by Sujoy on June 20, 2008
26 Days, 18 hours, 11 minutes and 50 seconds to go, as I hit the publish button. The countdown to the Google Code Jam has begun. And most of my coding genius pals have started gearing up for the event. Pretty much the name says it all, right? But I know there are some who still an explanation. So here I’ll do it, the Google way. What the guys themselves have to say:
Do you enjoy solving tough problems and grappling with technical challenges? Then enter Google Code Jam!
Google Code Jam is a coding competition in which professional and student programmers are asked to solve complex algorithmic challenges in a limited amount of time. The contest is all-inclusive: Google Code Jam lets you program in the coding language and development environment of your choice.
Google Code Jam begins in July and continues in August, when you will compete in online rounds against contestants from around the world. The Top 500 participants will advance to onsite competitions at a local Google office to compete against those in their region (Asia Pacific; Europe, Middle East and Africa; and the Americas). The Top 100 will participate in the final round at the Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California on Friday, November 14.
Don’t be left out! Make sure to register between June 17 and July 17, and show your coding creativity in Google Code Jam.
All the official info is here on the website.
Any further info and further announcements is available from google-code@googlegroups.com.
The registration has already begun (on Jun 17th) and the official google blog tells you more. The top 100 get together in the Mountain View office of Google to compete against each other in November and a collective prize of 80,000$ awaits. So get those geek glasses on, pull up your geek socks. Ready ! Steady! Code
by Sujoy on June 10, 2008
“The Eagle has Landed”..and well at half the price. The iPhone 3G is here and people it is up for grabs at half the price. The US pricing is : 199$ for the 8GB model and 299$ for the 16GB. The 8GB comes in black, and the 16 GB comes in black and a new white edition. But more than the design, and the added features, what has stormed me, you and every bloody geek around the world is “They did it, twice the speed at half the price”. The 3G means faster data transfer, faster downloads. And the new iPhone 3G capably promises all of these and more. Of course the suave touchscreen and Coverflow still remains. And with iPhone 2.0 you have access to the newest of what iPhone has to offer.
It is not surprising that Steve Jobs estimates that the iPhone will sell 10 million more by this year end. More so because the new 3G model makes its debut in 22 countries on July 11th. And more than that, later this year, the new iPhone 3G would be available in 48 more. That’s really huge. As they call it, the Lucky 22 are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US. Check out the post on EngadgetMobile for the entire List. [Continue Reading]
by Sujoy on April 23, 2008
Awright!!! It is finally here. Facebook IM. It is cool, it is handy and it’s almost non-existent, at least by the looks. It is really cool , coz you don’t have to actually browse away to some other application to chat with your buddies. And this is what you get. On your Facebook page, on the bottom right corner, you’d have noticed a change today. Yes, it is IM integrated into Facebook. See the screenshot below.
Unlike orkut, which just shows who’s online on GTalk, with that green dot beside your profile pic, Facebook IM is what it is!! A simple and functional IM within the social networking giant. It is very easy. You can check who among your buddies are online and well go ahead and strike a conversation. The functionality doesn’t work with IE 6 or below. But then, who’s using that? Works on Firefox and Flock just perfectly. Haven’t checked on Opera or Safari.
If you are facing any problem seeing Facebook Chat, here’s the official help page.
Inside Facebook has the details in their story here.
Check out Nick O Neill’s post as well on the new Facebook IM .
And for those who are still hungry, here’s the Official Facebook Blog Link titled “Now we’re talking“.
So you chat hungry people, enough reasons to throw around those emoticons. Oh did I mention, it is Emoticon READY!!! *wink* *wink* ;D
by Sujoy on April 18, 2008
Here’s what I mean by the headline! Look at the pic below.
GMail as well as Google is for sure going through a lot of changes and has been continuously trying to improve and implement innovations in their wide range of services. This one is definitely a welcome change,which will prompt more people to read the Blog. Is it a stunt to push the Technorati Rank further? LOL. C’mon. What a week it has been for Google. First, the Opensocial Apps on Orkut, and now this. Btw, the post that’s showing on the GMail page is this . “9 Reasons to Archive“. The best reason here is no.6 which says-
6. Winning arguments
“But on May 5, 2005 at 8:43pm EDT you said….”
Fantastic post. Adios!
