Google Tech Talks
March 29, 2007

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Video is becoming increasingly important content type, and it’s time to make video a first-class citizen on the web. The element is, along with JavaScript bindings, proposed as a simple solution to encourage browsers to support video natively. Equally important is the choice of video format to be used with. I will argue that the success of the web is based on using open standards, and that video should be no exception. I will demo Opera showing Ogg Theora video clips natively.

A demonstration is available here:

http://people.opera.com/howcome/2007/video Credits: Speaker:Håkon Wium Lie

Google Tech Talks
March 22, 2007

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This presentation will be about 20-30 minutes, discussing Kestrel’s initial development and design of the first carbon fiber bicycles, as well as what the future holds. It will be followed by Q&A, allowing time for attendees to get an up close look at Kestrel’s bikes and carbon products at the end.

Speaker: Preston Sandusky, Co-owner and Engineer at Kestrel Bicycles Credits: Speaker:Preston Sandusky

Tim Lister, co-author of Peopleware and Waltzing With Bears discusses A Secret of Peopleware…why it’s so hard for big successful companies to keep the edge of the Blues brothers…”We’re on a A Mission from God.” What can you do about turning from the “Joy of the Struggle” to “We’re Entitled to This.” Credits: Speaker:Tim Lister

Google Tech Talks
January 17, 2007

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If you’ve enjoyed Hal’s talks and emails on how economic theory can help make sense of various financial phenomenon around us from the US real estate bubble to zero-coupon bonds; come listen to Prof. Waverman from the London Business School talk about how mobile technology can impact economic growth in emerging markets. His work was recently profiled in The Economist. Prof. Waverman visits Google in Mountain View courtesy of efforts by Yonca Brunini and Dennis Woodside from our EMEA offices.

Professor Waverman’s research quantifiably demonstrates that communications networks form a key component of the infrastructure crucial to a nation’s economic…

Google Tech Talks
January 11, 2007

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Much of what we want to know about other people is not directly perceivable. Are you a nice person? Did you really like the cake I baked? If we got married, would you be a good parent to our children? Instead, we rely on signals, which are perceivable features or actions that indicate the presence of those hidden qualities. Yet not all signals are reliable. It is beneficial for the con-man to seem nice, for the guest to seem to like the burnt cake, for the unsuitable suitor to seem as attractive as possible. While these deceptions benefit the deceiver, they may be quite costly for the recipient. What keeps signals honest — and why are some signals…

Eric Schmidt speaks at the National Governors Association’s Summer meeting in Michigan on July 21, 2007.

Google Tech Talks
December 21, 2006

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Wilco Jansen, organization administrator and mentor for Joomla! in Google Summer of Code 2006, will present along with one of his fellow mentors, Louis Landry, on the Joomla! project, its community and the organizations participation in GSoC 2006. Credits: Speaker:Wilco Jansen, Speaker:Louis Landry

Google Tech Talks
August 23, 2006

Silicon Valley Web Guild

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Presenters:
Michael Yang, Founder, President and CEO, Become.com
Gautam Godhwani, President, Simply Hired
Suranga Chandratillake, Founder & CTO, Blinkx

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What is it vertical search? It is search focused on a specific vertical. Vertical search engines mine data for one specific niche of the market place — for example, travel, jobs, hotels, music, movies, and even health care. As web sites and data proliferate, the task of locating specific information gets tougher. Vertical search engines provide an efficient way to get to that information. Verticals are very different from domain specific portals…