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2009
OCR API on Google Docs(not yet)
Google API blog announced today, new features for their Documents List – Data APIs (DLDA) – one of which is Optical Character Recognition(OCR). To put it simpy, sending an image(with readable text) to a DLDA application, when OCR is enabled into the request, will equip the API to read the image and generate a properly editable document.
Updated list of Verified Relief Centers
Here’s another repost.A list of verified in-kind drop off points for Ondoy victims relief operations. Includes what they need and who to contact.
Google Ondoy Help Page
Updates: Helping Victims of Tropical Storm Google joins the Filipino nation in helping those affected by Typhoon Ondoy! I am reposting the info here if you have time please check the actual google page.
Updates on Ondoy: Places to donate – Efforts by bloggers
A call for help. If you are able, please donate whatever you can spare to the victims of Ondoy(Ketsana). I collected some details of donation centers and numbers but it pales in comparison to what other bloggers were able to post.
Project 10^100: The Voting Begins
Project 10^100 is a Google Project that transcends the information superhighway. It’s aim, simply, is to help – to help people so they can help others. How ? They promised to give 10 million dollars to fund any project that can improve peoples lives. But as funding is finite, they need to find the best ideas.
Use Export Command To Help Linux Find Your Scripts
You compiled and installed a linux binary or made a nifty script but you don’t want to mess the server bin tree. So you placed it in an isolated folder like so:
Picasa 3.5 comes with Face Recognition
Google released Picasa 3.5 yesterday, with some cool features. In keeping with Picasa Web Albums enhancements, Developers have added face recognition and geo tags to their photo-organizer-slash-jack-of-all-trades software.
NES on Javascript
Here’s something amazing for Javascript, your good-ole NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) games are now available and playable via Ben Firshman’s JSNES page. JSNES, is an NES emulator built on javascript’s canvas objects.
XOXO Creativity
Here’s a good way to promote creativity and have fun at the same time. The rule is to draw as many things as your imagination can conjure up from X’s and O’s.
Resume on Youtube!
Streaming Video giant, Youtube, recently announced a Resume feature along with other improvements for their groundbreaking service. (Cheers! claps! Bring in the beer! LOL).
Google got reCAPTCHA
Google announced recently in its official blog, that it has acquired reCAPTCHA. CAPTCHA is a web technology made out of necessity. It primarily is used to prevent BOTS (or automated apps designed to do malicious tasks) by adding an extra step to site pages that require human interaction.