Pierre de Fermat : Todays' Google Doodle -17 Aug 2011

Today, Aug 17 2011, is the 410th Birthday of Pierre de Fermat (17 August 1601 or 1607/8 – 12 January 1665)  who was a was a French lawyer and an amateur mathematician whose  early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus.

Google commemorated the 410th birthday of Pierre de Fermat by drawing a Google Doodle that demonstrating a class room board on which an equation is written with Google. When you hover your mouse over the Doodle the text comes up “I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this theorem, which this doodle is too small to contain”.

He is recognized for his discovery of an original method of finding the greatest and the smallest ordinates of curved lines, which is analogous to that of the then unknown differential calculus, as well as his research into number theory. He made notable contributions to analytic geometry, probability, and optics. He is best known for Fermat's Last Theorem, which he described in a note at the margin of a copy of Diophantus' Arithmetica.

via Wikipedia 

Building Windows8(B8) blog launched Today

As Microsoft showed a preview of Windows8(Video below) in June, demonstrating the user experience,Today the Windows engineering team started a blog and a twitter account(@BuildWindows8) to record and update people about the development of its next mass operating system, Windows 8

Google to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.:Live Conference Call

Listn Here the Conference Call

Press Release :

Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility

Combination will Supercharge Android, Enhance Competition, and Offer Wonderful User Experiences

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and LIBERTYVILLE, IL – AUGUST 15, 2011 – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion, a premium of 63% to the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares on Friday, August 12, 2011. The transaction was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies.

The acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a dedicated Android partner, will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem and will enhance competition in mobile computing. Motorola Mobility will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. Google will run Motorola Mobility as a separate business.

Larry Page​, CEO of Google, said, “Motorola Mobility’s total commitment to Android has created a natural fit for our two companies. Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers. I look forward to welcoming Motorolans to our family of Googlers.”

Sanjay Jha, CEO of Motorola Mobility, said, “This transaction offers significant value for Motorola Mobility’s stockholders and provides compelling new opportunities for our employees, customers, and partners around the world. We have shared a productive partnership with Google to advance the Android platform, and now through this combination we will be able to do even more to innovate and deliver outstanding mobility solutions across our mobile devices and home businesses.”

Andy Rubin​, Senior Vice President of Mobile at Google, said, “We expect that this combination will enable us to break new ground for the Android ecosystem. However, our vision for Android is unchanged and Google remains firmly committed to Android as an open platform and a vibrant open source community. We will continue to work with all of our valued Android partners to develop and distribute innovative Android-powered devices.”

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals in the US, the European Union and other jurisdictions, and the approval of Motorola Mobility’s stockholders. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2011 or early 2012.

Website Publishing tool for Naive Users : Simple Drag and Drop Interface

Muse (codename) is a new technology under development at Adobe that enables graphic designers to design and publish professional, dynamic HTML/CSS websites without writing code. If you’re interested in using a familiar, free-form design tool to deliver websites for yourself or your clients we’d love to invite you to participate in our private pre-release program where you can help us test and refine this new technology by putting it through its paces.
 

Gmail’s New Sign-in Page: Preview it

 

Google is redesigning Sign-in page for Gmail and for other products Google Docs and YouTube services, this is part of redesign of Google products with launch of Google+. If you land into Gmail homepage you’ll find a link(like the above image) at the bottom to preview Gmail’s new sign-in page. Once you click it, you’ll be switched to new sign-in page and it will become your default sign-in page across all Google products that currently have new design enabled. 

You can also switch back to old page by clicking “Back to old page” option at the bottom. If you switch the browsers, the old page might come up again. These design changes shouldn’t affect your bookmarks,  they’ll work same as before at the same URL.

Mozilla Firefox 6 Final via FTP servers:UnOfficial

[TechnoBolt] :However, the launch of Firefox 6 Final has yet to be announced officially, as the bits have not started being offered to the public.

It’s important to note that early adopters will not see any differences between Firefox 6 Final and Firefox 6 Beta Refresh 5.

Instead, the open source browser vendor is serving Firefox 6 Final through its FTP servers, at least at the time of this article. I don’t doubt that this will change soon enough, but for now, users can grab Firefox 6 via the link at the bottom of this article.

As I told you earlier this week, Mozilla was planning to launch Firefox 6 on August 16th, 2011. For all I know, that date continues to be the official release deadline for the latest major iteration of Firefox browser.

Unofficially though, the fully-fledged Firefox 6 Final is already available for download in all supported languages. Mozilla had started populating the Firefox 6.0 Release folder on its FTP servers even before I began writing this, and the bits are live as the article went public.

Download English version of Firefox 6for Windows
Download English version of Firefox 6 for Mac
Download English version of Firefox 6 for Linux

Facebook made changes to chat :Added "More online Friends"

After a huge dissatisfaction from its users on the chat that launched previouly Facebook came up with a new strategy that cuts their users disappointment.

 

The addition of “More Online Friends” to Chat should serve to improve Facebook’s relations with its users. It could rally users to be more vocal about future redesigns in hopes of attaining a similar outcome, but at least they know Facebook isn’t deaf to the opinions of those it serves.

HTC and Beats Deal for a better sound experience

HTC is making a strategic tie-up with Beats Electronics, investing $300 million for a majority stake in the digital sound company and working to incorporate Beats technology into its product line.

“With the magic of mobile devices, it is easier than ever to discover and buy new music,” HTC CEO Peter Chou said in in an interview with AllThingsD on Wednesday. “However, without great sound experience it is a shame.”