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Dan Morill has been heard talking quite a lot about Google I/O, which he says, would be the Android Development event of the year. It is scheduled to be held on May 27-28, in San Fransisco.  It is an annual gathering which focuses on taking the development of web applications to new heights, using Google and open web technologies.

It offers more than 80 sessions on various topics, like Android, Chrome, App Engine, Google Web Toolkit, AJAX to name a few.

If we talk about Android in particular, currently 9 topics have been shortlisted, which include :

• Turbo-charge your UI: How to Make your Android UI Fast and Efficient
• Pixel Perfect Code: How to Marry Interaction and Visual Design the Android Way
• Supporting Multiple Devices with One Binary
• Android Lightning Talks
• Debugging Arts of the Ninja Masters
• Coding for Life — Battery Life, That Is
• Writing Real-Time Games for Android
• Looking Beyond the Screen: Text-To-Speech and Eyes-Free Interaction on Android
• Mastering the Android Media Framework

Some of the prominent speakers at the do include Aaron Jacobs, Jesse Lorenz, Matt Cutts, Adam Feldman, Rich Manalang amongst others.

There is only limited registration. Also, you can save money and earn some chrome goodies by registering early ! (before May 1st).

Click here for more information.

Verizon has announced on its career board, that it wants to employ an android devices expert.  This works in favour of the rumour that verizon is planning to launch an android powered phone soon.

The actual job offering is as follows :

“This is a senior specialist position for mobile devices on technical track. It will be responsible for end to end delivery of innovative java based mobile applications on existing or pre-commercial handsets with an initial focus on voicemail applications. It is also expected to drive application development; conduct required testing and provides production support.”

The responsibilities that he would have to handle, are :

• Provide leadership to a team of designers and development engineers throughout the application development process
• Lead multi-departmental teams in an effort to deploy and integrate voicemail services on devices
• Manage relationships with device vendors and certification bodies, as well as internal marketing teams

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