Tag: PORTLAND

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/programming/Dev_Chair_Web_2_0_and_future_of_dekstop_blogging_clients'; With all the new and shiny Web 2.0 applications coming out, one may easily be convinced that desktop applications are breathing their last breath. At least that's what Google would like you to think about Google Apps, and its chances against rival Microsoft Office. On the blogging front, most of ...

Platial announced on their blog the other day some fairly major upgrades to MapKit. Some of the new features for MapKit include comment moderation, map updating via RSS (or CSV), interface enhancements, and more. Platial, if you aren't familiar, allows you to create your own maps using the Google Maps interface, and allows you to share your maps with others. For example, you can create a map of ...

A new Google Developer service is rumored to be in the works, and is aimed directly at the open source community. Greg Stein at the Google Code Blog posts about how the new service is getting the final touches in time for the Open Source Convention (OSCOM) in Portland Oregon, July 24-28 2006. A first thought by Garret Rogers had might have to do with some code tidbits he found earlier to suggest ...