Trying out Google Map Maker

The trend in web technology is just awesome. Now, you can even map your community or city online and make it visible to the rest of the world. With Google Map Maker, you can label cities, roads, establishments, etc. in just few clicks. It also allows to collaborate with others who might want to help you with your mapping.

The above photo is the screenshot of my community. I created a polygon shape that covers the area of my barangay and labeled it as seen in the pop-up balloon.

Google Map Maker tool is easy to use. All you need to do is login with your Google Account and locate the place you want to map. There’s a set of tools located above your map which you can use: point, line and shape. Just click on it and select a feature you want to add to your map, like the coffee shop you usually hang-out with your friends. Read more…

The Globe + Google Developers Workshop

As a developer, I signed up for the Globe + Google Developers Workshop and decided to book  a flight from Zamboanga to Manila for a short weekend vacation and to attend the event.

Yesterday, June 20, 2009, the event was held at the UP-Ayala Technohub, Commonwealth Ave., Quezon City, and the conference room was jam-packed with developers. I arrived around 12:20pm and signed the attendance sheet. I looked for a place where I can clearly see the screen and of course a spot with a power outlet. WiFi was on. Me? Plurking and Facebooking while waiting for the event to start. Eventually, the WiFi connection went down. Lucky me I have my Globe Visibility Kit ready.

Aileen Apolo then welcomed the participants and the speakers from Globe Telecom and Google. Read more…

Unveiling Nokia E72 at Nokia Connection 2009

There were delegates from Philippines who attended the recent Nokia Connection 2009 in Singapore earlier this week, and here’s one post about the said event by Jayvee Fernandez who was with the group. In the event, new phones were introduced to the crowd and one of the new phone Nokia unveiled was Nokia E72.

The latest full-QWERTY keyboard Eseries tunes into the needs of busy working people. The Nokia E72, fast, full of resources, sports a slim profile. Many of its biggest strengths are around the richness of the out-of-the-box email and instant messaging experience. [ source ]

Visit this link if you want to know more the detailed specification about Nokia E72. And for a visual preview of the new Nokia phone, here’s a video that you need to check out.

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iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update

Recently, Apple released the new iPhone 3.0 Software Update in the market for free.

The free iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update includes some great new features, as well as all the features from previous updates. iPhone OS 3.0 also lets you run the next generation of iPhone apps, like peer-to-peer games and more. If you’ve never updated before, now is the perfect time.

Watch the video below of the Apple iPhone 3.0 launch to know more about the latest features and updates with the iPhone operating system.

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Assembly Programming (A86) Series: Determines AM or PM in 24hrs format MS-DOS time

Here’s a code snippet done using Assembly Programming (A86) language that tells the local system time (ms-dos) if it’s under AM or PM. This is simple code that you want to try to explore assembly language. If you need the compiler, please leave message below and I will send it to you. Thanks!

mov ah, 2ch
int 21h
mov al, ch
cmp al, 12
jb exit1
cmp al, 12
jae exit2

exit1:
mov ah, 09
lea dx, result1
int 21h
int 20h

exit2:
mov ah, 09
lea dx, result2
int 21h
int 20h

result1 db 'The current time falls under AM.$'
result2 db 'The current time falls under PM.$'