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8 Open Source Projects from Google

Idaconcpts

For many Google has become the patron saint of open source, and the number of open source projects Google supports or directly develops seems to increase every day. Some of Google’s own open source projects, like Android, have become as common as their proprietary competitors, yet many do not even realize they are using software with free and open source components.

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Open Source is a feature, not a benefit

The Way of the Web

Open source is a wonderful thing. But reading Matthew Ingram’s post last week about the lack of adoption for an open Twitter alternative highlighted the key reason why so few open source projects become mainstream success stories at the level of WordPress or Firefox. There’s a painful truth here for developers currently flocking to the latest cool open source project on Github.

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Is Open Source the new black?

The Way of the Web

Live cross-platform mobile gaming arrives → Is Open Source the new black? July 15th, 2010 · View Comments It seems as if Open Source is becoming fashionable, particularly when it comes to maps. Although I believe open source is a very useful and viable way to work, I do worry about companies leaping into it without some careful planning and research.

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How the Open Source Makers revolution is continuing…

The Way of the Web

I’m obviously a big fan of the open source philosophy – in addition to using WordPress as a content platform, I’ve been heavily involved with the Jigoshop open source eCommerce project , worked with Magento for clients including Jigowatt , and take a keen interest in the use of Creative Commons and GPL licensing for content. Disruptive Technology Hardware 3d printing arduino makers open source electronics open source hardware

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Open source development, forking and GP licences

The Way of the Web

I’ve spent the last 24 hours concentrating on some work for friends and clients, Jigoshop regarding their use of the GPL Licence V3 and the repercussions of ‘forking’ a project under that licence, so if you’re at all interested in open source, you might want to head over and read the latest post to see what’s going on. open source forking free software gps licence v3 jigoshop wordpress ecommerce

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Why aren’t there more women in open source (and what are you gonna do about it?)

Janet Fouts

I’m a big fan of open source and as a woman who mangles a line of code here and there, I’m constantly amazed when I see how few women there are working in the field. Instead it’s a celebration of some very cool women who work in open source right now and an invitation to you who might be thinking about working on an open source project, or making the choice to support open source projects and developers yourself.

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Client solves Ecommerce for WordPress via Open Source

The Way of the Web

One reason is simply that it’s a really good product which I can easily recommend – as part of research I played around with the alternatives and I can honestly say that I’d already decided to use Jigoshop to power a couple of future projects before working with them. And the other is that it’s one of the first times I’ve been working on a project which is delivering something via Open Source, rather than using OS products as an end user.

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OSSCamp Summer Edition

The Marketing Blog

OSS Camp is a platform for promoting Open Source Projects from India. Name Topic Abstract 1 Sonali Minocha MySQL Optimization 2 Kinshuk Sunil Open Source Game Development A look at Tools & Technologies facilitating Indie and Open Source Game Dev 3 Vishwajeet Singh Subversion 1.5 an Insight An overview of Subversion project and capabilities of Subversion 1.5

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FamilySearch.org To Discuss Living/Dead Relationship Technology With New RootsTech Conference

Stay N' Alive

In fact, I even have mockups from before Facebook was popular on a way to take my previous Open Source project, Jeans (the original platform for this blog, in fact – click to see my very first post!), Facebook Technology social Brewster Kahle Family history Hewlett Packard Internet Archive open source phil windley social networkOne of my favorite things to do is research my family history.

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Donations as Revenue: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

If you are interested in a large scale, scaleable community that where one member may drop a development of opensource projects and another member will pick it, have a look at sourceforge. I also mentioned The Burrito Project on my “ Social NETWORKS are much more than Social MEDIA &# here is the wikipedia page. Crowdfunding of films through Fundable.com and other projects.

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FamilySearch.org To Discuss Living/Dead Relationship Technology With New RootsTech Conference

Stay N' Alive

In fact, I even have mockups from before Facebook was popular on a way to take my previous Open Source project, Jeans (the original platform for this blog, in fact - click to see my very first post!), open source Technology social network Internet Archive Hewlett Packard Brewster Kahle social Facebook phil windley Family historyOne of my favorite things to do is research my family history.

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49% of the world’s top 100 blogs are using WordPress

The Way of the Web

If you’re stuck for designers/developers I’m always happy to recommend several that I’ve enjoyed working with both on my own sites and client projects. And that’s before you get into the various projects built on top of WordPress – for example, Jigoshop, a client of mine who produce a frankly amazing WordPress eCommerce solution. Blogging open source wordpress domain names platforms setup wordpress hosting

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Catching up on essential tech reading: Hackers and The Art of Intrusion

The Way of the Web

It’s interesting that the book ends with the lone figure of Richard Stallman, the ‘last true hacker’ and founder of the Free Software Foundation , as the rise of Free Software / Open Source has fueled a resurgence in open software and hacking which has again led to hardware innovation in 3D Printing, Drone aircraft and more. How can you motivate hackers and those who work on projects for the joy of them rather than pay?

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The two ‘gadget’ purchases I need to make in 2011

The Way of the Web

But they’re probably as important, if not, more important, than ever… An Arduino Kit : As they describe it, ‘Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software’ As I see it, it’s a great way for someone who isn’t particularly practical to finally play around with how things work in an relatively cheap way, without risking laptop or Xbox 360 destruction.

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Entrepreneurial resources

The Marketing Blog

10 pm Entrepreneurial resources Jump to Comments Customer development methodology Good product manager bad product manager Customer development process Minimum Viable Product Project rifle Research writing methodology Conducting market research Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Leave a Comment Filed under Entrepreneur , Entrepreneurship Tags: Entrepreneur , presentation , research , video Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Noel, Luck of Seven and Episode 20

The Marketing Blog

Noel talks about his project Luck of Seven and in particular answers seven questions in the podcast. By the way Episode 20 of Luck of Seven project is out. Home About In the Media SmallBizPod – Episode 56 Asian Entrepreneurship News from Other Blogs October 18, 2007.6:51 51 am Noel, Luck of Seven and Episode 20 Jump to Comments C.C. Chapman’s latest podcast episode at Managing The Gray features friend, Drupaller & co-worker Noel.

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Looking for a Beneficial Summer Internship? Google It.

The Social Media Incubator

Google is offering the “ Summer of Code 2013 ,” which is an internship for students who are willing to work on open-source projects. The program works in a three-phase cycle, with organizations and mentors submitting proposals for their projects,” reported TheVerge.com. then students also applying to work on said projects, and finally the two groups get connected together for a summer of open source coding madness.”.

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Google Waves Goodbye To Wave…Should They Do The Same To Google+?

SocMed Sean

If you would like to continue using Wave, there are a number of open source projects, including Apache Wave. There is also an open source project called Walkaround that includes an experimental feature that lets you import all your Waves from Google. If you would like to continue using Google+, there are a number of alternative projects, including Facebook and Twitter. This morning I received a very cute email in my Inbox from Google.

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7 Linux Alternatives to Common Windows Business Applications

BeingOptimist

LibreOffice is completely free and open source and is actually a successor to the popular OpenOffice, which got its last update in 2014. GIMP (The GNU Image Manipulation Project) is another open-source alternative to its Windows counterpart.

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Looking for a Beneficial Summer Internship? Google It.

The Social Media Incubator

Google is offering the “ Summer of Code 2012 ,” which is an internship for students who are willing to work on open-source projects. The program works in a three-phase cycle, with organizations and mentors submitting proposals for their projects,” reported TheVerge.com. then students also applying to work on said projects, and finally the two groups get connected together for a summer of open source coding madness.”

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Looking for a Beneficial Summer Internship? Google It.

The Social Media Incubator

Google is offering the “ Summer of Code 2012 ,” which is an internship for students who are willing to work on open-source projects. The program works in a three-phase cycle, with organizations and mentors submitting proposals for their projects,” reported TheVerge.com. then students also applying to work on said projects, and finally the two groups get connected together for a summer of open source coding madness.”

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Joomla! Surpasses 15 Million Downloads

Bill Hartzer

Open Source Matters , Inc. Project , today announced that Joomla!, the industry’s leading open source content management system (CMS), has been downloaded more than 15 million times from JoomlaCode. Project. reached 15 million downloads,&# said Elin Waring, President of Open Source Maters, part of the Joomla! Project. Project include JEvents (1.8 Project. About Open Source Matters, Inc. Project.

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RockMelt – The Social Browser

Mindjumpers

It would require a lot to make me impressed with such a project. When the browser is open you have extra features in the right and left side of the window: – On the left side , all your Facebook friends are imported. RockMelt is built on Chromium, the same open source browser, which is also used by Google Chrome and you can feel the resemblance. Tweet RockMelt is a social browser that fuses social media profiles into the browser.

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Social Media News Ticker: Instagram Launches Bolt, Foursquare Debuts New Logo, Facebook Drops Gifts

The Realtime Report

Twitter acquires password startup Mitro – Twitter acquired small password security startup Mitro, with plans to keep the team but not the product; Mitro’s product will live on as an open source project (TechCrunch). Check out all the latest social media news from the last two weeks, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Foursquare: Facebook.

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12 of the Best Free Stock Video Websites for Great Footage

Hootsuite

The clips you download from Videvo will be licensed in a variety of different ways: some you may not be able to use for specific types of projects. Use these sweet clips in commercial video projects or personal ones, and copy or modify them to your heart’s content.

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Top programming Languages In High Demand At Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and other MNCs

BeingOptimist

This is an open-source language programming and is extremely easy to learn and requires you to have very few coding skills in comparison to other programming languages. Google , Microsoft, and Facebook are the biggest and most well-known tech companies in the world.

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The Best Remote Working Hacks for 2023

BeingOptimist

For example, Google Chrome contains extensions like Grammarly (which tightens up your grammar and punctuation) to u-Block Origin, an open-source extension that can block ads, any tracking cookies, dangerous websites, and other protective layers to keep you safe during the workday.

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Biggest Search Algorithm Updates Of 2016 [Infographic]

Your Escape From 9 to 5

The Accelerated Mobile Page (AMP) project is a Google-backed open-source initiative, which makes it easier for publishers to create light and mobile–friendly pages. The universal results shakeup removed image results from 50% of searches, thereby opening up a new organic position on the first page. Google algorithm updates ensure that you get the best search experience with Google.

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How to create mobile-friendly content with Google’s AMP

Socialmedia.biz

AMP is a Google-backed open-source project that launched last February as an open standard to make it easier for any publisher to have pages load quickly on mobile devices. In an increasingly mobile world, AMP is a tool or open source framework that speeds up browsing when you’re using a mobile phone or or tablets. Facebook allows users to open pages without leaving the Facebook environment.

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CentOS 8 Discontinued | CentOS 8 Replaced by CentOS Stream

Tweaklibrary

“CentOS project board announces the end of free CentOS line of Linux Distributions a.k.a. In the recent turn of events CentOS project board announced the end of CentOS line of Free Linux Distros, which were based on the Red Hat script.

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Google Biggest Search Algorithm Updates of 2016

Your Escape From 9 to 5

The Accelerated Mobile Page (AMP) project is a Google-backed open-source initiative, which makes it easier for publishers to create light and mobile–friendly pages. The universal results shakeup removed image results from 50% of searches, thereby opening up a new organic position on the first page. Google algorithm updates ensure that you get the best search experience with Google.

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How to Cut Costs with Your Own Support Community

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The social web has opened the communication floodgates. To wipe startup costs, check out a free open source solution like phpBB. If you want a scalable solution with plenty of feature options, Drupal is a great open source solution that requires some custom programming. In addition to founding and leading Chicago-based Duo Consulting , Michael Silverman has headed up a number of online community development projects for 15 years.

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How To Organize A Brand Hackathon (And Why) – Interview With Betabrand’s Chris Lindland

The Realtime Report

“Betabrand is perfect because we have such an open, experimental approach to branding,” says Lindland. From its Model Citizen photo campaign to its Disco Open Source Project to its ThinkTank Community Idea Factory, Betabrand has built its brand around customer engagement. We recently ran a post covering the Facebook-powered sock insurance program from Betabrand, maker of geek chic such as the Executive Pinstripe Hoodie and the Nauseating Holiday Pants.

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19 productivity and time management apps for 2016

Kikolani

The tool is more than perfect for managing projects of all types. Basecamp lets you broadcast a common piece of information among teams, sort things out, initiate discussions related to project, organize and store files, keep track of progress, and ensure that things go as planned. With this tool you can keep track of time through tags or projects and share the detailed time-tracking report with clients and senior management. You know what they say, ‘time is money’.

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FedRAMP Certification: What Is It, Why It Matters, and Who Has It

Hootsuite

Source: FedRAMP. This marketplace is the first place government agencies look when they want to source a new cloud-based solution. It’s a great resource when they’re looking to source a secure cloud product or service. Source: FedRAMP.

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The Future Of Books And Publishing

Twist Image

Along with starting one of the most interesting open source projects, LibriVox (for audio books based on books in the public domain), Hugh also works on book and publishing start-ups. Episode #279 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to. I wish more people would read (more) books.

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The Next “Facebook Platform” for the Modern Web, and Why Twitter’s Running the Wrong Way

Stay N' Alive

In those days, going open source and giving people the opportunity to own their own data stored on each blog was the equivalent of federating social connections would be today – instead of owning content people would now have the opportunity to own their own relationships and port those from site to site if they choose, or host the relationships themselves if they also choose (I’m kind of doing that at [link] ).

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8 Critical SEO and Digital Marketing Opportunities

Adam Sherk

As a user I like the new hosted and mobile-specific article formats, be that Facebook Instant Articles , Apple News Format or Google’s AMP project. The open source nature of AMP is a plus but I’m not a fan of having to create separate URLs. The use of sponsored content and native advertising also continues to increase as publishers look for additional sources of revenue.

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From Atoms To Bits To Atoms

Twist Image

Anderson's latest book, Makers - The New Industrial Revolution ( Crown Business , October 2012) tells the amazing story of how 3-D printing coupled with open source design and the entrepreneurial spirit is beginning to take hold. Makers often share their designs and collaborate on projects at a global level. open source design. Something amazing happened this past Sunday.

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How to Level-up Your Visual Branding on Instagram

Later

The first step in almost every design project is to define what you want to say, and who you want to say it to. Even their Instagram feed can be a valuable source of inspiration: View this post on Instagram.

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Journalism And The New Media With Jay Rosen

Twist Image

In July 2006 he announced the debut NewAssignment.net , his experimental site for pro-am, open source reporting projects. A second project was OffTheBus with The Huffington Post , for which he served as co-publisher with Arianna Huffington. Episode #265 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to.

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to End Poverty

Stay N' Alive

Zach, who is also my cousin, hopes to organize groups around various software projects, create those software projects, and then release the code and technology as open source software that other Humanitarian organizations can then use freely. Thus far, several projects have been proposed : “Building a Fighting Poverty Apps Store&#.

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You've Heard the Rumors. Here are a Few Predictions That "Just Make Sense" For Facebook's F8

Stay N' Alive

Last year I was pretty close in my prediction (I had the code right - just not exactly what the code did - this was all the launch of Facebook's Social Plugins), having got some clues in their open source Javascript SDK that were launched in the code before they were released to developers. For those that don't know, Blake Ross was one of the founders of the Mozilla Firefox project (yes, the browser). An actual Phone based on their Open Hardware initiative?

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