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Google map goes SaaS - Mapplets

Posted by Charles | May 31, 2007 .

Software as a Service (SaaS) is THE thing that every software related company is working (or worry about.) Most of Google’s applications are SaaS based. Google Maps is a exception that it just servered, until now. Google Mapplets changes the game.
Google’s ultimate goal is to index all the data they can touch. Just serving map […]

Going offline indeed a trend

Posted by Charles | May 31, 2007 .

In my post four things that matter the most for the next web I mentioned that many lines are blurring such as the line between online service and offline application. It’s trend and the enabling technologies are available now, such as Adobe Apollo. Now Google proves that going-offline indeed a trend.
Google starts offer Google Gear. It’s Google’s […]

New virtual globe startup with Flash- everyscape

Posted by Moxie | May 30, 2007 .

EveryScape is a new geoweb startup. It could become a new member in my top 5 globe explorer post. This one hasn’t opened for business yet. But from the working demo on its front-page, you can find it’s a very interesting and exciting production. The virtual tour piece is written in Flash. I like it […]

Microsoft releases new product - surface computing

Posted by Charles | May 30, 2007 .

 
Picture a surface that can recognize physical objects from a paintbrush to a cell phone and allows hands-on, direct control of content such as photos, music and maps. Today at the Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer will unveil Microsoft Surfaceâ„¢, the first in a new category of […]

Top 3 gadgets I am with everyday

Posted by Charles | May 30, 2007 .

I was asked what gadgets I carry everyday. Here are the 3 of them I “carry” daily and have so much fun with them.
1. Toyota Prius

I am carried by this gadget in this case. You must know what it is. It’s fun to drive. People have been hacking this big toy and sharing ideas. […]

Top 5 tools to explore the 3D virtual globe - our Earth

Posted by Charles | May 25, 2007 .

 Location matters. Geo matters. So born the new hipper and trendy term, geoweb. We’ve been bookmarking web URL since the day one, actually that’s where yahoo came from. But really just recent year ordinary people start browsing our planet, the Earth, as a 3D globe. Here are the 5 major 3D free map applications that […]

Make your own Flash movie with free toufee

Posted by Charles | May 21, 2007 .

 I reviewed toufee before. Since then they are really improving the functions. I used to have all sorts of offline tools to help quickly creating some Flash banners or blocks with predefined effects, without learning Flash studio.
It’s kind cook to be able to add some Flash elements on a web page quickly. However, once Flash […]

Snap + Digg + Yourminis = Flash diggexpose

Posted by Charles | May 21, 2007 .

If you mouse over this site like you would get a javascript window tooltip shows the snapshot of the site. That’s Snap. If you like the post, you digg it. If you want to have a portable desktop, you use Flash based yourminis. Someone put them all together, you got diggexpose.
It’s fun site with this swf […]

More Sun’s JavaFX demos

Posted by Charles | May 17, 2007 .

There are more JavaFX demos on Sun’ Chirs Oliver’s blog. Here are the demos that you can click and run, if you have latest Java runtime installed.
A Space invader game. Flash gamer developers should be able to tell the how good it is for new gaming platform. Considering J2ME runs most of mobile games in US, JavaFX […]

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