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Facebook – Finding the owner of lost things
Yesturday I found a company pass in the street. It had a name and a picture on it so I typed in the name to Google, found a facebook page and sent a message. Owner and pass reunited. The joy of tech. Also I feel more warmly towards facebook, as Ive found a use. I…
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QCon day 3 – Google Data API
The google data API talk concentrated on decisions behind the selection of REST over SOAP; basically RESTs four operations get,put, post and delete are likely to cover 90% of your needs. Also the extensions they have developed around query, authentication, concurrent operations and batch updates. These concepts were tied in nicely to examples of use…
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Google Android
Withe the announcement of the Open Handset Alliance Google entered the mobile phone market. not with a phone as many had expected, but with an open source mobile operating system called Android. Android was purchased by Google back in 2005 and has been augmented to form a complete software stack for mobile devices such as…