Posts Tagged ‘Yahoo’
NoSQL Movement!!! April 13th, 2010
There is a community thats been buzzing for quite a while now… Its called NoSQL…
As well all know Relational databases are a pain (you know where)… They force us to twist are object data to fit a particular RDMS (Relational Database Management System)…
Well then why use it??? Read the rest of this entry »
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Yahoo! Stencils… January 12th, 2010
Yahoo! Stencils..
Yahoo! Stencil Kit is a set of graphics to help you create mockup designs real quickly – you can use these stencils for designing web pages for the desktop or mobile phones…
And even if you are no web designer, you may use Yahoo! Stencils to create illustrations…. For example, you may place screenshots inside the BlackBerry mockup that comes in kit or try different placements of the keyboard on the iPhone screen…
The graphics are available as PDF, Visio, SVG (Illustrator) and PNG (for Photoshop)…
Tags: BlackBerry, iPhone, Stencils, Yahoo
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Strip/Remove HTML Tags from RSS in Yahoo Pipes!!! December 24th, 2009
Have being goofing around with Yahoo Pipes trying to clean up a feed and finally figured out how to remove all HTML tags from an RSS Feed, so I figured I better post this…
To clean up any feed you have to use an Operator – REGEX
Link it to your pipe populate the fields….
In my case I just needed the HTML stripped from the description, so I selected item.description in the first regex field….
Then added: Lessthan-period-astrisk-questionmark-greaterthan (Just it case it doesn’t publish right on the forum)
<.*?>
to the “replace” field and left the “with” field blank…. Then check the “G”, so it loops through the data….Finally connect the REGEX to the output and test.
You could used the same method by adding more expressions to the REGEX to filter all HTML from the other fields as well..
Hope this is helpful.. 
Tags: HTML, Pipes, Rss, Yahoo
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Yahoo Pipes!!! December 24th, 2009
My work requires me to build numerous RSS feeds, regarding stock updates, company release reports etc… A tool which i end up using extensively is Yahoo Pipes…
What is a yahoo pipes???
Yahoo! Pipes is a tool to combine, filter, aggregate, and mashup content on the internet from a variety of sources. The tool is free to use and you can see the design of anyone’s Pipe to learn how to design your own. You can mashup RSS feeds, Yahoo Maps, and more. Read the rest of this entry »
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Big Companies keen to partner India’s Unique ID project!!! November 12th, 2009
It appears that IT giants Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco are keen to help power the technology for India’s Unique Identification project.
What is the Unique ID project?
A project in which every Indian citizen would have one unique identification number(similar to a U.S. social security number) that will identify him/her. It would not just help the government track down individuals as is highlighted by the media, but would make life far easier for citizens as they would not have to submit so many documents each time they want to avail a new service—private or government. The project is headed by Infosys co-chairman Nanden Nilekani.
This task is not small considering the population of India is around 1.2 billion. This would involve very powerful technology to assign these unique ID’s and then to organize/store these ID’s would require a large database. This is why i think Yahoo and Microsoft are keen to help out. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: India, Microsoft, Yahoo
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Yahoo and Microsoft Partnership!!! July 29th, 2009
The Microsoft and Yahoo deal looks really promising to me because the deal maximizes the strengths of each of the two players. Microsoft is essentially going to be providing technology in the form of the Bing search engine and the Ad Center advertising engine. While Yahoo will provide the traffic. Its an 10 year agreement in which Microsoft will license Yahoo’s core search technologies, and Microsoft’s Bing will become the exclusive algorithmic search and paid search platform for Yahoo sites. Under the agreement, Yahoo! would focus on its core business of providing consumers with great experiences with the world’s favorite online destinations and Web products. The companies expect the closing to occur in early 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo
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