Archive for April 2007

Summer of Code 2.0

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I’ve just put details for Summer of Code 2.0 on the SoC website. Its going to bigger and better in 2007!
We’re aiming to get 30+ students into this years programme. We’re actively looking for companies to and sponsors who want to be a part of Summer of Code 2.0
Check out the Summer of [...]

Summer of Code 1.0 putting on big numbers

I’ve just got confirmation that the last Summer of Code was the biggest employer of Victoria University IT students! We had 14 students in 7 companies.
Woo Hoo!

New advertising feature on Smaps

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We have developed a new dynamic content delivery system. Its currently being used to display advertising on Smaps. Eg. If you look at Queen St in Auckland. You’ll find a lot of ASB, National Bank and the Warehouse icons showing on the map. Move around or zoom in on the map and it’ll dynamically update [...]

What do you mean we can't fit that into 30 seconds ?!

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We’ve been busy in the last couple of days working on our Gold Awards promotional video. We’ve managed to secure Aston FiacĂ©, renowned Wellington socialite and media promotions expert to direct our promotional film.
For our film, we decided to make the clip in the form of a movie trailer (even with our own ratings screen.) [...]

Free "broadband" in India by 2009

Spotted this on slashdot this morning, Indian Govt is proposing free 2Mb broadband to ALL of India by 2009.
India is working on a broadband future, what about NZ?