Archive for June, 2007
« Previous EntriesThumbs Up For Google - Again!
Friday, June 29th, 2007Google started a pilot program for Google gadgets where USD$5000 will be given as grant to developers who develope a gadget with more more than 250, 000 page views weekly and USD$100,000 as seed investments if they like what you are doing and your project has commercial potential!
Eligibility?
This program is restricted to people who have [...]
Latin American Search Market Poised for Growth
Thursday, June 28th, 2007At Search Engine Strategies Latino in Miami last week, Gonzalo Alonso, Google’s general manager for Spanish-speaking Latin America, shared a hopeful message of untapped potential in the Latin American search market.
“When we see Latin America, we see growth,” Alonso said. “In the last 12 months, Latin America has become a number-one [...]
The SEO’s Guide to Beginners
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007We are trying out Search Engine Optimisation and quite honestly, there are many times when we were baffled. Nowadays, our results got better when we try NOT to think of Search Engine Optimisation as Search Engine Optimisation! Why? Why would the big boys (Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft) want you to figure out how to “beat” [...]
Google Apps to Launch Mail Migration
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007From Google:
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This week we’re adding mail migration to Google Apps, Google’s web-based platform for communication and collaboration. This is one of more than 30 features and updates to the service we’ve rolled out since February 2007 and is just another example of the power of hosted services to deliver updates and innovations to users quickly, [...]
Google’s next stop: $600 a share?
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Happy days at the Googleplex. Shares of Google (GOOG) hit a new 52-week - and all-time - trading high of about $535 on Monday afternoon. The stock is now up 15 percent so far this year and has gained a stunning 529 percent since its initial public offering in August, 2004.
Last week came news that [...]
The Human Touch That May Loosen Google’s Grip
Monday, June 25th, 2007ONCE upon a time, the most valuable secret formula in American business was Coca-Cola’s. Today, it’s Google’s master algorithm.
In the search business, however, there’s no rival to play the role of Pepsi. Yahoo is the closest but still a distant No. 2, and Google earns more profits in a single quarter than Yahoo does [...]
Tips On How To Get Aquired By Google!
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Three months ago, I met the two startup founders of Zenter, Wayne Crosby and Robby Walker, and blogged about how they wanted their online version of PowerPoint to get bought by Google. I listen to a lot of young entrepreneurs who desperately want to get bought by big companies like Google (GOOG), Microsoft or eBay, [...]
CEOs Weigh in on Latest IDC Open Source Research
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Last Thursday, IDC announced estimates that revenue from standalone open source software will reach $5.8 billion by 2011. In other words, according to Matt Lawton, program director of IDC’s Open Source Software Business Models research program, the market is still immature ($1.8 billion in 2006) - and will see accelerated growth over the next five [...]
Tech Capitals Of The World - Singapore IS IN!
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007When the Singapore Government pushes for something, it usually gets done - fast and good. See how far our I.T initiative has gone.
Article from TheAge.com.au
Want ultra-fast broadband, free internet ‘hotspots’ across town and all the latest gadgets? You won’t get it in Sydney, but Arjun Ramachandran finds the cities with all the right connections.
In April, [...]
10 Cool CSS Tricks for Web Design
Tuesday, June 19th, 20071. CSS font shorthand rule
When styling fonts with CSS you may be doing this:font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
font-variant: small-caps;
font-size: 1em;
line-height: 1.5em;
font-family: verdana,sans-serif
There’s no need though as you can use this CSS shorthand property:
font: bold italic small-caps 1em/1.5em verdana,sans-serif
Much better! Just a few of words of warning: This CSS shorthand version will only work if you’re specifying both [...]