Can’t say NTT Docomo are doing a good job promoting the Android Phone, but at least they have a nice commercial.
Japanese comedian Gekidan Hitori demonstrates how easy it is to find information for a girlfriend who wants to go out to eat.
Google Japan Street View Explained
A wonderful animation from Google Japan explains street view and how to protect your privacy:
Google Code Jam and Quebec
2009 Google Code Jam is announced.
But that’s not really a reason for a blog post. In the Rules section I found the following clause:
You are not a national or resident of any of the following countries or provinces: Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Quebec, Sudan and Syria, or anywhere where the contest is prohibited by law. Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria are restricted by US export controls and sanctions programs and are therefore not eligible to participate in Code Jam. Google reserves the right to relax any of these restrictions if permitted by law before the start of the Qualification Round.
It is interesting to see Quebec (Canada) in the same list with countries that are restricted by US export controls and sanctions. Google does not offer any explanation, but I found s Google Group Discussion that sheds some light.
Phonegap Google Group – Adult Material?
Phonegap is a cross platform mobile framework developed (sponsored) by Nitobi.
Phonegap uses Google groups, and provide a link from their website to the group homepage. For some unknown reason, I was required to authorize accesing adult material.
I wonder, is this a google group glitch or the Phonegap discussions are not only about iPhone/Android and Mobile framework.
