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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. is offering $10 million in prizes for people who build the best software for the company’s upcoming cellphone operating system.
The Mountain View-based company is developing a free cellphone software package that it says will make it easier to surf the Web over mobile devices. It also will give Google more opportunities to sell ads and services.
The system will be based on computer code that can be openly distributed among programmers, which Google hopes will encourage developers to create new software and improvements that could spawn new uses for smart phones.
