“Google tells employees to share desks as it looks to cut costs” – TechSpot TechSpot reports it has seen an internal memo announcing a company-wide cost-saving measure in the form of sharing desk space areas. My first reaction was “WTF”, so I was pleased to see that the article began with this very exclamation as… Read More Alphabet Tests WeWork Business Model
Not just because they are a safety menace, but because they let tech bros zip past the actually troubling parts of urban life, like encampments of homeless people. — Read on http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-bird-scooter-20180515-story.html
I love Google’s Chrome experiments. They showcase what can be done in the browser with JavaScript. 100,000 Stars.
As a web developer, I hadn’t decided to focus on front-end work until another developer told me about Firebug. When I started targeting mobile, I switched to the Developer Tools suite (DevTools) built in to Google’s Chrome browser. Two years later and I’m just beginning to realize what I’ve been missing. I was on the /r/javascript forum on Reddit… Read More Still Using Firebug?
Intro When the iPhone concept started taking shape at Apple, installed apps were not given much consideration. No plan existed for an installed app marketplace because the WebKit-based iOS Safari mobile browser would be able to do all the work,* thus allowing web apps to be written in a unified standard. And that unified standard… Read More Three Steps to a Fullscreen Web App on iOS Safari
Can’t wait until this is available on iOS Safari mobile. From your browser you can now upload pictures and videos from the camera as well as sounds from the microphone. via Android 3.0 Honeycomb is first to implement the Device API | David Calhouns Blog.
The other big Google April Fool’s Day joke: As a Google Autocompleter, you’ll be expected to successfully guess a user’s intention as he or she starts typing instantly. In a fraction of a second, you’ll need to type in your prediction that will be added to the list of suggestions given by Google. Don’t worry,… Read More Autocompleter – Mountain View – US jobs
In February of 2010 Google announced they’d be picking one lucky city where they’d build a fiber to the home test network, offering between 50,000 and 500,000 users 1 Gbps fiber connectivity. The announcement immediately created wave upon wave of free PR for Google as more than 1,000 cities vied for the search giant’s… Read More Google Picks Kansas City For Fiber to the Home – Will Begin Offering 1 Gbps Service in 2012 | DSLReports.com, ISP Information
If you’ve used Google Maps in a major metropolitain area, you may have noticed one or two “neighborhood labels” that seemed bizarre and new to you even though you know the area quite well. Here is a link to Home Junction on Google Maps. As best as I can determine, some of these names go… Read More Home Junction
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