The Summer of Code continues at Google, which presented a midterm report on the state of the project during the recently-held OSCON 2006.
Best & Worst Lead Generation Offers for 2006
I’ve been quiet here for over a week, but not because I don’t have a ton of things to write about. Actually, I’m focused on getting a special project ready that I’ll be releasing to the world via this blog on August 1st. Stay tuned.
MapQuest Offers Road Trip Tool
MapQuest is hoping to make your summer plans a little simpler with its new feature, dubbed Route Builder. According to the company, “this new tool lets travelers save time and money by mapping out their entire journey – and multiple destination stops in between – in one convenient step.”
IBM Offers Virtualization ‘Test Drive’
IBM launched a new partner program to help SMB clients better understand how utilize its Virtualization Engine for running multiple virtual servers on a single piece of hardware.
Riya Offers Facial Recognition Tech
Usable facial-recognition software belongs in the realm of science fiction, right? Or perhaps it exists, but only in the some of the more technologically advanced branches of the government. Not so. The photo-sharing site Riya already uses some of that technology, and is due to incorporate more this fall.
Apple Offers Creative Countersuit
Facing litigation from Creative Technology over the iPod interface, Apple has hit back with a countersuit that alleges patent infringement by its tormentor.
Website Offers Moola For Gamers
Let me get this straight, I asked an imaginary spokesperson, you give me a penny to start, I play your game, and if I win it’s doubled. If I win 30 times straight, you give me over $10 million. Yes, said iSpokesperson, but if you lose along the way, you lose everything.
Windows Live Messenger Offers VoIP
Microsoft will partner with Verizon to deliver PC to phone calling services as part of Live Messenger’s new features being made available in the public beta release.
Yahoo Search Marketing Offers Service for Travel Vendors
If you promote any kind of travel services online you’ll wan to pay attention. Yahoo Search Marketing (formerly Overture) has launched a new program called “Travel Submit”.
IT Job Market Now Offers Big Hope for Tech Workers
Remember the Dot.com and IT job market implosion? It was back in 2000 when the bottom fell out and technology workers have suffered ever since.