Hi All
My friend started a new project for the Android platform: the universal tracker called "Unit".
Cited his definition:
Unit is a mobile application for tracking lists of owned, loaned and borrowed assets (such as books, CDs, DVDs or board games) using Android mobile platform.Here's a demo screenshot:
I've just stumbled into this: I've tried to add something into my calendar, but got this:
Google is down ????????
Of course not, but it's fun anyways :-)
It was not expected.
For the last ~3 months I was undergoing interviews with Google to fill a position there. After the first 2 I got a very positive feedback, and went to another 2.
But yesterday I got a call that they've decided not to continue with me anymore.
This sucks.
"Google-powered phones will come already configured with a bundle of the most popular Google services, such Google search, Google Maps, YouTube and Gmail. But that would just be the beginning..."
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Google Video, the web-based service that provided almost the same functions as the popular YouTube, is not an online video sharing solution anymore. The parent company Google upgraded the product and made it a search technology that allows users to find clips on the entire Internet. At this time, the official page of the service is exactly the same.Thats cool, now I'll be able to find any video I want online.Now, if only someone would remove DRM from things I really want...
Office isn't the only Microsoft hegemony that Google Gears could help destroy. One of the defining differences between Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux is the application lineup. That's given the crew in Redmond, Wash., tremendous power. But technologies like Gears render the operating system irrelevant.While I've tried and used Gears for Google Reader, I am not yet convinced. Yes, it allows you to enjoy the service offline. But why would this "kill" Microsoft?It seems that many have an odd idea about how things work. Microsoft has its major revenue from business venues, such as major installations of Windows and Office, but also servers, development environments, etc. There's no way a business like Microsoft will "die". It would take much more time and effort than simple Gears platform.
Roughly 50 percent of the power delivered from a wall socket to a PC never actually performs any work, according to Urs Hölzle, Google fellow and senior vice president of operations. Half the energy gets converted to heat or is dissipated in the AC-to-DC conversion. Around 30 percent of the power delivered to the average server is also lost.
Gmail users who get Microsoft PowerPoint attachments in their in-boxes can now view them without having PowerPoint installed on their machines. Google appears to have flipped the switch to allow this feature as of last night. We originally reported on this last month, although at that time it appeared that only a handful of accounts had access.
Yes, yes it is.
Captchas are created automatically, but sometimes it is insulting, isn't it?
-A
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