Tag Archives: Google
Google Buzz, yet another Google’s failed product
Posted on 11. Apr, 2010 by Tahir Akram.
The list could be long where I want to tell that which products are really crapped that made by them. But I just want to mention Buzz here. Which I believe badly flopped and unable to gain popularity.
Some days ago one of my friends told me that he is getting Google Buzz from me. It [...]
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Get Google Wave invitation
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Tahir Akram.
I got 28 Google Wave invitations. I am inviting my friends. I want to bring people in so that they can try it out. If they find it useful. So if you guys didn’t tried it yet. Just leave a comment by filling your correct email address. And I will bring you in.
Google guys take [...]
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Google Code Jam is back for year 2009
Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by Tahir Akram.
Google has announced its annual programming competition for year 2009.
According to Google blog
Registration is now open, so you can find out more about the contest, and practice on some sample problems. Practice hard! If you make it to the top 500, you’ll travel to a nearby Google office for our semifinal round. If you’re in [...]
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Google Chrome OS: An operating system in a browser
Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by Tahir Akram.
Google has recently introduced the launch of Chrome OS as an extension to Internet browser. Being a unique idea they claimed to provide a full operating system in browser running on your machine. As all of Google products are online they have trained their users to think every service to be available on Internet. Believe [...]
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iGoogle theme designing competition for students. Earn cash prize of $7500
Posted on 25. May, 2009 by Tahir Akram.
Google is conducting a worldwide iGoogle theme designing competition. The competition aims to unleash talented student photographers. And their work will be demonstrated to million of Google users.
Winner will get:
£5,000 ($7,500) cash prize
work will be demonstrated at Saatchi Gallery in London
an invitation to spend a day with renowned photographer Martin Parr
Last date of submission: May [...]
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Get your free business cards from Google
Posted on 02. May, 2009 by Tahir Akram.
Google has recently introduced a new feature of Google Profiles. So to promote this feature Google is giving away printed business cards. First 10,000 people will get 25 business cards to their doorsteps. Currently this offer is available in US only.
To order your cards, go to http://www.google.com/profiles/me/ and at the top the link is available [...]
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Java in Google App Engine, what’s new for developers
Posted on 09. Apr, 2009 by Tahir Akram.
Recently Google has included Java in its App Engine. Currently this release is an early look. Google is giving access to first 10,000 developers to deploy and test their Java applications and give their feedback.
What is Google App Engine?
Google is providing its scalable and managed deployment environment for developers. In Java environment JVM6, Servlet API, [...]


