Geoffrey Canada and Capella University livestream panel on education reform

Geoffrey Canada and Capella University livestream panel on education reform: One person can make a difference. Just ask Geoffrey Canada, an education reform advocate whose groundbreaking work in Harlem schools set a precedent across the United States. It’s even inspired U.S. President Barack Obama to apply his model to cities across America.

On December 28 at 3:00pm PT, Geoffrey Canada will deliver a keynote speech about education reform, hosted by Capella University and streamed live on YouTube. The keynote presentation will be followed by a 

Watch out for XmlPullParser.nextText()

Watch out for XmlPullParser.nextText():
[This post is by Jesse Wilson from the Dalvik team. —Tim Bray]
Using XmlPullParser is an efficient and maintainable way to parse XML on Android. Historically Android has had two implementations of this interface:

• KXmlParser, via XmlPullParserFactory.newPullParser().
• ExpatPullParser, via Xml.newPullParser().

The implementation from Xml.newPullParser() had a bug where calls to nextText() didn’t always advance to the END_TAG as the documentation promised it would. As a consequence, some apps may be working around the bug with extra calls to next() or nextTag():

Qibla Mosque Straightening Using Google Map

Qibla Mosque Straightening Using Google Map: It is endless when we discuss about the Google map. Well, in this article, we will make a straight line from two different locations. The method is called with a polyline. To make the line on the Google map, we still use the basic coding to display the Google map on our personal website. Once you open the page, now make a folder on your personal web page by following the steps in the article. Once the folder is successfully created, then we proceed to the next step.

Next step, type the code below which serves to show the line polyline.

var polyline = new GPolyline([
new GLatLng(-7.919536103992129, 112.59542226791382),
new GLatLng(-7.930529082052441, 112.61073231697083)
], "#ff0000", 10);
map.addOverlay(polyline);

Put the code above under the code below.

Cisco: IT Security Policies are Too Soft for Gen Y

Cisco: IT Security Policies are Too Soft for Gen Y:
Young employees determined to log onto Facebook or bounce around the Web are going to do so, in part because they're motivated to get online and frequently ignore IT policies, and also because the policies in place simply aren't tough enough, according to a global study from Cisco. Seven out of 10 young employees outright ignore IT policies on a frequent basis, and one in four is a victim of identity theft before the age

Open Source Datamining for Social Media Accounts with ThinkUp

Open Source Datamining for Social Media Accounts with ThinkUp: Proprietary social networking platforms have a few distinct issues for free software users, but one of the biggest is that it is often hard — if not impossible — to extract your information from them. With Twitter, for example, you can scroll down to the bottom of the page and wait for more tweets to load via JavaScript, but you can't sort and analyze them yourself. But that's exactly what the open source application ThinkUp does for you.

Proprietary social networking platforms have a few distinct issues for free software users, but one of the biggest is that it is often hard — if not impossible — to extract your information from them. With Twitter, for example, you can scroll down to the bottom of the page and wait for more tweets to load via JavaScript, but you can't sort and analyze them yourself. But that's exactly what the open source application ThinkUp does

Galaxy Nexus Getting Android 4.0.2, Upon Activation

Galaxy Nexus Getting Android 4.0.2, Upon Activation:

Well folks they day is finally upon us. Verizon is
finally
releasing the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. If that wasn’t good enough news for you, there will be an update to

Embiggen Your KVM Virtual Machines

Embiggen Your KVM Virtual Machines : When you provision virtual machines, you try to ensure that they have the storage that they need. But as we all know, storage needs tend to change over time. If you have KVM machines that need more space, we can up their storage with tools you already have handy.

When you provision virtual machines, you try to ensure that they have the storage that they need. But as we all know, storage needs tend to change over time. If you have KVM machines that need more space, we can up

Facebook security code | Social Engineering

Facebook security code | Social Engineering:

I’ve activated some features in facebook related to the security issue. In this morning,  my cookies are being erased by my self. Then I’m trying log in to facebook. But there is a notification :

Google AdSense & Blogger: An introduction

Google AdSense & Blogger: An introduction: Hi, my name is Andy Chung. I work on the Google AdSense team helping online publishers, specifically Blogger users like you, ensure your blogs are optimized to generate as much income for you as possible.

A few weeks ago we met with many of you at the 2011 BlogWorld & New Media Expo. One of the

A Closer Look at 10 Billion Downloads

A Closer Look at 10 Billion Downloads:
On Tuesday, we announced that Android Market passed 10 Billion app downloads. We wanted to look a little deeper at that huge number. First question: which app was lucky number 10 billion? Photobucket Mobile. They’ll be getting a great prize package, including tickets to next year’s Google I/O developer conference.
Remember we still have 8 days left to celebrate 10 billion downloads with 10-cent apps on Android

New Layout Widgets: Space and GridLayout

[This post is by Philip Milne, who is part of the Android framework team. — Tim Bray]
Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) sports two new widgets that have been designed to support the richer user interfaces made possible by larger displays: Space and GridLayout.
The most commonly used class for layout in Android is LinearLayout, which allows its children to be aligned in the usual ways: along either the horizontal or vertical axes. It’s often possible to take a complicated layout and break it down into a set of nested linear layouts and, provided this nesting doesn’t get too deep, this is still a good choice for many simple layouts.
A number of posts and articles (e.g. Android Layout Tricks #1, Flattening The Stack) have highlighted drawbacks of nested layouts; which fall into three basic categories:

• Inability to control alignment along both axes simultaneously
• Performance problems in hierarchies that are too deep
• Unsuitability for design tools that support free-form editing

A simple example of the first problem is the following form:

As the font and the text of the “Email address” label change, we want the label to remain aligned with the

[Download] Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts - The 10th on Top 40 UK Chart 20-11-2011 [By Alter Crew]

[Download] Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts - The 10th on Top 40 UK Chart 20-11-2011 [By Alter Crew]:

Christina_Perri_-_Jar_Of_Hearts on UK TOP40 Single Charts 20 11 2011

Tracklist:

01 Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris – We Found Love 03:36

From The Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart 20-11-2011 [By Alter Crew]

From The Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart 20-11-2011 [By Alter Crew]:

UK TOP40 Single Charts 20 11 2011

Tracklist:

01 Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris – We Found Love 03:36