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Salesforce.com expands mobile application development support

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Salesforce.com has expanded the number of mobile application development tools it supports and also created a series of templates aimed at helping coders create mobile applications faster.

The focus of the 20 open-source HTML5 and CSS-based templates is on exploiting “micro-moments,” or the many brief periods of interaction people have with their mobile devices each day, said Adam Seligman, vice president of developer relations, Salesforce.com platform.

Salesforce.com got the idea for the templates, which cover narrow scenarios such as an inventory check or appointments, through feedback from developers during a 40-city tour it conducted recently, Seligman said.

“The thing our developers are trying to do is not take massive, legacy applications and make them available in the cloud,” Seligman said. “They’re trying to get to what their customer wants to do,” namely “super-fast,” relevant and contextual business activities, he added.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at PCWorld

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The new Chrome App Launcher: Google's backdoor into the offline world

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On Friday, Google gave Windows users something that they’ve been pining for: A Start button. And even better than that, Google’s version keeps you on the desktop and actually opens a pop-up menu full of programs, unlike the nerfed Start button that’s slated to appear in the Windows 8.1 update.

No, Larry Page hasn’t decided to jump into the crowded Windows Start button replacement arena. Instead, Google’s engineers quietly dragged Chrome OS’s App Launcher—the Googlefied equivalent of a Start button—over to Chrome for Windows today. The seemingly simple addition is a major step in Google’s push to bring Web standards to walled gardens.

Big things in little packages

The Chrome App Launcher is exactly what you’d expect: A taskbar icon that lets you quick-launch Chrome browser apps, such as Gmail, the Play Store, Angry Birds, and yep, even Chrome itself. Simple, right? But the little launcher is a Trojan horse for much bigger ambitions—especially when paired with packaged Chrome apps.

Packaged apps are available now, but since Google has yet to highlight them in the Chrome Web Store, you might not be familiar with them. Packaged apps are programs built on the bones of the Chrome browser. They use traditional Web languages such as HTML5 and CSS, but they run as separate, standalone software that can also be used offline, unlike traditional browsers.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at PCWorld

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ownCloud News app alpha-2 release (guest post by Bernhard Posselt)

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In this post I hand over the floor to the co-maintainer of the News app Bernhard Posselt (Raydiation). Bernhard is a software engineering student at University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien. As an intern at ownCloud inc., he is the man behind the new ownCloud appframework. He is also involved in the coding and the design of the Notes app and in lots of user and devs documentation for ownCloud.

This is my first real report on the progress of the News app (I’ve escaped Alessandro’s requests to write a blog post quite a few times already :D). I’ve joined as a co-maintainer back in last August, because I was looking for a replacement of Google Reader. I’m a heavy Google Reader user so this app better becomes a solid replacement! 😉

In this post I am happy to announce the second (and last) alpha release of the News app. It is already usable and the core features are implemented, but there will be some rough edges and bugs and we may add small improvements in order to get it stable. See https://github.com/owncloud/news/issues?milestone=3&state=,open

The development of the News app started as a GSoC project last year and at the end of the last summer we announced the first alpha release of the app. So why such a long time span between two alpha releases and why not yet a beta release? There are multiple reasons for this.

First off, we don’t want people to use an app that is not finished yet: this will only scare away people who want to switch to the app and find little annoying bugs. I speak from personal experience: this is the reason why I don’t use KDE SC (tried it multiple times, always been bitten by tons of minor bugs and annoyances).

Second, I’m used to Test-Driven-Development and to web-frameworks like Django and there was basically nothing in this regard at the time I joined ownCloud. In the course of programming the News app I’ve developed a small framework that helps people with ownCloud app development: https://github.com/owncloud/appframework And of course I also had to write documentation for it 🙂

This means I factored out all the parts of the News app which we could generalize, wrote unit tests for it and restructured the News app with the new code.

Since I’m mostly responsible for the JavaScript and CSS part, I ran into maintainability problems and started to port everything to AngularJS. jQuery is a nice tool but it binds your JavaScript code so heavily to the DOM that changes in the template can break the whole app. In the long run this is not maintainable.

I am quite happy with the result now: the whole News app has basically been rewritten using the App Framework, AngularJS, unit tests and a proper architecture and I feel like we will not have to rewrite anything anytime soon. We even have JavaScript unit tests now!

Third and last, we are both students

From: http://algorithmsforthekitchen.com/blog/?p=549

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Frescobaldi 2.0.9 (KDE Sound Application)

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Frescobaldi 2.0.9
(KDE Sound Application)
Frescobaldi is a LilyPond sheet music editor. It aims to be powerful, yet lightweight and easy to use.

You can edit LilyPond documents and build and preview them with a mouse click. Clicking on notes in the PDF preview places the text cursor in the right place. A score wizard is provided to quickly setup a music score. There are editing tools to manipulate the rhythm, acticulations, lyrics hyphenation, etc.

Unlike version 1.2.0 the 2.0 versions do not need KDE4 anymore, but just Python and PyQt4.

When using the Windows installer, it might be necessary to install the MS VC 2008 runtime from
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29.

changelog:
2.0.9 implements many wishes (such as File->Reload, autodetection of files modified by other applications, the use of CSS when exporting syntax-highlighted HTML), new features and bug fixes.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at KDE Apps

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Neverland can be build

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Cranes In The Sky.

Some of you dear readers might know about Neverland. The theme “engine” that drives a lot of our current KDE websites.

It is basically a design that is based on the Bootstrap CSS Framework, for which we write themes for the nearly dozen CMS we have. That includes phpBB, Drupal, Mediawiki, WordPress and others.

And that is the pain point basically. You have to maintain a lot of different theme files, all of them written in a different way, on top of a different CMS, with a different markup as well.

So we end up with one core css file on our CDN, and nearly a dozen customized css files for each of them. Plus the theme files.

That made me wonder if the situation could be improved with a custom build system. And after some fiddling – surprise surprise – i can proudly say i found a way to automate the build of each of those themes!

It – as of now – basically consists of a simple Makefile, which builds the CSS out of the less files, and fetches skeleton files to output theme files for each CMS, done with the help of node.js . The best is, not matter of what language the theme file is based on, it can be written.

It is extendable, every CMS gets its own build file. But the important thing is, you change your markup in one place, and each CMS theme can reflect that change.

Of course it is in a very early stage, and not finished, but once done maintenance mode goes down to just a single command and the server sync

That might sound quite boring for some, especially those who are used to build systems, but for me that is an exciting step forward. So exciting that i write such a blogpost.

Learn something new every day – Done for today

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Planet KDE

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SISM Research, Valuation Update On Octagon 88 Resources, Inc. – The First Coring Operation Targeting

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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SISM Research, Valuation Update On Octagon 88 Resources, Inc. – The First Coring Operation Targeting the Bottom of the Bluesky/Gething Oilsands Formation Was a Success – Opportunity Exists for Primary Production by Year-End

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Ernest C. Schlotter, a senior analyst with Zurich, Switzerland-based SISM Research and a four star analyst according to Reuter’s StarMine, released his valuation updates on Octagon 88 Resource, Inc. (OCTX).


Company Update

Octagon’s first coring program targeting the Bluesky/Gething Formation was successfully completed. The cores have been taken to AGAT laboratories for analysis. The cores showed eight meters of excellent quality cap rock necessary for enhanced recovery methods, followed by thirty meters of various types of oil bearing pay zones with primary production opportunities. This is major milestone, as it lowers production costs significantly compared to enhanced recovery technologies like SAGD or CSS methods and expedite the timeline to go into production. Based on 2D seismic interpretation at the core location, the Bluesky/Gething is expected to be between 500 to 800 meters in width. A 3D seismic program will be implemented this summer to give further information about the pay zone and provide multiple horizontal drilling locations targeting production in late 2013. With an estimated thirty meters of oil bearing pay over the project area, the Company estimates to start a 1,200 barrel a day scalable production facility scaling up to ultimately a 20,000 barrels a day production plant on the Bluesky/Gething development.

-SISM Update Report – March 18, 2013


SISM Summary Valuation

Based on very encouraging primary coring information SISM Research assigned a value of $1.00/bbl for Octagon’s Prospective Resources as the Company is moving on to further develop the project with its goal to start production in late 2013. The project is now in its advanced development stage with the elimination of the regulatory process due to the primary production opportunity the company possess. When AGAT laboratories validate the well site findings, it would be reasonable based on …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

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Octagon 88 and JV Partners – Coring Operation Successfully Completed – Coring Rig Moves to Second We

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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Octagon 88 and JV Partners – Coring Operation Successfully Completed – Coring Rig Moves to Second Well

CALGARY, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Octagon 88 Resources Inc. (OCTX) is pleased to announce the coring activity on the first planned well was successfully completed and the cores taken have been transported to AGAT Labs in Calgary for analysis.

“The samples seen from the cores indicate the oil in the company’s sands contain Lighter Heavy Oil with gas traces which should assist with mobilizing the oil to the well bore.” (Photo: Business Wire)

Coring began at about 417 meters and continued to 459 meters, the targeted bottom of the Bluesky/Gething formation. Eight meters of excellent quality cap rock necessary for enhanced recovery methods, was cored followed by 30 meters of various types of oil bearing sands including those which may produce with primary production without the use of SAGD or CSS methods. The primary production is similar to neighboring oil majors and will bring on production much quicker while substantially reducing CAPEX costs of the project.

The samples seen from the cores at location indicate the oil in the company’s sands contain Lighter Heavy Oil with gas traces which should assist with mobilizing the oil to the well bore. The company is awaiting the results of laboratory analysis expected in two to three weeks to confirm the porosity, permeability and viscosity (type of oil). This will be followed by extensive simulation work to establish the best recovery method. Further development plans of the Bluesky/Gething zones will be forth coming.


“From seismic analysis, the channel is expected to be about 500 to 800 meters in width at the core location. With the approximately 30 meters of oil bearing pay zone, the company has made strong progress toward our scalable production plants objective, starting at 1’200 barrels a day and growing the
 Bluesky project to a potential of 20,000 barrels a day production. Further developments are underway moving to 3D seismic which will further map the zone and provide multiple horizontal drilling locations targeting production in late 2013.”

-CEC North Star Technical Team

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

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Adjustable Clock 3.2 (Plasmoid Binary)

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Adjustable Clock 3.2
(Plasmoid Binary)
Plasmoid to show date and time in adjustable format using rich text.
Developed and tested on KDE 4.10 with Qt 4.8 (Kubuntu 12.10).

Source (main repository, with more frequent updates) is located at:
https://github.com/Emdek/plasmoid-adjustable-clock

Tips:
– to change tool tip text you need to set options toolTipFormatMain and toolTipFormatSub in applets configuration file (usually located at ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc), in group containing line plugin=adjustableclock;
– you can use advanced WebKit features, for example use CSS to create reflections:

-webkit-box-reflect:below 5px -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(transparent), color-stop(0.5, transparent), to(white));

And much more. 😉

If you created interesting format and want to share it then post in comments!

Features:
– fully custom date format (syntax similar to that of strftime C function);
– possibility to use rich text editor or edit source (HTML and CSS) to adjust format;
– fast copy to clipboard of adjustable date and time format after middle mouse click on the clock or activation of keyboard shortcut;
– context menu with actions to copy formatted (adjustable formats) date and time to clipboard;
– adjustable tool tip (hidden option);
– standard clock calendar.

Additional formats:
– Digital clock, format resembling traditional digital clock, by Emdek – http://pastebin.com/Ux5kztGd.

If you have found bugs or have suggestions you can contact me via email, message or using comments, before you will vote bad. And remember that not everybody has enough time for fast replying. 😉

changelog:
3.2 (10.03.2013):
– added Train Clock, based on design by Nuno Pinheiro;
– added beClock theme, inspired by clock by Thomas Luebking;
– added Binary Clock;
– show placeholder category in title in rich text editor;
– enable Apply button when configuration values are changed;
– added Edit button to trigger clipboard action editor;
– moved custom themes to separate, shared data file;
– some other improvements and fixes.

3.1 (15.02.2012):
– added initial support for placeholder previews in rich text editor;
– new theme selector with previews;
– added Progress clock, based on code from Peter Fajdiga;
– removed Flat theme (too similar to Default);
– updated internal HTML layout to be simpler and more future proof;
– add dynamic offset to themes with enabled background;
– events are now always synced;
– allow to zoom contents of rich text editor;
– use Plasma theme font by default;
– set initial focus for rich text editor;
– move bundled themes to XML data file;
– some other fixes.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at KDE Apps

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Google adds Chrome OS app launcher to Windows taskbar

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Google is invading the traditional desktop with a new feature for Chrome that lets you launch Web apps and Chrome standalone apps directly from the Windows taskbar without starting your browser. The new app launcher is ported from Google’s browser-in-a-box operating system, Chrome OS, and puts all your Chrome apps under one icon on your taskbar. The feature makes it even easier for Windows users to fire up Chrome apps instead of full-fledged desktop applications for everything from editing documents to chatting over IRC to reading e-books.

Chrome’s app launcher is not quite ready for prime time; the feature is only available on the developer version of Chrome for Windows. The official release should show up in the stable version of Chrome in the coming months. Google also has plans to add the app launcher to Chrome for Mac and Linux in the coming weeks.

How the Chrome App Launcher works

To get started, you need to download the Chrome for Windows developer version from Google’s dev channel. If you’re already running Chrome, this will replace your current version with the developer release. Keep in mind, the developer version can sometimes break features or introduce browser crashes, so you may not want to work with it if you rely on Chrome day to day. The good news is you can easily switch back to the public release of Chrome by downloading and installing the current stable version.

Packaged apps

Once you’ve got the developer version up and running, you need to install a Chrome packaged app before you will see the Chrome OS app launcher on your taskbar. If you already use a packaged app, delete then reinstall it to see the launcher. Packaged apps, introduced to Chrome last June, are desktop-like apps that open in their own window and work offline, but are based on Chrome and built with Web technologies such as HTML5, JavaScript and CSS.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at PCWorld

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7 things about SharePoint 2013 all IT pros should know

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SharePoint, for Microsoft, has grown into a billions-of-dollars-a-year sort of business that increases its market share in the double-digit range each year. Not to put too fine a point on it: SharePoint is a beast in its space. Companies are adopting it worldwide to centralize knowledge, increase collaboration, develop applications on top of it and realize actionable intelligence about their overall business health.

However, SharePoint 2013 represents a major new release in the lifecycle of the product, and that may cause you to wonder what it is, what it can do for you and what your organization needs to know before considering and deploying it. Here’s a brief SharePoint 2013 cheat sheet to help you sort out with some of those concerns.

SharePoint 2013 highlights: Better BI, mobile, public website support

What are the big points Microsoft wants to sing about when it comes to the SharePoint 2013 release? While there are many improvements, the following five points rise to the top:

Better branding for your Web presence. What used to be an arduous process that involved complicated designer assets, style sheets and a confusing packaging process has now been made much easier. Now, any Web designer with proficiency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript can in a short amount of time brand a SharePoint site and create a public-facing or internal site that looks good. This will reduce your internal support expense, as well as make it less costly to use SharePoint itself as a platform for public-facing websites.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at PCWorld

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Oxygen KDE (Firefox Theme) 4.0 beta2 (KDE Improvement)

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Oxygen KDE (Firefox Theme) 4.0 beta2
(KDE Improvement)
:: Oxygen style for Firefox!
:: Consistent and coherent integration with KDE!

:: NEWS ( Last updated : 10 February 2013)

Quote:

OXYGEN KDE 4.0 beta2 is released!

:: What’s new in the 3.x-4.x version

– All XUL widgets styled using only CSS,no images at all
– Automatic color scheme detection (KDE)
– Added Firefox 4 support
– 4 different styles for the back/forward buttons
+ Classic Oxygen
+ Classic Oxygen + shadow
+ Firefox 4 style
+ Firefox 3 style
– 2 Different icon themes
+ Oxygen
+ Faenza (not completed yet)
– 3 Styles for the Firefox background
+ Oxygen Style (radial and linear gradients)
+ Oxygen Style (solid color)
+ Personas Skins
– 2 browser tab styles
+ Single
+ Plain
– 3 styles for the new tab button
– 3 styles for the menu highlight color
– 4 styles for the Firefox 4 App Menu
– 2 styles for scrollbars
– Option to hide arrows
– Rounded corners for popups and menus (Firefox 4+)
– Clear button on text boxes
+ option to hide it
– Use arrows instead of +/- in trees
– Zoom-in/Zoom-out buttons
+ option to hide them
– 3 Styles for the Speed Dial add-on
+ Oxygen
+ Air (recommended)
+ Air Clean (hides titles compared to the recommended “Air”)
– Option to select a custom Speed Dial background

:: How to apply a Personas skin on top of Oxygen KDE

1. Go to Oxygen KDE Options : Background style –> Personas skin
2. Go to Add-ons Manager and enable and Apply any Persona Theme (browser restart may be required)
3. After applying a Personas skin, go back to Add-ons Manager and enable Oxygen KDE.(browser restart required)
4. After applying Oxygen KDE, go to the urlbar and type about:config and toggle pref: lightweightThemes.isThemeSelected : to true.(Restart browser)

After the restart you’ll have the Personas skin and Oxygen KDE applied at the same time.(Now your settings will be kept even after a restart of the browser) Repeat the above steps to apply another Personas skin and Oxygen KDE.

:: How to hide the title bar of Firefox in KDE

1. Open System Settings
2. Go to Workspace appearance –> Configure Decoration –> Window-Specific Ovverrides
3. Look for Exceptions related to Firefox and edit it … If there isn’t create it using these values :

-To hide the title bar of all windows related to Firefox

Matching window property : Window Class Name
Regular expression to match : Firefox

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at KDE Apps

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Contrans Group About To Put More Money In Your Pocket

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By DividendChannel.com On 1/29/13, Contrans Group Inc. (Toronto: CSS) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.10, payable on 2/15/13. As a percentage of CSS‘s recent stock price of $10.52, this dividend works out to approximately 0.95%, so look for shares of Contrans Group Inc. to trade 0.95% lower ? all else being equal ? when CSS shares open for trading on 1/29/13.
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