I came across some interesting news this week whilst previewing some of the new features that will be available to owners of Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad later this year as part of the OS4 upgrade. See preview information here:
iPhone OS4 overview: http://www.apple.com/iphone/preview-iphone-os/
iPhone OS4 Keynote speech: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/specialevent0410/
I own an iPhone and can’t wait to get my hands on the upgrade. However what stood out the most of all the new features is iAd. This is Apples planned in-app advertising platform similar to Googles Adsense. At the moment AdMob …

Yup! Another new(ish) product from Google.
Go is the new programming language developed by Google with its accompanying compiler Ogle and below character as its mascot:

Although you may get beaten up for wearing any clothing featuring the mascot, the language does actually sound exiting and I thought it was worth mentioning.
This new programming language has a focus on concurrency, garbage collection, and expressiveness. This essentially, means you can separate tasks out into separate processes and have them running all at the same time, whilst at the same time, any unused items …