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Annual Bible Conference @ Mawab, Comval Province

Google Map Maker Mindanao Summit @ GenSan City with Rohit Kshirsagar from India - Google Moderator/ Map Maker Expert

With me are the Google Map Maker experts from India and Singapore.

Clint Hassan and I during the picture taking session of Google Map Maker Mindanao Summit @ GenSan City.

Google Map Maker Mindanao Summit Participants form Different Regions and Provinces.
By A Web Design
Google's hard drive in the sky, Google Drive, is a big threat to other cloud storage products like Dropbox and Box. But it's also a stab straight at the heart of Microsoft's mainstream business software, Microsoft Office.
While Google's productivity application suites, Docs (now incorporated into Drive) and Apps (for businesses), have been making some headway into Microsoft Office's territory, the important battlefield is not the application. It's the data. If Google can move the battlefield to a place where it has the bigger army and better weapons, the whole game changes. Google Drive might make that happen.
Let's look at the world from behind Google-colored glasses. Every time a user performs a search in the Google search engine, or clicks a link in Chrome, or +1s an item in Plus, Google adds an atom of data to its knowledge of what people like and what they do. This information helps Google index the Web and rank its results when people are searching for something. This is also the Facebook model, by the way.
The Google Drive 'Open with' feature can help you steal your data away from old desktop apps. Google Drive launch partner Pixlr shown.
(Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee/CNET)
Moreover, every action that generates user data that doesn't touch down in a Google product or service deprives Google of information that it could otherwise use to index and understand the Web of human knowledge and preference. Microsoft Word documents stored on PCs? In the most uncharitable view, every one is money being stolen from Google.
All closed, siloed apps, for that matter, remove opportunity from Google. Co-founder Sergey Brin has recently spoken out against apps and companies that wall off data from the open Internet. There is indeed a danger, but it's not just about openness, it's about Google's own ability to index the data.
Gensan became the powerhub of the recently concluded Google Mapping Summit held last April 21. It was a fully-packed event; participated by over a hundred (100) people coming from all over Mindanao. STI General Santos was generous enough to host the venue of the event which was both convenient and comfortable for the participants.
The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Gensan also took part in making this event successful, as the summit was participated by key persons from the Local Government, the Gensan Police Department, “Techfreaks”, bloggers and other people coming from the different sectors of society.
Self-perception, social expectations, and previous experiences shape our academic ability more than we realize. Just think: how many times does your belief that you are gifted at something combine with positive external validation to help you overcome challenges in that area, increase your confidence, and lead you to explore that area more thoroughly and take more risks than others might?

