November, 2007
Adobe and Yahoo! Unveil Advertising Service For PDF Publishers
Adobe and Yahoo! today launched Ads for Adobe PDF Powered by Yahoo!, an opt-in service that enables online commercial publishers to drive new revenue by including timely, contextual ads next to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)-based content. The service has the potential to offer readers access to more free content, enhanced with ads that match their [...]
Google Maps for Mobile With “My Location” Technology
Google today announced the release of version 2.0 of Google Maps for mobile, its innovative and widely used mobile mapping and local search application. New in v2.0 is a beta version of Google’s “My Location” technology, which uses cell tower ID information to provide users with their approximate location, helping them determine where they are, [...]
Using PHP Buttons In Dreamweaver
I’ll admit that I am not a coder and I don’t know much more than a tiny bit of PHP at the time of writing this. However, I have managed to create database driven webpages, and even password protected members only areas due to the extremely easy to use PHP buttons in Dreamweaver. If you [...]
Google’s Goal: Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal
Google today announced a new strategic initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal. The newly created initiative, known as RE<C, will focus initially on advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal systems and other potential breakthrough technologies. RE<C is hiring engineers and energy [...]
SONY BMG and Yahoo! Expand Video-on-Demand Pact
Yahoo! announced today that it has signed an agreement with Sony BMG to extend its video-on-demand license. In addition to expanding the existing relationship into additional territories around the world, the new worldwide deal adds a broad array of additional Sony BMG music videos to the Yahoo! Music catalog. As part of the agreement, Sony [...]
Yahoo! Launches Chinese Language Version of Yahoo! Go 2.0 for Taiwan
Yahoo! Go 2.0 is an innovative application, designed specifically for the mobile user, that allows consumers to personalize their mobile Internet experience with content from the entire Internet and a reinvention of mobile search via Yahoo! oneSearch. The Chinese language version of Yahoo! Go 2.0 for Taiwan features a suite of widgets, including oneSearch, address [...]
Graphic Organizers Serve to Visually Organize Data
Graphic organizers serve to visually organize data. There are several approaches and techniques described at graphic.org. For example, the project approach is a superb way to cultivate a number of skills like organization, complex information handling and creativity through expression. As students are taught to first write or sketch the central subject and then protract [...]
Special Image Techniques with Dreamweaver CS3
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 allows users to create web pages easily, using intuitive menus and buttons rather than learning cryptic HTML coding. Dreamweaver courses can help new users become comfortable more quickly, and can teach even advanced users a few new tricks. Here are some examples of the advanced techniques a student can pick up one [...]