1. Examples of Flash Content Running on Android
An awesome demo of flash player on Android. Pretty impressive. Seeing this after reading this post made it even sweeter.
2. Google News
Understanding the web to find short answers and "something different" – In an exciting move , Google uses Google Squared to provide short answers and obviates the need to go to a news source. Really cool , although I wont say I did not see it coming
A sneak peek at the Native Client SDK – Another very interesting move. Will this move out of geek domain is one of the big questions I have.
3. Introducing FlockDB
Twitter uses MySQL to model graph relations. I have to say their app stack looks pretty impressive. I think NoSQL databases would have had some issues for this use case.
4. New Programming Jargon
On a fun side , some new jargon collated from Stack Overflow.
5. Four Nerds and a Cry to Arms Against Facebook
Anti facebook sentiments are pretty high and four nerds from NYU are trying to create a open social network – Lets see how it goes . Also read There’s a Dirty UNIX Joke in the New York Times’ Facebook Backlash Story.
6. Mapping Ancient Civilization, in a Matter of Days
Computers are raiding even staid fields like archeology and look at the results
. For another application of the technology see , With Flyovers, a Solar Map of New York . Pretty exciting !
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