Archive for January, 2007

 

Ritesh on Jan 24th, 2007Google to Photograph Sydney on Australia Day for Google Maps

You have to agree that the world is going ga ga over maps and companies are going all out to set new standards in this domain. Just  a look at flashearth will show you the competition in the maps domain and as usual the biggies are clamouring for attention and also popularity.
Setting new standards this [...]

Ritesh on Jan 23rd, 2007Zoho and Omnidrive partner - adds storage to the office suite

 
With reference to the mail that I received last week, Zoho, the awesome office suite that I have ranted about almost half a dozen times, is partnering with Omnidrive to offer storage for all Zoho documents. The Zoho API is ofcourse the reason for such an offering , as and when the online office space [...]

Ritesh on Jan 23rd, 2007History of XMLHTTP aka Ajax

[digg=http://digg.com/programming/History_of_Ajax]This is for all you 2.0 and Ajax enthusiasts out there. Alex Hopman who created the XMLHttp object back in Microsoft details about its history, its conception, how it found use in outlook and also soem lessons learnt while developing it.
If you call yourself a 2.0 proponent, you just have to read this. Read the [...]

Ritesh on Jan 23rd, 2007IBM relaunches Lotus with 2.0 capabilities

After a long time, IBM seems to have given new lease to their once flagship product Lotus. Lotus is being reinvented with newe web 2.0 features, wikis and more collaborative options. Social software for business is the new buzzword around town and IBM is ths driving this thought forward.  This now adds another threat the [...]

Ritesh on Jan 21st, 2007Debugging Ajax with Firebug

I just cannot live without firebug nowadays, its become more a default than an added utility and I have done my part of suggesting it to atleast a 100 people I know. I found this article by Joe Hewitt through Ajaxian, which details out what you can do with Firebug.
I shall make a small list [...]