US markets become more concentrated?
Why have markets in the EU generally become more competitive?
Find out what has happened to levels of concentration in the UK housebuilding market.
What are the possible effects of Brexit on concentration and competition policy in the UK?
Tags: Tagsairline industry, anti-trust, competition authorities, competition policy, concentration ratios, deadweight loss, deadweight welfare loss, Herfindahl index, horizontal merger, housebuilding industry, lobbying, market concentration, market power, mergers, monopoly power, oligopolistic collusion, oligopoly, tacit collusionPosted in: CategoriesEconomics 10e: Ch 02, Economics 10e: Ch 08, Economics 10e: Ch 12, Economics 10e: Ch 14, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 04, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 12, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 14, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 15, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 20, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 21, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 02, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 05, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 06, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 07, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 09, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 02, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 06, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 08Authored by: John Sloman
Posted on 13 August 2018 12 October 2018
Does Britain suffer from a lack of competition?
In the last few years there have been growing concerns (see here for example) that markets in the USA are becoming increasingly dominated by a small number of firms. It is feared that the result of this will be a reduction in competition. Consistent with this, evidence suggests that the profits these firms make have increased. Last month The Economist and the Resolution Foundation published evidence (see references below) suggesting a similar picture may be emerging in Britain.
The Economist divided the British economy into 600 sub-sectors and found that in 58% of these the share of total revenue accruing to the 4 biggest firms had increased since 2008. The Resolution Foundation found a similar picture, especially in manufacturing industries where from 2004-16 the top five firms' share of total revenue increased by over 10%.
Economic theory would suggest that as markets become more concentrated prices are likely to rise and The Economist cites research showing that mark-ups charged by firms in Britain have indeed risen. In addition to consumers facing higher prices, there is also concern that the lack of competition both in the USA and the UK is leading to lower wages being paid to workers. On the other hand, unlike in the USA, the evidence from the UK does not so far suggest there has also been an increase in corporate profits. Instead, it appears that the more successful firms' profits have increased at the expense of their rivals.
This evidence on profits is line with a number of arguments that suggest we should perhaps be less concerned when markets are dominated by a small number of firms. Large firms may benefit from economies of scale and, being sufficiently large may be necessary for firms to innovate in new products and processes. Furthermore, high market shares may result from the competitive process as a reward for a firm developing a unique product or being more efficient than its rivals.
The Economist cites the supermarket industry as an example where concentrated is high, but competition is intense. Interestingly, this is a market where the British competition authorities have previously been concerned about the level of competition and spent considerable amounts of time investigating.
Despite these two opposing viewpoints, overall, The Economist argues strongly that we should be concerned about the situation in Britain. Not only are prices too high and wages too low, but growth in productivity is slow, even for the leading firms. Furthermore, they make clear that the situation may worsen following Brexit. It is argued that:
leaving the EU's single market and customs union would reduce trade, easing competitive pressure from abroad.
This is consistent with evidence that joining the EC in the mid 1970s increased foreign competition in the UK and helped to end the low productivity growth that had plagued the economy since the 1930s.
Furthermore, it is suggested that:
to attract investment the government might look more favourably on proposed mergers—and loosening regulations would be easier outside the EU's competition regime.
Therefore, it is clear that in the future there will be a vital role for the UK's competition authority to remain independent of political objectives and aim to promote competition. In particular, they must prevent mergers that raise concentration and harm competition and intervene if they believe firms are abusing their dominant positions. Of course, following Brexit the case load of the competition authority in the UK will increase dramatically as they have to take on cases previously dealt with by the European Commission. One estimate is that it will need to look at around 40% more merger cases. It will certainly be interesting to see how competition in markets in Britain evolves over the next few years and the role competition policy plays in regulating this process.
The British economy is becoming more concentrated and less competitive
The Economist (26/7/18)
Like America, Britain suffers from a lack of competition
Is everybody concentrating? Recent trends in product and labour market concentration in the UK
Resolution Foundation, Daniel Tomlinson and Torsten Bell (26/7/18)
Outline the ways in which concentration in a market is usually measured.
Explain the different price levels that arise under the alternative models of market structure.
Why do you think competition is currently so intense in the supermarket industry?
Tags: TagsBrexit, competition, competition policy, economies of scale, market concentrationPosted in: CategoriesEconomics 10e: Ch 07, Economics 10e: Ch 08, Economics 10e: Ch 14, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 12, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 20, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 05, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 09, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 06, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 08Authored by: Matt Olczak
Posted on 19 January 2012 3 June 2012
A Kodak moment
Every firm has been hit by the recession and for most, it's been bad news. However, the latest firm to file for bankruptcy is an interesting case, as the causes extend well beyond a weak economy. The company in question? Eastman Kodak. Renowned for inventing the hand-held camera and being the market leader, selling 90% of photographic film and 85% of all cameras in the USA in 1976, the company has since seen a large change in its fortunes.
Massive competition has emerged from all over the globe and the company has seemed to lag behind the digital revolution. Arguably, unwilling to take risks and making some strategic errors, Kodak saw its stock tumble from $94 in 1997 to under $1 per share in 2012. Since 2004, Kodak has only seen one profitable year. With massive competitors in the world of digital photography, the market has become a highly competitive one. As Rupert Goodwins, the editor of technology website ZDNet said:
Kodak made all its money from selling film, then the digital camera came along and now no-one's buying film. It's not like they didn't see it coming. Kodak hesitated because they didn't want to eviscerate their business.
By filing for bankruptcy, Kodak is protected and its operations will continue for the time being, perhaps giving the company time to have a rethink and a reorganization. Eastman Kodak has previously tried to take a new direction and has been moving away from film and towards its printer, software and packing businesses. The problem is that these markets already have some very strong competitors: Hewlett Packard, Canon and Epson. It's a difficult job to break into this market and gain market share.
The future of the company is very much in the balance and as reorganization of its operations looks inevitable, so does a loss of jobs. Thank goodness it only employs some 19,000 workers and not the 145,000 it did back in its day. Bankruptcy will certainly keep the creditors at bay for the time being, but it is by no means a long term solution to the company's ailing profits. The following articles consider this 'Kodak moment'.
Eastman Kodak files for bankruptcy protection BBC News (19/1/12)
Eastman Kodak files for bankruptcy The Christian Science Monitor, Ben Dobbin (19/1/12)
Kodak: From Brownie and roll film to digital disaster BBC News, James Cowling (19/1/12)
Kodak files for bankruptcy CNN Money, Aaron Smith and Hibah Yousuf (19/1/12)
Photography pioneer Kodak files for bankruptcy Reuters, Jonathan Stempel (19/1/12)
Kodak: 30 fascinating facts The Telegraph, Matthew Sparkes (19/1/12)
Kodak: why the moment has oassed Guardian, Simon Waldman (19/1/12)
Using the product life cycle, explain where Kodak currently lies.
To what extent are Kodak's current problems related to the obsolescence of their products and not the recession?
What strategic errors have Kodak made?
What has caused Kodak's collapse in share prices and profitability?
Why is Eastman Kodak finding it difficult to gain market share in other markets, such as printing?
What options are open to Kodak for the future if it is to become profitable once more?
Tags: Tagsbankruptcy, competition, digital revolution, extension strategies, Kodak, market concentration, market share, oligopoly, product life cycle, recession, share pricesPosted in: CategoriesEconomics 10e: Ch 08, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 07, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 12, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 14, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 03, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 05, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 06, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 06Authored by: Elizabeth Jones


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Q: Talend - Not possible to run jobs - NoClassDefFoundError I am using Talend v6.0.1 with java jdk 1.8u65 for jobs that involve mySQL and Hive.
Jobs that use mySQL functionnalities work just fine, thre ones using Hive on the other end always crash in a really strange way.
Here is how it goes:

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*I open Talend, run a job using Hive, it works:
Démarrage du job InsertCustomers_Into_Hive a 16:39 13/11/2015.
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 START JOB TO LOAD PROJECT CONTEXT C:\webs\project
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*I run it again, it does not work anymore:
Démarrage du job InsertCustomers_Into_Hive a 16:40 13/11/2015.
[statistics] connecting to socket on port 3881
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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: project_batch_talend/contextreader_project_1_0/ContextReader_PROJECT
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    at project_batch_talend.insertcustomers_into_hive_0_1.InsertCustomers_Into_Hive.main(InsertCustomers_Into_Hive.java:4622)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: project_batch_talend.contextreader_project_1_0.ContextReader_PROJECT
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[statistics] disconnected
Job InsertCustomers_Into_Hive terminé à 16:40 13/11/2015. [Code sortie=1]

*If I run any other job (including mySQL jobs that usually don't give me any trouble) I get the same error.
I tried installing the same environnement on another machine, I get the same error.
I hope you can give me an idea to solve this.
Cheers
Alex

A: Found the answer to this question. If this happens to you, it is probably because you are reusing jobs from someone else.
Parameters of tHiveConnection_1
Go to the parameters of your tHiveConnection_1 component, click on the button left of distribution choice, delete all libraries. After that you will be asked to reload them. Pick a distribution and different versions until it works.
Cheers,
Alex

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ORIGINALITY - City and Colour is set to hit a Red Deer stage on June 6th as part of their current tour.
Jun. 1, 2016 3:36 p.m.
Dallas Green of City and Colour is set to make a Red Deer stop on his current tour.
City and Colour plays the Centrium June 6th.
The tour, in support of Green's latest album If I Should Go Before You, kicked off in Kelowna earlier this month. Supporting City and Colour on the tour is Austin's Shakey Graves.
This is the first major national tour since 2014, which saw City and Colour headline Green's biggest venues to date including a sold-out show at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
If I Should Go Before You recently debuted at number one in Canada which marked City and Colour's third consecutive chart-topper.
In the U.S. the LP debuted at number 16 on the Billboard 200 chart, number three on the Vinyl Albums Chart, number four on the Independent Albums Chart and number five in Australia.
In addition to widespread commercial success, the album continues to receive notable critical acclaim.
If I Should Go Before You is Green's fifth release as City and Colour and follows 2013's The Hurry and The Harm. Most recently, in 2014, Green collaborated with international superstar Alecia Moore (aka P!nk) on a new project, entitled You+Me. The duo's acclaimed debut, rose ave., debuted at number four on the U.S. Top 200 Chart, number one in Canada, number two in Australia and number six in Germany.
"As a songwriter and a performer too you're always trying to find the perfect song or the perfect show, but neither of those are actually attainable. The whole point is always trying to outdo yourself or find a new way to approach it and always striving to get better," said Green, adding he is looking forward to being on tour. "As much as it's sort of a glamorized way of living, it is like life – there are good days and bad days. The good days are really that good and the bad days really aren't that bad.
Meanwhile, Green started guitar lessons when he was eight or nine years old.
"My parents wanted to throw us into a bunch of different stuff when we were young because they could and they wanted to see if anything stuck. The first few years I didn't actually really like the lessons. I didn't do very well with the theory but something about it stuck with me and once I started to learn how to listen to my favourite songs and play along to them, I think that is what sparked the fire in me," he said.
For new material, Green said he draws from life experience.
As part of the tour, City and Colour added 100 tickets to each show that will be sold for $20 with proceeds going to the Red Cross for those affected by the Fort McMurray fires.
Tickets for the show are available at Ticketmaster.


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Gateway Trout Unlimited (GTU) Stream Team (ST) 4913 won a prestigious Missouri Stream Team Program 2016 Ambassador's Award for their contributions toward a Cooperative Stream Investigation (CSI) Project of Hamilton Creek in West St. Louis County. Earl Barge, Michael Hey, and John Palmer received the award on behalf of GTU ST 4913.
CSI Projects for citizen volunteers were added to the Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring (VWQM) component of the Missouri Stream Team Program in 2005. Volunteers who have completed VWQM training through Level 2 are eligible to participate, and additional training is provided to those volunteers who make a one-year commitment to the program. All CSI data is collected under quality controlled conditions using Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) standard operating procedures and approved/accepted EPA standard methods for analyses of surface water. Therefore, volunteer data collected during CSI projects are high quality, documented, and comparable to agency data. Since the initial project in 2005, there have been a total of 13 CSI projects successfully completed. The most frequent use of CSI data is assessment of streams for the impaired waters list of the Clean Water Act. The use of Stream Team volunteers considerably expands the number of Missouri streams, rivers, and creeks that can be monitored.
Randy Sarver of DNR requested ST 4913s support for the CSI Project on Hamilton Creek, a tributary of the Meramec River, based on results from a prior Meramec River Basin monitoring project. The one year Hamilton Creek study is focused on collecting water samples and stream flow discharge measurements to specifically track E. coli bacteria, ammonia, chloride, and phosphate levels, as well as pH and water conductivity. The study entails monthly water quality and flow discharge measurements, including a mid-project quality assurance audit, with data sent to DNRs Jefferson City, MO lab for analysis. The project started in November 2016 and concludes in October 2017.
Gateway Trout Unlimited Stream Team 4913 consists of GTU members Earl Barge, Pete Drochelman, Michael Hey, John Palmer, Terry Potter, Patrick Rebmann, and Wallis Warren. Earl, Mike and John are the Level 2 trained members who participated in the CSI Project. The 2016 awards will be presented at the 21st Annual Meramec Watershed Celebration at Meramec State Park in Sullivan, MO on July 22, 2017. "We are surprised and delighted by this award, especially as it reinforces Trout Unlimited's stewardship goal of cold, clear water", said Hey. In addition, the Conservation Foundation of Missouri Charitable Trust will provide each award winning Team with a $200.00 grant to use in any Stream Team capacity. ST 4913 plans to use the grant to purchase wildflower and native grass seeds for the continuation of pollinator garden construction to stem runoff into the adjacent Yadkin Creek in Steelville, MO. This project is being worked in conjunction with Missouri Stream Team 5258 (Yadkin Creek Watershed Coalition).
If you would like to participate in a future ST 4913 event please see GTUs calendar of events. Stream Team training is not required.


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The history of Android: The evolution of the biggest mobile OS in the world
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Sometimes it feels like we've been running Google's mobile OS on our Android devices forever. However, it's actually been just over a decade since the first official Android phone hit store shelves. The key decision in Android history was Google's commitment to make Android an open-source operating system. That allowed it to become highly popular with third-party phone makers. Just a few years after the launch of Android 1.0, smartphones powered by the new OS were everywhere.
13 years later, we are awaiting the upcoming launch of Android 12. The OS has become the most popular mobile operating system in the world, defeating its many competitors like Symbian, BlackBerry, Palm OS, webOS, and Windows Phone. Apple's iOS is the only platform still standing as a serious competitor to Android, and that situation doesn't look like it will change anytime soon.
The founding of Android
The history of Android begins in October 2003 — well before the term smartphone was widely used and several years before Apple announced its first iPhone and iOS. Android Inc was founded in Palo Alto, California. Its four founders were Rich Miner, Nick Sears, Chris White, and Andy Rubin. At the time, Rubin was quoted as saying that Android Inc was going to develop "smarter mobile devices that are more aware of its owner's location and preferences."
Rubin revealed in a 2013 speech in Tokyo that Android OS was originally meant to improve the operating systems of digital cameras. But even back then, the market for stand-alone digital cameras was declining. Just a few months later, Android Inc decided to shift gears towards using the OS inside mobile phones.
In 2005, the next big chapter in Android's history began when the original company was acquired by Google. Rubin and other founding members stayed on to continue developing the OS under their new owners. The decision was made to use Linux as the basis for the Android OS. That meant that the operating system could be offered to third-party mobile phone manufacturers for free. Google and the Android team felt the company could make money offering other services that used the OS, including apps.
Rubin stayed at Google as head of the Android team until 2013, when the Mountain View company announced he would be leaving the division. In late 2014, Rubin left Google altogether and launched a startup business incubator before eventually returning to the smartphone business with the ill-fated Essential in 2017.
The Android logo
The now-familiar logo for the Android OS, which looks like a combination of a robot and a green bug, was created by Irina Blok while she was employed by Google. Blok has said that the only directive she was given by the design team at Google was to make the logo look like a robot. Blok also stated that the final design for the Android mascot was inspired in part by looking at the familiar restroom logos representing "Men" and "Women."
One thing that Blok and Google decided was to make the Android robot itself an open-source project. Nearly every other huge company would protect such a logo or mascot from being redesigned and used by others. However, the Android robot has now been modified and used by tons of people, all because Google allows such changes under the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.
The Android mascot — also known as just "Andy" — was overhauled alongside much of Android's branding in 2019. Andy may have lost his body, but the new look is now much more ubiquitous across all of Android's branding.
The launch of Android 1.0
In 2007, Apple launched the first iPhone and ushered in a new era in mobile computing. At the time, Google was still working on Android in secret, but in November of that year, the company slowly started to reveal its plans to compete with Apple and other mobile platforms. In a major development, Google led the formation of what was called the Open Handset Alliance. It included phone makers like HTC and Motorola, chip manufacturers such as Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, and carriers including T-Mobile.
Then Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt was quoted as saying, "Today's announcement is more ambitious than any single 'Google Phone' that the press has been speculating about over the past few weeks. Our vision is that the powerful platform we're unveiling will power thousands of different phone models."
The public beta of Android version 1.0 launched for developers on Nov. 5, 2007.
The T-Mobile G1/HTC Dream
In September 2008, the very first Android smartphone was announced: the T-Mobile G1, also known as the HTC Dream in other parts of the world. It went on sale in the US in October of that year. The phone, with its pop-up 3.2-inch touchscreen combined with a QWERTY physical keyboard wasn't exactly a design marvel. Indeed, the T-Mobile G1 got pretty bad reviews from technology media outlets. The device didn't even have a standard 3.5mm headphone jack which, unlike today, was pretty much a de facto phone feature among Android's competition.
However, the Android 1.0 OS inside already had the trademarks of Google's plan for the OS. It integrated a number of the company's other products and services, including Google Maps, YouTube, and an HTML browser (pre-Chrome) that, of course, used Google's search services. It also had the first version of Android Market, the app store that Google proudly stated would have, "dozens of unique, first-of-a-kind Android applications." All of these features sound pretty primitive now, but this was just the beginning of Android's rise in the mobile device market.
Android history: All the major OS versions so far
Android 1.5 Cupcake
The first official public codename for Android didn't appear until version 1.5 Cupcake was released in April 2009. The credit for naming Android versions after sweet candy and desserts has traditionally gone to its project manager at Google, Ryan Gibson. However, his specific reasons for using such a naming convention remain unknown.
Cupcake added quite a few new features and improvements compared to the first two public versions. This includes things that we now take for granted, such as the ability to upload videos to YouTube, a way for phones' displays to automatically rotate, and support for third-party keyboards.
Some of the phones that were released with Cupcake installed out of the box included the first Samsung Galaxy phone, along with the HTC Hero.
Android 1.6 Donut
Google quickly launched Android 1.6 Donut in September 2009. The new OS now offered support for carriers using CDMA-based networks. This allowed Android phones to be sold by all carriers around the world.
Other features included the introduction of the Quick Search Box, and quick toggling between the Camera, Camcorder, and Gallery to streamline the media-capture experience. Donut also introduced the Power Control widget for managing Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, etc.
One of the phones that were sold with Donut installed was the ill-fated Dell Streak. It had a huge (at the time) 5-inch screen, and was described on our own site as a "smartphone/tablet." These days, a 5-inch display is considered relatively small for a smartphone.
Android 2.0-2.1 Eclair
In October 2009 — about a year after the launch of Android 1.0 — Google released version 2.0 of the OS, with the official codename Eclair. This version was the first to add text-to-speech support, and also introduced live wallpapers, multiple account support, and Google Maps navigation, among many other new features and improvements.
The Motorola Droid was the first phone that sported Android 2.0 out of the box. The Droid was also the first Android-based phone that was sold by Verizon Wireless. In a funny bit of trivia, while Google was safe to use Android as the name for its OS, the term "Droid" was trademarked by Lucasfilm, in reference to the robots of the Star Wars franchise. Motorola had to get permission and pay some money to Lucasfilm to use the name for its phone. Motorola continued using the Droid brand for many of its phones as late as 2016.
Android 2.2 Froyo
Android 2.2 Froyo (short for "frozen yogurt") was officially launched in May 2010. Smartphones sporting Froyo could take advantage of several new features, including Wi-Fi mobile hotspot functions, push notifications via the Android Cloud to Device Messaging (C2DM) service, flash support, and more.
The first smartphone that carried Google's Nexus branding — the Nexus One — launched with Android 2.1 out of the box earlier in 2010, but quickly received an over-the-air update to Froyo later that year. This marked a new approach for Google, with the company working closer than ever before with hardware manufacturer HTC to showcase pure Android.
Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Android 2.3 Gingerbread was launched in September 2010. The OS received a user interface refresh under Gingerbread. It added support for using near field communication (NFC) functions for smartphones with the required hardware. The first phone to sport both Gingerbread and NFC hardware was the Nexus S, which was co-developed by Google and Samsung. Gingerbread also laid the groundwork for the selfie by adding support for multiple cameras and video chat support within Google Talk.
Android 3.0 Honeycomb
This version of the OS is perhaps the oddball of the bunch. Honeycomb was created for tablets and other mobile devices with larger displays. It was first introduced in February 2011, along with the Motorola Xoom tablet. It included features like a redesigned UI for large screens, along with a notification bar placed on the bottom of a tablet's display.
The idea was that Honeycomb would offer features that could not be handled by the smaller displays found on smartphones at the time. It was also a response by Google and its third-party partners to the 2010 release of Apple's iPad. Even though Honeycomb was available, some tablets were still released with the smartphone-based Android 2.x versions. In the end, Honeycomb ended up being a version of Android that did not see wide adoption. Google decided to integrate most of its features in its next major 4.0 version, Ice Cream Sandwich. It's a bit of an outlier in Android history.
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Released in October 2011, the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android brought a number of new features. It combined many of the options of the tablet-only Honeycomb version with the smartphone-oriented Gingerbread. It also included a "favorites tray" on the home screen, along with the first support for unlocking a phone by using its camera to take a picture of its owner's face. That kind of biometric sign-in support has evolved and improved considerably since.
Other notable changes with ICS included support for all on-screen buttons, swipe gestures to dismiss notifications and browser tabs, and the ability to monitor your data usage over mobile and Wi-Fi.
Android 4.1-4.3 Jelly Bean
The Jelly Bean era of Android began in June 2012 with the release of Android 4.1. Google quickly released versions 4.2 and 4.3 — both under the Jelly Bean label — in October 2012 and July 2013, respectively.
Some of the new additions in these software updates included new notification features that displayed more content or action buttons, along with full support for the Android version of Google's Chrome web browser, which was included in Android 4.2. Google Now also made an appearance as part of Search, while "Project Butter" was introduced to speed up animations and improve Android's touch responsiveness. External Displays and Miracast also gained support, as did HDR photography.
Android 4.4 is the first version of the OS that actually used a previously trademarked name for a piece of candy. Before it officially launched in September 2013, the company released hints at its Google I/O conference that year that the codename for Android 4.4 would actually be "Key Lime Pie." Indeed, most of Google's Android team thought that was going to be the case as well.
As it turned out, Google's director of Android global partnerships, John Lagerling, thought that "Key Lime Pie" would not be a familiar enough name to use worldwide. Instead, he decided to do something different. He contacted Nestle, the creators of the KitKat bar, and asked them if they could use the name for Android 4.4. Nestle agreed and KitKat became the name of the next Android version. It was an experiment in marketing that Google didn't rekindle until the launch of Oreo (we'll get to that).
KitKat didn't have a huge number of new features, but it did have one thing that really helped expand the overall Android market. It was optimized to run on smartphones that had as little as 512 MB of RAM. This allowed phone makers to use the latest version of Android on much cheaper handsets. Google's Nexus 5 smartphone was the first with Android 4.4 pre-installed.
First launched in the fall of 2014, Android 5.0 Lollipop was a major shakeup in the overall look of the operating system. It was the first version of the OS that used Google's new Material Design language. It made liberal use of lighting and shadow effects, among other things, to simulate a paper-like look for the Android user interface. The UI also got some other upgrades, including a revamped navigation bar, rich notifications for the lock screen, and much more.
The subsequent Android 5.1 update made a few more under-the-hood changes. This included official support for dual-SIM, HD Voice calls, and Device Protection to keep thieves locked out of your phone even after a factory reset.
Google's Nexus 6 smartphone, along with its Nexus 9 tablet, were the first devices to have Lollipop pre-installed.
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Released in the fall of 2015, Android 6.0 Marshmallow used the sweet treat favored by campers as its main symbol. Internally, Google used "Macadamia Nut Cookie" for Android 6.0 before the official Marshmallow announcement. It included features such as a new vertically scrolling app drawer, along with Google Now on Tap, native support for fingerprint biometric unlocking, USB Type-C support, the introduction of Android Pay (now Google Pay), and much more.
The first devices that shipped with Marshmallow pre-installed were Google's Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X smartphones, along with its Pixel C tablet.
Version 7.0 of Google's mobile operating system launched in the fall of 2016. Before Nougat was revealed, "Android N" was referred to internally by Google as "New York Cheesecake." Nougat's many new features included better multi-tasking functions for the growing number of smartphones with bigger displays, such as split-screen mode, along with quick switching between apps.
Google made a number of big changes behind the scenes too. It switched to a new JIT compiler to speed up apps, supported the Vulkan API for faster 3D rendering, and enabled OEMs to support its now-defunct Daydream VR platform.
Google also used the release to make a bold push into the premium smartphone market. The company's own Pixel and Pixel XL, along with the LG V20, were the first to be released with Nougat pre-installed.
In March 2017, Google officially announced and released the first developer preview for Android O, also known as Android 8.0. Before that release, Hiroshi Lockheimer, the senior vice president of Android at Google, posted a GIF of an Oreo cake on Twitter — the first solid hint that Oreo, the popular cookie, would indeed be the official codename for Android 8.0.
In August, Google confirmed the cookie-inspired public name for Android 8.0. It was the second time in which the company chose a trademarked name for Android (Oreo is owned by Nabisco). In a break from its tradition, Google showed off the Android Oreo mascot statue for the first time in a press event in New York City, rather than at its Googleplex headquarters. The statue depicts the Android mascot as a flying superhero, complete with a cape. A second statue was put in place at Google's main headquarters later that day.
As far as features go, Android Oreo packed in lots of visual changes to the Settings menu, along with native support for picture-in-picture mode, notification channels, new autofill APIs for better management of passwords and fill data, and much more. Android Oreo first came installed on Google's own Pixel 2 phones.
Google launched the first developer preview of the next major Android update, Android 9.0 P, on March 7, 2018. On August 6, 2018, the company officially launched the final version of Android 9.0, giving it the official codename of "Pie."
Android 9.0 Pie included a number of major new features and changes. One of them ditched the traditional navigation buttons in favor of one elongated button in the center, which became the new home button. Swiping up from it brings up Overview, with your most recently used apps, a search bar, and five app suggestions on the bottom. You can swipe left to see all your recently opened apps, or you can drag the home button to the right to quickly scroll through your apps.
Android 9.0 Pie also included some new features designed to help extend your smartphone's battery life. That was achieved with the use of on-device machine learning which predicts which apps you will use now, and which apps you won't use until later. Pie also has Shush, a feature that automatically puts your phone in Do Not Disturb mode when you flip your phone screen down on a flat surface. There's also Slices, which provides a smaller version of an installed app inside Google Search, offering certain app functions without opening the full application.
As usual, Android 9.0 Pie was available first officially for Google's Pixel phones, but it also launched on the Essential Phone at the same time.
10 years after the launch of the OS, we got another major Android history milestone. Google launched the first official developer preview of Android Q, on March 13, 2019. On August 22, 2019, Google announced a major refresh of the Android brand. That included a new logo and, more importantly, the decision to ditch the traditional dessert name for the next version. As a result, Android Q is officially known just as Android 10. It was officially launched on September 3, 2019, for Google's Pixel devices.
As usual with any new Android release, Android 10 had a number of new features and improvements, as well as a number of new APIs. That included support for the rush of then-upcoming foldable phones. Android 10 also introduced a system-wide dark mode, along with new gesture-navigation controls, a more efficient sharing menu, smart reply features for all messaging apps, and more control over app-based permissions.
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On February 18, Google launched the first Developer Preview for Android 11. After several more public betas were released, the final version of Android 11 was launched on September 8, 2020.
Android 11 has arrived with plenty of new features. That includes a new Conversations notification category where all of your chats from various apps are collected in one place. You also have the option to save every notification that has appeared on your phone in the past 24 hours. A brand new feature lets you record your phone's screen, complete with audio, without needing a third-party app. There's also a new section of Android 11 dedicated to controlling smart home devices.
Read more: The best Android 11 features you need to know
Pixel phones, however, are getting an Android 11 exclusive feature. It uses AI and machine learning to control which apps appear on your phone's dock.
Google mounted its traditional statue to celebrate Android 11's launch, but it also released an AR version of the statue for all Android ARCore phones. It even has a couple of Easter Eggs, including a recipe for making red velvet cake. That also happens to be the internal codename for the OS at Google.
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The latest (as of this writing) version of the OS, Android 12, first launched on February 18 in a Developer Preview version. The internal code name for the OS is reported to be "Snow cone."
Currently, the list of confirmed features in Android 12 includes an easier way to share your Wi-Fi connection with someone else. Also, you can add text, Emoji, and stickers to your screenshots if they are taken on a Pixel device. There's also support for the more advanced image format AVIF. There have also been some improvements to notifications, along with a way to add key OS updates via the Google Play Store. In addition, a new one-handed mode has been added that puts buttons and icons on the bottom half of the screen for easier access with one hand.
Other rumored features that might be added to Android 12 include the ability to manage two apps as a single task, called App Pairs. We may finally be getting scrolling screenshot support for this new OS update, along with a way to launch apps with a double-tap of the phone's back.
So far, there have been three Developer Previews of Android 12. The first public beta for the OS update is expected to launch as part of the Google I/O developer conference on May 18. There will be four betas released before the final version is launched, which should happen sometime in August or early September 2021.
The future of Android
Android has come a long way since its humble beginnings as the product of a small start-up. Today, it is the leading mobile operating system worldwide with around 75% market share.
The Mountain View company is still extremely committed to furthering the development of Android, though there are signs its long-term plans could extend further afield.
Android continues to go from strength to strength, but there are challenges ahead.
Google has been working for the last few years on stages of an all-new OS called Fuchsia that may support everything from smartphones to tablets, and even notebook and desktop PCs. In 2019, Google launched a development board site for Fuchsia. However, we are still very much in the dark about Google's plans for this OS. It remains to be seen if Fuchsia will ever hit the mainstream or be resigned to the Google Graveyard alongside so many other projects.
In the meantime, Android continues to go from strength to strength — though there are challenges on the horizon.
David Imel / Android Authority
Android's chequered history with update rollouts has improved thanks to initiatives like Project Treble and Project Mainline, but fragmentation is still a concern. Likewise, while companies like Samsung and OnePlus have committed to offering three years of OS upgrades and security updates for many of their phones, there are many OEMs that still end support at two years or even just 12 months.
Google's flagbearer for Android — the Google Pixel series — continues to divide critics and consumers, but the real concern is the increasingly experimental form factors from other phone makers — form factors that stretch the boundaries of Android's current capabilities. Foldable phones and dual-screen phones may be a nascent category with luxury price tags and niche appeal, but they've already exposed the weaknesses of Android as an OS for larger screen sizes.
While it may soon need to adapt once again to this new wave of hardware design, it would seem reasonable to predict that Android will continue to dominate the mobile OS market. The OS is being installed on phones that are sold for less than $100, all the way to expensive flagship devices that cost well over $1,000. That flexibility, combined with yearly updates, should ensure Android will remain the leader in this industry for years to come.
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