It was supposed to be just a weekend outing of expensive car enthusiasts in southwestern Japan when the entire travel turned into a horrible accident. Good thing none of the drivers were seriously hurt but the expensive cars had a fair share of great damage.
It’s a 14-car pile up crash that was triggered when one of the Ferrari drivers lost control while trying to change lanes. A domino-like crash then damaged eight Ferraris, three Mercedes Benz, and a Lamborghini. The authorities didn’t disclose the exact amount of the casualties but it is estimated to be reaching 3 million US dollars. The said incident said to have shut down the Chugoku Expressway, a major highway in the Yamaguchi Prefecture, for nearly six hours.
The driver responsible for the said crash was identified to be a 60-year-old self-employed man from Fukuoka prefecture. He may be facing three months behind bars or will pay a fine of as much as 100,000 yen ($1,280), said Isejima, executive officer for Yamaguchi Prefecture’s Expressway Traffic Police unit.
“what a horrible way of losing a lot of money!” says L. Samachi, a Japanese entrepreneur who’s into boats for sale in Philippines and a Ferrari enthusiast. “accidents are really inevitable, it can happen even to the most expensive cars,” Samachi added.
This is yet to be the first-ever Androidland in the world. This has been the claim of the Australian mobile carrier Telstra. For the first time, Google collaborated with such company to promote their mobile operating system Android, thus the birth of Androidland.
It is a 154sqm space in Bourke Street Melbourne Telstra outlet fully designed in an apple-green ambiance. This is where the latest Android gadgets would be displayed and customers get to experience the Android world within the vicinity. Google apps can be manipulated in their huge screens like Google Earth and get to play Angry Birds in a totally different way.
The entire place is not just a display center but rather a theme-park-esque. The place also houses Google trained personnel for comprehensive explanations rest assured all questions and queries would be well addressed.
Google might have been powering several phones with Android few years ago but they didn’t really have their own niche like rivals Apple Inc and RIM. Maybe it’s the right time to have one. They will surely be having several Androidlands all through out the globe in the coming years.
An avid Android user Chris Bech get to visit the place and was totally amazed. Chris Bech and his entire family own several android phones and tablets that they’ve been carrying wherever they go.
