This piece of news should serve as a precaution for non-U.S. information and technology workers who are planning to migrate to the U.S. in the hopes of landing a good job. According to a WSJ report, it seems the technology sector has not yet recovered from a slump. This is despite some promises by local companies including Google and Cisco that they would beef hiring this year. [Read more…] about Tech-Related Employment Data Still Not Looking Good
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Facebook Photo Tagger App Goes Public
Face.com’s Photo Tagger app in Facebook is now open to all. This app scan a Facebook member’s photo albums on the site and allows him to identify faces that he knows. While photo tagging is already a feature of Facebook Albums, this particular apps does it differently by grouping multiple shots of a member to make it easier to tag the photos and also for letting you tag photos of other people. [Read more…] about Facebook Photo Tagger App Goes Public
Google Maps adds Hawaii to Street View
Google has announced that it has now added the fiftieth state to Google Maps Street View.
If Hawaii is a bit far, and expensive, for you to travel, you can at least experience it virtually via Google’s excellent street level imagery.
You could even use it to plan a vacation, or inspire you to start saving!
Check out a gallery of Hawaii beaches.
Google is also on the lookout for suggestions of other places to enshrine on Street View, and is running a vote this month.
Make your selection of parks and trails, university campuses, malls, theme parks and zoos, and landmarks.
Anatomy of an iPhone User, Sort of
Here’s a not so serious take on understanding what type of personality does iPhone users have. The study was candidly conducted by Retervo by asking the general question – “What makes a person attractive to you? [Read more…] about Anatomy of an iPhone User, Sort of
Google Dashboard: how much does your life rely on Google?
How times have changed since Google was a humble search engine. Today, you can edit office documents, share calendars, manage your address book, blog, receive alerts, synchronise your mobile devices, talk online, watch and upload videos, store your web search history, upload edit and share photos, and more.
How do you keep track of how much information the mighty Google has on you?
Simple: take a look at the new Google Dashboard.
It’s a fairly simple concept: as any good dashboard application should, it simply displays which of Google’s services you’re using and makes it easy to access settings, such as privacy control.
Google announces:
Today, the Dashboard covers more than 20 products and services, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Web History, Orkut, YouTube, Picasa, Talk, Reader, Alerts, Latitude and many more. The scale and level of detail of the Dashboard is unprecedented, and we’re delighted to be the first Internet company to offer this.
Check it out, particularly if you use a lot of Google services. You might be surprised how much you rely on Google!
Fun Tools Grow at the Flickr App Garden
Have you checked out the new Flickr App Garden? It’s a repository of home grown apps created by Flickr members who used the Flickr API. Actually, some of these apps are not really newly developed apps. You might have seen or used it before with your Flickr photos. What Flickr did is to organized previously available apps, added new ones and organized them in one place to come up with the App Garden. [Read more…] about Fun Tools Grow at the Flickr App Garden