Google’s I/O conference it’s just around the corner, this developers gathering will be held in San Francisco, Moscoe Center, within the next few days May 27 – 28.
There are over 100 speakers announced officially (of course the disclaimer of “subject to change” is present as always), that represents many companies (around 80% are Google’s, of course) like Apple, IBM, Mozilla, Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo and many many others.
The main topics will be AJAX, APIs & Tools, Chrome, Google Web Toolkit, Geo and Mobile. To check on the complete schedule check this link.
If you check the confirmed conferences so far, some that could caught your attention: “Mastering the Android Media Framework”, “Google Friend” topics, “Developing Extensions for Google Chrome”, V8 JavaScript Engine, Eyes-Free interaction with Android, Cloud services and Google.
Here’s a small intro for Ryan Barret’s conference “Transactions Across Datacenters”.
Ticket’s pricing? $400. More than interesting if you ask me.
Hope that we can read a lot of feedback from these conferences, since last year’s event showed us one of the first demonstrations of Google’s Android mobile phone OS.
Wakoopa is a social network that helps people discover the best software, games and web apps on the market. Developed by a team in Holland, Wakoopa could just be the next best tool you play with.
Do you want to know what apps you use on and off the web, and just how much you use them? Do you want to find new stuff that is useful for the tasks you undertake everyday? Do you want to be introduced to people into the same tools and products as you? Wakoopa can do all of this.
First, all you need to do is sign up and download their tracker program. Now usually I’d run a mile at this, but I couldn’t resist after having had a look at the tools on offer.
Like any data collation software, it takes a few days to get the best results, so it’s worth leaving the program running for a few days and then revisiting your profile and start looking at the graphs…
On your dashboard, you find out the top ten tools you use, how much you use them and what you use them for.
What’s really interesting though, is the ‘recommended’ section, which suggests other tools or services to try based on your overall usage. I was recommended to try Evernote, a service I’ve heard of but not investigated – this is something that appeals to me as it “is a software application that allows users to capture information of various types, including text notes, mobile phone snapshots, printed and handwritten text”. I’ll have to give it a go.
I like the interface, it’s intuitive and not too busy. Each piece of information available is put into a particular type of category and this helps to keep data overload to a minimum. There are also several widgets available, and they even work with the basic WordPress.com blogs, as you’ll see to the side.
This is a great service and something that I would definitely recommend to try if you are fanatical about trying and finding out about new software on the web. You can follow the latest Wakoopa developments on their blog.
Disclaimer: These books are available to download for a short period of time, so you better hurry!
Microsoft Press guys are celebrating their 25th anniversary by giving away free e-books every month. This time the books that you can download completely free are:
Are you a Chrome user? I bet you are; because since last september, when the browser was released, the response from the users was fenomenal according to Google. This light weight browser easly slide away inside the market, bringing a high performance option for not only the “anti-IE” users, but for all users (including those who said that there was no match for Mozilla Firefox or Safari).
Well now Google hits again, they are planning to release a new Chrome version that will increase the browser performance up to 30%. How? New version for WebKit and a JavaScript engine (V8) update. They even have a benchmark report that was executed comparing the new and old Chrome version:
But that’s not all. This new beta build will also include:
Removing Thumbnails from New Page: A very requested feature (specially Safari users) that will let you to select the pages you want to see every time you open a new tab. I bet you were expecting this one, to remove “those” sites that you don’t want other people to know you visit a lot.
The only thing I wonder if this build will be more stable on Windows 7; that would definitely place Chrome as my preferred browser.
One thing is for sure, this is not a good news for IE8 that just started struggling for user’s acceptance, and with the bonus that IE8 appears as a “selectable” feature on Windows 7, no longer a mandatory installation for Windows operating systems. Looks like it’s going to be a long and a painful trip for IE to continue at the top.
Google.org continues working around their mindset “aspires to use the power of information and technology to address the global challenges of our age”. This time presenting PowerMeter, software to measure and control the electricity you are using/consuming at your place.
Today’s technology demands “green compliance”. Starting with hardware and green labels, including thousands of reports to achieve a green datacenter (mainly pushing virtualization technologies). You’ll see that most of the capacity planning tools offered considers as an important variable the power consumption of your datacenter.
Check this short video (1min 10s):
“Unfortunately, many of today’s smart meters don’t display information to the consumer. We consider this unacceptable. We believe that detailed data on your personal energy use belongs to you and should be available in a standard, non-proprietary format.”
It’s a good idea, but of course, this project will need (and already has a few) several partners to deploy the utility among the users.
Any little step towards a green environment, like having a small gadget showing you the power consumption, always sounds like a great idea. Cheers to that.
So, as for most of Windows 7 unofficial builds, the Office 2010 Technical Preview has leaked through the web and hit several BitTorrent sites; available for the first time in x86 and x64 platforms.
This brand new suite will be available in 2010 and not before, so don’t get all that excited on having a final version hitting the market at Christmas, like Windows 7 will. But those two boys will have, indeed, a lot in common considering the images that leaked from the web. Let’s take a quick look.
Installation process: nothing new, the same procedure. Side note: Total space required for a default installation 1.8GB.
Word 2010 starting up. Hmmm… not sure about those colors being the right choice.
Word 2010. Yep, the same thing as Office 2007 at first glance.
That’s new. A left pane as a quick access for common places.
All products have the same usability, the same ribbons used in Office 2007 (including Outlook, that now does include the same ribbon) and with the left quick access new.
But, here’s an important thing that I’ve found. Outlook 2007 has a glitch when you are using it with Windows 7 taskbar, they are not fully compatible. Also, if you have any add-on for Outlook 2007 like Xobni (or even Microsoft’s Outlook Connector), and if you minimize the Window, you’ll see that the add-on feature from the bar disappears. With this version, you’ll have a nice Taskbar integration.
Seems that’s new Office will also bring the Web version of this suite. Microsoft is planning to ship “Office Web” at the same time, that will include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote “in the clouds”.
So, you were expecting big changes in this version? Not me. The transition that some users made (and some of them are still struggling) from Office 2003 to Office 2007 was huge, there is no need to add more complexity when you also want to settle a fresh new operating system in the same year.
Do you remember the code name for Office 2007? Office 12. And this one is called Office 14. So, where’s the Office 13?… the number says it all.
Website flipping has become an extremely popular way of making money online. Creating websites and reselling them through such mediums as eBay or Sitepoint is something we see occurring more and more every day.
The remarkable thing I have come to notice during my research, is that the majority of the websites listed actually sell, no matter how many times similar sites have been listed and sold. If you’re looking to begin your journey into site flipping, where and how would you begin? That is where I discovered, there are even sites offering scripts for flippers to make websites from, to keep listing and flipping over and over.
An example of one such script site is Buy That Script, which offers a variety of $5.00 “scripts”. Yes, I said $5.00 to buy a script to make a website from. Don’t expect anything fancy from this site, it is just a clean simple page. Besides already made scripts, you can also purchase developed websites that are ready to upload, re-brand and if you wish, redesign and resell. This isn’t a new feature of course, as there are plenty of other websites that do the same thing that Buy That Script does, however, what sets them apart is the customer support, the ridiculously low prices, and the fact that they have their own developers in case you want to develop something they don’t currently offer. Buy That Script even enables their users to request that custom script they don’t offer at amazingly low rates.
Competitive prices, an easy checkout system, and a top of the line customer support system makes Buy That Script worth checking out. If you are looking for an introductory way to get into site flipping, I recommend that you make this your first stop. They are cheap & reliable. We will see how my experience buying a script works.
Google’s I/O conference it’s just around the corner, this developers gathering will be held in San Francisco, Moscoe Center, within the next few days May 27 – 28.
Are you a Chrome user? I bet you are; because since last september, when the browser was released, the response from the users was fenomenal according to Google. This light weight browser easly slide away inside the market, bringing a high performance option for not only the “anti-IE” users, but for all users (including those who said that there was no match for Mozilla Firefox or Safari).
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So, as for most of Windows 7 unofficial builds, the Office 2010 Technical Preview has leaked through the web and hit several BitTorrent sites; available for the first time in x86 and x64 platforms.
