Kevin Millikin discusses Google Chrome with a particular emphasis on V8, the JS engine, as well as the challenges of implementing JS, how V8 works, and the future direction of V8.
Sir David Attenborough speaks about the power of technology in empowering communities with knowledge and broadening the reach of environmental causes through mapping technology at the launch of Google Earth Outreach in London on 10th April, 2008.
Dion Almaer, co-founder of Ajaxian.com, discusses the latest developments, including multithreaded JavaScript technology-powered UIs, robust offline storage, choosing the right Ajax/JavaScript technology framework, Ajax outside of the browser, and more.
Charles Wiles covered recent developments in the Gears plugin and new ways to location enable desktop and mobile web sites through the new Geolocation API. Lastminte.com, Rummble and ITN also provided some insight into their use of the technology
Sell more, spend less: Google Checkout is a new way to accept payments for your online store that helps you achieve both; free processing for AdWords advertisers, greater visibility in search results and an increased conversion rate. http://checkout.goog le.co.uk
In this session, Patrick Chanezon explains what OpenSocial is, shows examples of OpenSocial containers and applications, demonstrates how to create an OpenSocial application, and explains how to leverage Apache Shindig in order to implement an OpenSocial container.
The UK launch of Google Earth Outreach featured Sir David Attenborough, Amazonian Chief Almir Surui, Jon Snow and Google's Lorraine Twohill and Rebecca Moore. The session covers the power of technology to address and begin to solve global issues like the environment and climate change in addition to the importance of global knowledge exchange.
Jean Laurent Wotton provides an easy hands-on session to discover the possibilities of the YouTube API. Learn how to: query through the millions of videos, retrieve video information, use the chromeless player, control the videos through javascript, etc.. This session is intended for developers who are new to the You Tube API.
Learn how teachers and expedition organisations can create virtual fieldwork using Google Earth. This video shows highlights from the Google Earth teacher training workshops run by the Royal Geographical Society & Digital Explorer.
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Now you can change customise your driving directions on Google Maps by simply dragging & dropping the default directions to your preferred roads or highways, avoid highways, or add multiple stops on your way.
Amazonian Chief Almir Surui speaks about the devastation his tribe has faced from deforestation and how he uses Google Earth to highlight the plight of his tribe to save their territory.
This video shows how Google Earth, Maps, Blogger and video can be used to make your school grounds a place for investigation, enquiry and inspiration for your pupils. The techniques can also be applied to fieldwork trips outside of school.
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