Google Previews App Engine Platform for Web Applications

"Google last night launched a preview of its App Engine web application hosting service.App Engine provides a back-end platform, including a distributed Web server, database and storage, to run apps written with...

Web 2.0 + 1

I never really hit it off with the Web 2.0 moniker. To me, it was and still is a marketing gimmick that doesn't reflect the fullness of the second breath the web has taken recently. Version two implies the web has stepped forward. To me, that's to neglect the fact that the...

'Workstreams' for mobile business?

So Google made good on all their mobile machinations and release a product that knits together GeoRSS and KML and it's called Google MyMaps. Intrigued by the idea of drawing my own maps, I decided to plot out the route I take when I jog. What's immediately obvious is that...

What's the Point of AJAX, Beyond Being Cool?

It's just a fancy form submit. Do we really need AJAX in web applications or is it just distracting us from bigger and better things? http://www.dummysoftware.com/blog/post44.html

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