PR dropped?!? myged
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008OMG, last tuesday i just found out that my PR 3 is now PR 0 — oh my, oh my — what happened?? is google dancing again?? tell me, tell me now!!! waaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
I Snagged Page Ranks!
Saturday, September 27th, 2008A few hours ago, Mommy Ruby gave me a heads up about the new PR updates going on. I wasn’t expecting anything from Mr. G at this point because I had…
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Google Chrome: The future of web browser
Saturday, September 6th, 2008Yehey! At last, Google Inc. has launched its Web browser beta for windows named Google Chrome last September 2, 2008 in 43 languages.For non-techy, what is GOOGLE CHROME?According to wikipedia:”Google Chrome is an open source web browser developed by G…
Google Chrome - a Maverick internet browser?
Friday, September 5th, 2008Tomorrow is supposed to be an historic day for the Blogger community of the Philippines, that’s because a Wordcamp is taking place in Manila for the first time. It’s too bad I’m booked to fly to Manila on the 18th instead which concludes how impractical it is for me to decide to fly in earlier [...]
Google Chrome - a Maverick internet browser?
Friday, September 5th, 2008Tomorrow is supposed to be an historic day for the Blogger community of the Philippines, that’s because a Wordcamp is taking place in Manila for the first time. It’s too bad I’m booked to fly to Manila on the 18th instead which concludes how impractical it is for me to decide to fly in earlier [...]
Google gets OMNISIO
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008Omnisio, a video creation, sharing and presentation site was acquired by Google. They will be joining the YOUTUBE team, and soon use their knowledge and ideas for the Youtube community to be more interactive and innovative in products and feature.Omnis…
Google Knol: a WIKIPEDIA shaker?
Monday, July 28th, 2008I mean nothing on my subject, what i mean is that, does GOOGLE KNOL surpass WIKIPEDIA’s supremacy in giving end users knowledge based information and or a great site for student’s (like me who always depends on wikipedia) research papers and others?a s…
Google now indexes Flash content
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Good news to Flash-crazy Webmasters: Google now indexes Web content found inside Adobe Flash® files! Until recently, search engines’ crawlers were not able to "see" Flash content — text inside Flash movies, Flash menu links, etc. Ergo, Web sites built with Flash did very poorly in search engine rankings. Well, that’s about to change now.
Ever [...]
Yahoo — Yang’s Yin no more
Sunday, June 15th, 2008When TechCrunch, ZDNet and other notable online publications and blogs trash a company or an individual, techies and people who spend a lot of time on the Internet will invariably take notice. But when it’s the venerable The New York Times that does the lambasting, virtually nobody will miss it.
In a recent article in this [...]
How to control the world from your computer?
Monday, June 9th, 2008Have you seen the movie “So Close”? If yes, then you might have heard the software application called “The World Panorama” wherein you can gain access to almost all satellite information and security cameras in the world.
Who says “The World Panorama” is just a fictional software application? You might not have realized it yet but [...]
To .Com Or Not To .Com - Blogging For Beginners Series #1
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Before reading further, I suggest you read this article first — Why Do You Want To Blog — this is my way of ensuring that you get your head straight. Blogging may be easy and fun but it burns a lot of time. Make sure that you don’t waste yours by thinking about [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “To .Com Or Not To .Com - Blogging For Beginners Series #1″, url: “http://thirdworldgeek.com/to-com-or-not-to-com-blogging-for-beginners-series-1/” });
Going Blog Crazy: Is Having Multiple Blogs Sane or Insane?
Sunday, May 11th, 2008Is it an addiction? Or is it normal? Is it a warning sign? Or is it just a passing phase? I think, it is a bordering addiction.
Oh, I don’t mean you, obviously. But you know what? I’ve just uncovered around 10 blogs I created since 2004. There could be more, but I cannot be so [...]
Homepage Startup And The Entrecard Dilemma
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Homepage Startup is a nice little website that allows an internet user to display thumbnails of his favorite websites. Instead of clicking on your bookmark or having to memorize all the internet addresses that you like, all you have to do is assign a box/thumbnail for each of these websites. That way, should [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Homepage Startup And The Entrecard Dilemma”, url: “http://thirdworldgeek.com/homepage-startup-and-the-entrecard-dilemma/” });
Page Rank Leakage
Friday, May 2nd, 2008One interesting thing related to links is the idea of a PR leakage. The PR theory is that a single link to another site counts as one editorial vote. Editorial votes are the building blocks of Page Rank. Accordingly, the higher the PR of the site doing the voting the bigger will [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Page Rank Leakage”, url: “http://thirdworldgeek.com/page-rank-leakage/” });
Google: ‘Don’t be evil’
Friday, April 25th, 2008I don’t know how many of you know this, but Google has always had an unofficial corporate motto: Don’t be evil. It was pronounced in 2001 by Paul Buchheit, creator of Google’s Gmail (but who has now left to found his own Internet venture). At that time, Google was still this idealistic group of young [...]
My Amazing Google Experience in Panglao, Bohol
Thursday, April 10th, 2008A couple of weeks ago, my friends and I had a few days vacation at Panglao, Bohol. The resort where we stayed was very remote that we have to walk a kilometer or more to get to the nearest convenience store.
During our last day in Panglao, our food, water and cellphone load supplies need [...]
PLDT blocking Google?
Thursday, April 10th, 2008PLDT seems to be blocking Google and other search engines, so that they can offer their own search product with advertisements.
Business Model 2.0
Monday, March 24th, 2008In a recent article at TechCrunch.com, it was reported that the Japanese government is considering a move to crack down on file sharing (read: Torrent or Kazaa). In Japan, the most popular peer-to-peer (P2P) network for the distribution of computer files is Winny. In simple terms, “P2P” is defined as the combined connectivity and bandwidth [...]
Oh, what joy it is…
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008… When I saw my PR rank has gone up to 2. Okay, it’s still 2 levels below my original rank, but hey, it is enough for now. I don’t know what prompted Google to up my level, or what I did to make them do that… it is still a reason to be glad.
My birthday is coming soon and I hope Google will return my original PR rank by then. *wink*
3 Ways to Customize Your YouTube Video Player
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Customizing your videos adds attractions to viewers and your profiles. There are several ways on how you can create a customized YouTube videos.
1. YouTube’s own customization service. YouTube Users has been enjoying the ability to customize their video players to match the theme and layout of their website and blogs.
2. Slide SkinFlix. It lets you choose the skin and theme of your player. You can make it appear like a plasma TV, iPhone, theater, etc. It is perfect for MySpace and Friendster layouts. See the sample video below.
3. Graffiti by Vidavee. You can also add preset frames, emoticons, titles, etc. to you videos. This is also perfect for posting videos in your MySpace and Friendster profiles. See the sample video below. (I removed the video because it automatically loads.)
Yahoo and Microsoft: Joining Forces against Google?
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008It was circulating in the internet world, Yahoo and Microsoft; teaming up to defeat Google’s Top power on the Search engine advertising market. But this was failed, after yahoo rejecting Microsoft’s US$44.6 billion cash-and-stock offer, and saying Offe…
No Old Spam Links Plugin: Easily add NoFollow on Paid/Text Links
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008The Google punishment in the form of Google PR drops, due to paid links created a buzz in the blogosphere. Many had been affected, and that includes me. And I want to get my PR back. Probloggers advised to add a rel=nofollow on all paid links but it maybe too cumbersome, especially if you have posted quite a number of paid reviews.
I found a WordPress plugin that will help me to easily put nofollow in all the paid links in this blog without manually adding rel=nofollow to the links. No Old Spam Links plugin will automatically do it for me.
What does the plugin do?
- It add “nofollow” to all links on any domain on a blacklist. The “nofollow” is applied in posts and comments.
- Specify one white list “all links dofollow” category which overrides the blacklist.
- Specify an “all no follow” category that adds no follow to all links after a specified number of days. It will be easier for you to add no=follow to all paid links especially if it’s under one category.
Download the plugin here.
Tags:Anti Spam, Blog, Blogging, Google, Google Adsense, Internet, Tips, WordPress, Wordpress Plugins
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How to Get your PageRank Back?
Monday, February 4th, 2008BerryBlitz asked how to get back his PR2 (his blog now has PR0). Apparently, he is one of the millions affected by the PR backlash as punishment by Google on paid links.
Well, here’s a tip for those who were affected by PR drop:
I was Stumbling a while ago when I found this timely and interesting post from Yaro Starak of Entrepreneurs Journey, one of the successful netrepreneurs and probloggers, on how he has managed to get his page rank back to 6. When the big sweep happened, his blog went down to 3 from his original PR6.
Good for him he has now managed to get back his page rank. He added no follow to all paid links in his blog, then submitted a review request with Google at their Webmaster Tools then patiently waited for Google to give him his original PR. According to him, “Google simply doesn’t tell you whether you have successfully adhered to their requests or you still need to do more to have the penalty removed.”
I was also affected by this PR drop so I might also need to do some cleaning up. Right now, I am making every effort to get my PR back to 4:
1. I removed my LinkWorth Linkads script.
2. I removed my TLA plugin.
3. I am posting more regularly to get more traffic and subscribers.
4. I am exchanging links with relevant blogs.
5. I will also be putting nofollow in all the paid links in this blog. I was a member of BlogToProfit previously but fortunately I backed out because I couldn’t keep up with the deadlines.
Tags:Blog, Blogging, Google, How To, Internet, Online Tips, Search Engine Optimization, Tips, Webmasters Tools
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Monitor your Entrecard drops through a Feed Reader
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008Short tip: I receive over 50 Entrecard drops per day and I want to return those drops as gratitude but I couldn’t find a way to view them all. Good thing I found the usefulness of Google Reader in this matter.
For those who don’t know about this technique yet, right click on the feed icon of your Entrecard inbox, then add it to your favorite feed reader. In my case I am using a Google Reader.
Know the Top 10 Free Windows RSS Feed Readers/News Aggregators and Top 10 Mac RSS News Feed Readers/News Aggregators that you could use.
Tags:Blogging, Entrecard, Google, Internet, Online Tips, Tips
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Breaking News: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo!
Friday, February 1st, 2008Got this news from WebProNews.com saying that Microsoft, a top software provider, offered $44.6 billion to buy Yahoo!, considered the most-trafficked online property. Microsoft has offered Yahoo shareholders a 62 percent premium on their shares to sell the company.
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion. Microsoft’s proposal would allow the Yahoo! shareholders to elect to receive cash or a fixed number of shares of Microsoft common stock, with the total consideration payable to Yahoo! shareholders consisting of one-half cash and one-half Microsoft common stock. The offer represents a 62 percent premium above the closing price of Yahoo! common stock on Jan. 31, 2008.
Accordingly, the combination will create a more efficient company with synergies in four areas: scale economics driven by audience critical mass and increased value for advertisers; combined engineering talent to accelerate innovation; operational efficiencies through elimination of redundant cost; and the ability to innovate in emerging user experiences such as video and mobile.
Tags:Google, In the News, Internet
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Am I ready to dump my TextLinkAds account?
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Text Link Ads (TLA) has helped me a lot on my hosting and domain dues and other online transactions. Adding funds to Paypal was still not possible in the Philippines so my TLA payments are what I use to pay my hosting and domain. I don’t have a credit card (except for my mom’s GSIS e-card) so I have to depend on my Paypal balance to pay for these things.
I was earning at least $100/month with TLA and the links to this blog generate most of my earnings (>60%). For a starter in blog monetization, 100 bucks really mean a huge amount. However, after reading some of Google PR drops and sites getting banned from Google results because of paid links, I had to reconsider things.
John Chow’s blog for example was number 1 in Google results for “make money online” keywords but now it’s nowhere to be found. Some bloggers however, like Darren Rowse of Problogger.net suggested to “Forget About Page Rank and Build a Better Blog” and further emphasized that it’s the quality of content that gives you traffic and that relying in Google is a bad move. Dosh Dosh also stated that Google PR are just numbers and a “webmaster fetish”, i However, for a struggling blogger who’s still building a traffic like me, the searches from Google and other search engines really matter a lot.
Eighty-eight percent (88%) of my blog traffic comes from Google searches, this could mean that a large percentage of my Google Adsense earnings come from it.
Everyday, I try to check for the indexed pages for this blog. I get paranoid every time I see the number of indexed pages drop day-by-day. So I had to think things over. Sure, I am earning $100 from TLA, but I am earning more from Google Adsense. The latter entirely depends on the traffic generated from Google searches. So I had to choose one over the other. After few months of deciding and considering all the risks, I have decided to remove my Text Link Ads script (plugin). I also see some probloggers pulling out their TLA scripts, so why shouldn’t I?
My other blog (The Health Blog) however, is earning from TLA until now. So I could not entirely answer “no!” to my own question. I am only ready to give up 60% of my TLA earning and not 100% entirely.
Tags:Advertising, Affiliates, Blogging, Google, Internet, Making Money Online, Text Link Ads, Webmasters Tools
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How I Increased Adsense Earnings?
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Just recently, I’ve noticed that my Adsense earnings went higher, averaging to $7 per day, from previously $1-3 per day.
My first 5 months with Adsense were very frustrating. I did several ways to make more money but I’ve always ended up with earning not more than $1 per day. I patiently waited for 5 months before I could start receiving my first Adsense check. It was even a test when my first Adsense check was lost. Fortunately, I have immediately put a hold to my account.
How I increased my Adsense earnings?
1. More websites means more earnings. This was what I initially thought. Then I put up the most visited ones: lyrics sites particularly offering OPM songs and celebrity blogs. I even put up spam blogs using Blogger. I failed. Why? Because more websites means more time to maintain them all. Based on my personal experience, it should be adequate to maintain up to 3 websites.
2. Optimizing my websites. I read several SEO sites, Google Adsense optimization site, etc. Some sites were quite helpful.
3. Posting about free stuff. I posted about free top-level domains, free medical e-books, free Asian drama and anime online streaming, free Rapidshare link, free OPM mp3, free Japanese manga, etc. These are among my most viewed posts.
4. The most important step is, considering your readers and doing away with Adsense-driven thoughts. I’ve been reading similar advice from different Adsense-earning giants that posting quality contents always drives traffic to your blog, hence more earnings.
5. Posting more frequently. Previously, this blog could rarely get a weekly update. These past days, I made it a point to blog at least one post a day.
6. Using Adsense Injection WordPress plugin. It randomly inserts AdSense ads in various different places on your blog with page loads.
6. And lastly, I credit my increased traffic to Entrecard, BlogEngage, PostonFire, PinoyBlogosphere, and PinoyBlog. Through it, I had freely (almost) advertised my blog to highly trafficked sites.
So far, my earnings this January is the highest payment I could receive and hope to increase it more in the coming months by finding out more ways.
Tags:Blogging, Contests and Freebies, Entrecard, Google, Making Money Online, Tips
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How to Add an External E-Mail Account to Your Yahoo Mail?
Monday, January 14th, 2008I was writing an e-mail using my Yahoo Mail account when a drop down arrow and an “Add Mail Account” link beside my e-mail address caught my attention. I clicked on the link and I was surprised because it is now possible to add additional e-mail to my existing account. Or if it has been there for a long time, I didn’t notice.
Most of us have multiple e-mail accounts for different purposes: as business account, Paypal address, even for spam e-mails, etc. Before, to be able to sign in using a different account, you have to sign out from the current e-mail you are using. With the new Yahoo! Mail feature, you can retrieve your messages from your external e-mail account to your permanent Yahoo! Mailbox.
Here is a step-by-step process on how to add another e-mail account to your Yahoo Mail.
Currently, only one additional e-mail address is allowed for Yahoo Mail basic users. You’ll need to access the Add Accounts page through the Yahoo! Mail Classic interface because they are still tweaking the Yahoo! Mail Accounts option for the new Yahoo! Mail.
Tags:Blogging, Chain E mails, Google, How To, Internet, Online Tips, Tips
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Join These Contests and Win Entrecard Credits
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
I am getting addicted to Entrecard, the first and only free exchange network that really promises traffic to your websites. You can advertise your Entrecard on any blog in the network, for free, for a number of days using your Entrecard credits or ECs. Getting ECs isn’t hard. You earn them for free by networking (dropping your card for other bloggers) and displaying other Entrecards on your widget.
Holding Entrecard Credit contests is becoming a trend among Entrecard users these days. It is another way of getting ECs and driving blog traffic for contest holders.
Here is a list of sites with active contests as of January 13, 2008:
1. Win $20 and 300 Entrecard Credits at PinoyAmbisyoso.com. International Entrecard users with Paypal account are qualified to join. Paypal will be used to claim your $20 prize in case you win. Visit his blog to learn how. There is only one winner for this contest and will be drawn randomly. Contest will end on January 16, 2008, Wednesday, 8pm, Manila Time and will be announced the following day, January 17, Thursday.
2. Win 1000 Entrecard Credits at Tetsujin’s Blog. Just subscribe to his website or write something about this contest on your blog Leave a comment with the link to your post or wherever you put it, which means your entry can be as short as one sentence or a little link in the sidebar. One winner will be chosen randomly on Wednesday, January 16, 2008.
3. Win $250 and 1000 Entrecard Credits at Saphrym.com. Review one of his posts, beside the contest, it can be positive, neutral, or even negative, linked to his main blog. You also have to include a link to the actual post you are blogging about and a link to this contest post. Visit his blog for further details. The contest will end on February 27, 2007 so you still have some time to join.
4. Win 600 Entrecard Credits at DNSEO.net. Visit their site for further details. The contest is open for entries until January 15th 2008. The winner will be announced on the 16th.
5. Win 3000 Entrecard Credits at ShankerBakshi.com. Visit his blog for the contest mechanics. This contest will end on February 1, 2008. This is the highest Entrecard Credits at stake so far.
6. Win 200 Entrecard Credits Every Friday at LifeIsRisky.com. You can enter once per day by dropping your card and commenting.
7. Win 100 Entrecard Credits at kate blogs about . . .
8. Win 500 Entrecard Credits as Weekly Giveaway at Belolats.com. Only one-time entry per Entrecard user. This is only a one-time entry. If your blog is not picked this week, it will still be included on the names of the blogs that I’ll be drawing for the succeeding weeks. That means, any week can be your chance to win.
9. Up to 10,000 Entrecard Credits can be won at Matts Nutts SEO and Blogging by signing up at FOCIAL BLOG MARKET, the author’s new site, before February 1, 2008.
10. Vote for Tyler Cruz and get 150 Entrecard credits and up to $300 from another friendly war between Gyutae of WinningtheWeb.com and Tyler Cruz from TylerCruz.com. You only have 3 days left to win the contest. Read about the contest details.
More and more bloggers have been joining Entrecard. This means that many opportunities to earn more Entrecard credits will be sprouting the web in the coming days.
If you are running a contest for Entrecard credits, you can comment below and leave your link with the contest details or contact me.
Tags:Blogging, Computer, Contests and Freebies, Entrecard, Free Services, Google, Internet, Making Money Online, Tips
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How the send and receive feature of Paypal helped me?
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008The recent development of Paypal service in the Philippines, which now includes receive feature has helped a lot of internet entrepreneurs, bloggers, online auctioneers, sellers and buyers, webmasters, and the regular internet users.
In my case, it also helped me a lot:
1. For my web hosting: I am now able to pay for web hosting for my sites without worrying about my account being deleted for not logging in for days. My sites have been hosted by Ejam Hosting for almost a year but due to limited features and increasing website demand on bandwidth and space, I decided to switch to a paid host.
2. Online Auctions: I can now join in online auctions without the need to worry on the payment method. Most online auctions support Paypal such as eBay. I’ve been wanting to buy a 3G phone. My Paypal balance, however, is not yet sufficient to buy a new one.
3. More Money Making Opportunities: I can join to several online money making opportunities which require registration fees. I recently joined Typeinternational as basic typist. I am hoping to earn more from this program.
4. For Paid Advertising: One posters in Hostbidder offered me $12 for a link in this blog for 1 month but I had to refuse because the payment method was only through Paypal. I can now also purchase advertising space to several blogs without worrying about the payment.
5. Paypal donations: Through the generosity of other readers, I am now able to receive donations to support my blogging activities. Donate now! 
Tags:Blogging, Computer, Free Hosting, Google, Internet, Making Money Online, PayPal
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Pros and Cons of Free Web Hosts
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008My blogs and previous website had been hosted by Ejam hosting for free for over a year. I was satisfied with their hosting, but since the hosting are provided for free, I have to expect some limitations.
Free Hosting
How to get a hosting for FREE:
You have to sign up for free account, of course. Get a list of these free hosts here. Most of these web hosts provide free hosting in exchange of posts. Ejam for example requires you to post certain number per month to get your account running. Some offers point equivalents of each post (e.g. Hostbidder.com) which serves as your “money” to renew your account every month.
Pros:
1. Features: You get to build a self-hosted WordPress blog or any CMS-built website, get the feature of a paid web host such as cPanel and Fantastico, and site builders all for FREE!
2. Support: If you are having a problem with your website or hosted account, you can post at their forums and get opinions from other members.
3. Link Exchange and Free Traffic: This is by means of site advertising, link exchange for points, and banner ads through signatures, which are offered by most of these forums.
4. Community: Interacting with other members will mean friendship.
Cons:
1. Limited Features: Features that are once exclusive in paid hosts, are now offered by most free ones, however, these are limited like the bandwidth offered and storage space. Thus, free hosts are not recommended for websites and blogs with good number of visitors.
2. Downtimes: Downtimes are inevitable with free hosts since resources are lacking to upgrade some of their servers. I’ve experienced it several times with my previous free hosts.
3. Support: Although you can almost always expect a response from members about your posted help topics, you are not assured that you’ll get the relevant reply you need. Most of the members are posting for the sake of getting points.
Tags:Blogging, Computer, Free Hosting, Free Services, Google, Internet
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Downloading Google Toolbar can be unsafe
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007Researchers found out that downloading Google Toolbar may be unsafe because it has been a vector of recent malicious activities.
Google Toolbar allows spoofing the information presented in the dialog which is being displayed when adding a new Google Toolbar button. This can allow an attacker to convince the users that his button comes from a trusted domain. This button can then be used to download malicious files or conduct phishing attacks (e.g. show a login form of a bank).
Affected versions
* Google Toolbar 5 beta for Internet Explorer
* Google Toolbar 4 for Internet Explorer
* Google Toolbar 4 for Firefox (partially)
A full detail on how hackers and malicious software distributors do it is shown on Aviv Raff on .NET.
Tags:Blogging, Google, Internet, Online Tips, Technology, Tips
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The Big G looms even bigger…
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Before the recently-concluded You Got Blogged! Review-a-Blog Competition was over, I received a strange inquiry from a blogger who had wanted to participate. Let’s call him “Manny”. Manny asked me if he could link to the contest sponsors with a nofollow attribute within the link tags. I told him if he did that, it would [...]
New Google Maps for Mobile tracks your position using cell phone towers
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Google released last week a new version of its Google Maps for Mobile application. The release, as with many of Google’s products, is designated “beta,” a label used for software that is still being actively tested and not yet released to the public.
I’ve read about mobile maps applications before, including the earlier Google versions, but [...]
Android and the $10M Challenge
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007In the Official Google Blog, Steve Horowitz, Engineering Director posted nor announced - Calling all developers: $10M Android challenge.
Indroducing Android:
Today, the team is releasing an early look at the Android SDK for developers interested in building applications for Android. To get things rolling, we’ve also announced the Android Developer Challenge, which provides $10 million [...]
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