Archive for January 27th, 2012
Jan
27
System Center Advisor (formerly Microsoft codename "Atlanta") is now available to general public. Initially, Advisor provides support for Windows Server and SQL Server workloads, and Microsoft plans to extend support to additional server products in the near future.Microsoft revelaed that during the Advisor beta
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Jan
27
As some countries have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression, and, with Twitter's influence and presence continues to grow internationally, the microblogging company in an effort to make its service more agreeable to countries where certain messages might be considered
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Jan
27
Google recently added new features to Sitemaps section in Webmaster Tools -- in addition to exisiting feedback, such as "how many Sitemap URLs have been indexed, or whether your Sitemaps have any errors." Also, the new Sitemaps page would replace the
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Jan
27
"Google in Education: A New & Open World for Learning" launched today is a booklet that provides more information on how Google and its users are impacting education.
"This booklet is not your typical annual report; it is a living document for educators to use year-round," blogged Google.
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Jan
27
Google introduces a new complementary initiative dubbed "Trusted Photographers" to the Business Photos pilot program, that give business owners an easy way to get customers in the door online using interactive, high-quality, 360-degree images of places on Google Maps and on
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Jan
27
Following, New York Times' detailed report titled "In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad," about the harsh conditions of working in the factories of an Apple parts supplier or Apple product manufacturer:"The explosion ripped through Building A5 on a Friday evening last May, an eruption of fire
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Jan
27
SQL Azure Data Sync Preview available in the Windows Azure portal today revceived the third update and contains the following updates.This release also brings the General Availability a stel closer."SQL Azure Data Sync allows organizations to easily synchronize between multiple on-premises databases and SQL Azure cloud databases--a key hybrid IT
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Jan
27
Following, this week's, Google CEO Larry Pages's statement to Googlers at a Friday staff event after the Search Plus Your World launch: "This is the path we're headed down - a single unified, 'beautiful' product across everything. If you don't get that, then you should probably work somewhere else." -- which
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Jan
27
Google's AdMob team rolled out a new feature "automatic app conversion tracking for Android campaigns.""All AdMob Android app download campaigns will now automatically report conversion data from the Android Market. This means that you'll be able to see conversions from your app download campaign without configuring any special code," informed Morgan Hallmon, Product Manager, Mobile Ads.
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Jan
27
Google in developer preview added more options for integrating the Google+ badge into a website. On November 8, last year, Google+ badges was initially released with only two options: an icon version and a standard badge version. Now, you can now
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Jan
27
Yandex, Russian search engine added "facial recognition" technology to its Yandex.Fotki photo hosting service, and will let users tag other people in photos.Yandex.Fotki is a free photo hosting service with unlimited storage space for users.Once a person on Yandex.Fotki is tagged a few times, the Yandex system will
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Jan
27
FairSearch.org, a consortium of companies that has members including Tavelocity, Microsoft and TripAdvisor among others, launched a new anti Google print advertising campaign entitled "Good to Know."The print ads aims to expose "truths" about Google that the search company unfairly promotes its own products, delivers
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Jan
27
Mobile developers in the Denmark, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Mexico, Sweden, and Switzerland now have an opportunity to make money using the Microsoft Advertising Solution -- Starting February 1, 2012, Microsoft Advertsing expanding its solution into seven new countries.Now, "developers from nineteen countries (full list below) can
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Jan
27
Microsoft Manual of Style 4th edition, essentially the English Style Guide for Microsoft products - has now been released and is available in ebook versions (PDF, ePub, Mobi/Kindle) and a hard copy."It's designed to help communicate clearly, consistently, and accurately about technical topics. It's aimed at content creators, journalists, technical writers, editors, and everyone else who
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Jan
27
Google Earth 6.2 brings along with more seamless imagery and a new search interface an d more. Here is what's new in this release:Seamless globeBecuase, Google Earth globe is made from a mosaic of satellite and aerial photographs taken on different dates and under different lighting and weather conditions, views of the Earth from high
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Random From The New Seamless Imagery, Search Interface, Share on Google+ Features Added to Google Earth 6.2
- Jan15Apple iPod Touch gets new features
Apple have announced a number of new features for the iPod touch which will cost $20 to add to the music/video player. Although in my view they make the iPhone look a less than good offer and feature set. They are as follows: - Apr18Explainin Windows Azure Service Packages
Jim's just posted about Service Packages including how to crack open the single file version of them (diagnostic and debugging purposes only). What is the Service Package? It is what contains the Service Definition for your Cloud Service along with the content and binaries for each of the roles. It comes in 2 flavors. The first being a folder structure with the extension csx. - Aug12Google experimenting more innovative ways to place search ads
In addition to testing new positions for search ads, Google also started showing related searches below the ads and the suggestions’re commercially-oriented. - Sep16Setup Windows 8 In Dual-Boot Mode With Windows 7
Windows 8 Developer Preview is out and available for all to try. Here's how to dual boot Windows 8 with your current Windows 7 - Feb05Google: 10.000 Inside AdSense Readers
Nowadays, almost every internet user enjoys Google's products that are currently available for free and accessible via the online interface. For example, Gmail