Like much of the Web development world, we’ve learned that Google just announced Google App Engine which will allow users to host their python applications on their server infrastructure similar to Amazon’s EC2/S3 (AWS) offer. The timing is perfect, as we’ve evaluated the Django framework to deploy our next generation of web applications.
The fact that they’ve started with python and Django as the core runtime is huge. Server configuration and deployment was a little bit tricky: Google came, once again to the rescue and we now have an Enterprise-Grade sandbox to play with.

Check the secret projects section and expect more Django goodies to come soon.

Following this discussion on Loic Le Meur’s blog, I ‘m sharing my view on the re-centralization of online profiles and discussion:

I think this clearly shows time has come for a new communication platform.
The volume and pace of information we have to manage today need a new approach: how long does it take you Loic to do do your “pre-flight” checks before starting your day?
Distributed profiles can’t survive without losing the user “stikiness” with new services coming everyday.

Should we start by dropping or rethinking emails?
Can we make the blog this unique platform as Loic suggested?

Microsoft announced Friday it had offered to buy Internet portal Yahoo! with a cash and stock bid worth $44.6 billion.

It has been rumored for a long time but the news came this morning with a publicly released letter sent by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo’s board of directors.

Read the entire letter here.

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Following our post on the internet connection breakout, CNN covered the news today.

From FLAG Telecom, the company managing the cables:

FLAG Telecom said a ship was en route to the first cable, which was cut off Alexandria, Egypt, on Wednesday. It said the ship would arrive by Tuesday and would complete its work within a week.