Flock is focused on fundamentally evolving the browser, bringing a refreshing new approach to how people use and participate on the web and simplifying social and web-based applications by bringing them one step closer to the user and integrating them directly into the browser.

When using Flock, people can easily discover, access, create and share videos, photos, blogs, feeds and comments across social communities, media providers, and popular websites.  Read more …..

Flock isn’t about technology. Flock is about a feeling. While the technology powers Flock, the reason you and I love this browser is because…More

Showcase the achievements of the nation’s efforts in harnessing the power of Convergence and how it improves out quality of life. Promote the adoption of Communications and Multimedia ( ICT ) services. Share experience on Convergence with the international community. Bring together regulators, government agencies, telcos, ISPs, broadcasters, content developers and technology providers to share experiences and create opportunities and partnerships. Showcase the latest technology and solutions in B2B, B2C, P2P and M2M applications.

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Explore the world’s first Android-powered phone, the T-Mobile G1

Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. This beta version of the Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language. Source : Google.com

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With Salesforce for Google Apps, you can now run your favorite desktop applications and your Salesforce applications side by side by accessing Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, and Google Docs all seamlessly from within Salesforce.  Watch the product tour or if you’re already a Salesforce customer, you can get started now. Source : Salesforce

To use Plone, you don’t need to learn anything about Zope; to develop new Plone content types, a small amount of Zope knowledge is helpful, and it is covered in the documentation. Zope itself is written in Python, an easy-to-learn, widely-used and supported Open Source programming language. Python can be used to add new features to Plone, and used to understand or make changes to the way that Zope and Plone work. By default, Plone stores its contents in Zope’s built in transactional object database, the ZODB.

There are products and techniques, however, to share information with other sources, such as relational databases, LDAP, filesystem files, etc. Plone runs on Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and many other platforms; double-click installers are available for Windows and Mac OS X, and RPM packages are available for Linux. Source : Plone

Kazuhiro Atsumi, a university professor, demonstrates a prototype of Honda Motor Co.’s new walking assist device designed for the people whose leg muscles are weakened in Tokyo Saturday, July 5, 2008. Applying Honda’s technology that creates humanoids robot Asimo, the 2.8-kilogram (6.2-pound) electric-powered device help the wearer to stride along.

The future of education is online. The old idea that the local expert on physics (the physics teacher) should teach physics is exactly that — an old idea. The best and the brightest can now teach physics to everybody.

The old idea that teaching means standing up and talking while students take notes is another antiquated idea. All courses at all levels, from elementary school through college, can and will be converted into “learn by doing” courses that take true advantage of the simulation capacity of computers to provide life like “doing” scenarios mentored by the world’s experts.

Naturally, this will cause a big change in what goes on in the schools. We won’t want children staying home, taking courses on computers, and never having real, live contact with other people. They need to learn how to communicate with each other, how to deal with real people problems, and how to grow as people. So, while the more academic subjects are learned online, we’ll need teachers to help guide students in the more human areas. The introduction and acceptance of the new online courses will not come overnight. In five years, students may only be taking a few of their courses online, but within 20 years the change will be dramatic. Nearly all of today’s academic subjects will be taught in this way because such courses will be more interesting, more engaging, more individualized, and more diverse.

Teachers will no longer be content providers. Rather, they will be discussion leaders, advisors, tutors, field trip leaders — always helping their students build interpersonal skills while they pursue their academic subjects.

Schools will become more like summer camps, teaching kids what they need to know about functioning in society, dealing with issues like teamwork, handling stress, getting people to like you, and other subjects critical to adolescents. School will be fun and interesting.

Roger C. Schank is director of the Institute for the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University and a leader in the field of artificial intelligence and multimedia-based interactive training. He is also chairman and chief technology officer of Cognitive Arts Corp. Read more ……

An outcome of the partnership is the integration of the Blackboard Learning System and Google Scholar. The integration of these two products, through the Blackboard Building Block for Google Scholar, will enable access to scholarly references directly from courses within the Blackboard environment.

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