Google will shut down its Checkout

On November 20th, 2013, Google will shut down its Checkout product. Here’s how this may affect you:

• Merchants selling digital goods may transition to Google Wallet for digital goods
• Merchants selling through Google-hosted marketplaces (e.g. Google Play) will be unaffected
• Merchants selling physical goods will need to switch to third-party alternatives

more see https://support.google.com/checkout/sell/answer/3080449

WooCommerce – a Google Checkout Alternative

http://behladesign.com/how-to/woocommerce-is-the-best-alternative-to-the-google-checkout-shutdown/

If you have a WordPress site where you sell physical goods and you have used Google Checkout as your online processing center, you will need to replace that method this November.
A great alternative is WooCommerce, which is a free plugin that allows users to customize their selling and shipping options for an additional fee.

WooCommerce is a powerful, extendable eCommerce plugin that helps you sell anything. Beautifully :)
http://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/

People Asset Management

What is People Asset Management? For everybody a little bit of something else, but the goal is the same.
Manage relationships between Human Resource and Process Outsourcing, Employee Outsourcing and Team Outsourcing...

People Asset Management is an effective approach to human resources. It's a new look in old process:

1. Project managers are waiting for new team members or for other members is not work.
2. Freelancers are looking for work, if not working on the project.
3. Companies are missing new employees or there is not work for specific time interval.
4. Human Resources is constantly faced with questions: When do I get requested team member? Do you have work for a team member for 2 months?

The same questions, the same people, same resources, and often the same companies. Only the requirements and limitations are still severe.

It's time to push the boundaries of the corporate walls and corporate know-how.

Here are new questions:

1. How to trust other companies, often to our competitors?
2. How to reduce paperwork to the process itself so that it did not work more than 20% of the working day?
3. How manage virtual teams?
4. And can I manage or hire a company?

The economic crisis has lasted over 4 years. Companies (that did not fail)  learned how to survive. Now, should learn how to prosper when "pantry is almost empty."

Google Sky Map

Interactive map of the Sky is applications using many sources.

http://www.google.com/sky/

You can tour on the Sky in different types of data:

1. The initial view shows the visible universe and is a mosaic of images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Digitized Sky Survey and the Hubble Space Telescope.
2. Infrared - An infrared view of the sky from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). Change the transparency of this layer by moving the slide bar to blend the optical and infrared.
3. Microwave - A view of the microwave sky from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), which shows the universe as it was 380,000 years after the big bang.
4. Historical - The sky as drawn by Giovanni Maria Cassini (printed in 1792) showing the constellations in their classical form from the collections of David Rumsey

More about Google Sky Map http://www.google.com/sky/about.html

Google Sky, Mars, and Moon

The Mars in 3D

Check out these features available in Google Earth:

• Be the first human being to view images downloaded by NASA just hours ago, in the Live from Mars layer.
• Take an interactive tour of Mars, narrated by Public Radio's Ira Flatow or Bill Nye the Science Guy.
• View 3D rover models and follow their tracks to see high-resolution 360-degree panoramas.
• Search for famous Martian landmarks, such as the Face on Mars or Olympus Mons.

Already have Google Earth 5? Select Mars from the top toolbar to start exploring.
Learn more about Mars in Google Earth.

Mars in Google Earth

Google Mars Map

Interactive map of the Mars is applications using many sources.

http://www.google.com/mars/

You can tour on the Mars in different types of data:

1. Elevation - A shaded relief map. This map is color-coded by altitude, so you can use the color key at the lower left to estimate elevations.
2. Visible - A mosaic of images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Basically, this is what your eyes would see if you were in orbit around Mars.
3. Infrared - A mosaic of infrared images taken by the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Warmer areas appear brighter, and colder areas are darker. Clouds and dust in the atmosphere are transparent in the infrared, making this the sharpest global map of Mars that's ever been made.

More about Google Mars Map http://www.google.com/mars/about.html

It´s A Musical: For years and years

The Moon in 3D

Check out these features available in: Google Earth

• Tours of lunar landing sites, narrated by Apollo astronauts
• 3D models of rovers and landers
• 360-degree photo panoramas
• Rare TV footage of the Apollo missions

Already have Google Earth 5? Select Moon from the top toolbar to start exploring.
Learn more about Moon in Google Earth.

Moon in Google Earth