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Enjoy some of the highlights of what happened in 2012 in the Ghana technology space.

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Google Apps Script is useful for building simple and complicated solutions on top of the various editions of   Google Apps ; Business , Education and Government . You can still write GAS code with your gmail account from your drive  even if you don't have an Apps account. Writing Google Apps Script is very easy, if you know how to write javascript, it gets easy for you.

Let's take a look at how we can add and delete calendar events using Google Apps Script. Follow the previous tutorial on " Writing Google Apps Script " if you do not have the basics.

GODI stands for  Ghana Open Data Initiative. It is a portal populated with raw data ranging from Census data, Election data, Health data, Education data, Agricultural data, Telco Quality of Service data, Procurement data, Budget data and many more.  GODI was launched today  at the Accra International Conference Centrer during the 2nd General Meeting of  the Information Technology Association of Ghana (ITAG) with the Ministry of Communications and the National Information Technology Agency (NITA).

The Information Technology  Association  of  Ghana  ( ITAG ),  in partnership with the Ministry of Communications, National Information Technology Agency,  Ghana  Open Data Initiative,  KPMG  Ghana  and IPMC will  hold  its  2nd   General   Meeting  on 20 December, 2012 at the Accra International Conference Center from  8:00am . 

I have already explained in a previous post what Google Apps Script or GAS is. Will use this post to explain the steps needed to write a script and walk you through a simple script that creates a new Google Document and email the link of the created document.

Within the same period Google released Maps for the iPhone , they made other changes to their browser based mapping tools as well. Google some few days ago introduced a New Review Panel in their next steps towards enhancing the Google Map Maker experience.

Ghana Buzz is a mobile app that aggregates top stories from the most Popular Ghana News Feeds like Modern Ghana, Ghana Web, Ghana Decides, Ghana Music.Com among others. It also pulls trending tweets and videos from YouTube.

Google Apps Script is a cloud based scripting language that provides easy ways to automate tasks across Google products such as Google Apps, Calendar, Gmail, Sites, Contacts, Spreadsheets etc as well as other third party services.

Merry christmas to all my buddies using iPhone. Google Maps for the IOS has just been released and its compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. The latest release from Google works on iOS 5.1 or later. 

In Election 2012, Ghana's EC introduces a new process to verify voters before they are allowed to cast their vote. This was in the form of biometric verification, a good idea but poorly not so well implemented.

Election 2012 is just around the corner and as expected, the energetic and passionate developer community is taking the opportunity to churn out as many relevant applications as possible. I can't say technology is playing a bigger role than it did 4 years ago. It is however playing some kind of role, from the Electoral Commission, to the candidates who have included social media in their campaigns.

The GTUC Campus Companion is a 10" android tablet which supports existing content such as safari books with eReaders for traditional learning, Google Apps for interactive and collaborative classroom experience and a learning management system called the 'Learner Workspace™'. Learner Workspace is developed and deployed together with the Learning Nuggets .

Excited to see the number of polling stations that have been mapped by Ghanaian voters. It is validation of the belief in the internet’s role in helping to ensure that the 2012 elections will be the best ever held in Ghana.

Slicebiz, a startup which won the just ended Startup Weekend Accra is a disruptive web and mobile investment platform providing alternative financing for startup businesses. They beat 14 other awesome teams to win the spot which makes them even more awesome.

If you are a fan of  Fusion Tables   from Google then you probably know the many benefits it comes with. Google fusion tables is a data storage in the cloud which allows you to pull various data stunts including representing data in charts and on maps using a column stored with locations.   Google fusion tables allows you to create a new table using 3 main methods;

21 November 2012, Accra, Ghana - Google Ghana and the Ghana GDG would be hosting hundreds of people made up of Developers, Civic societies, Ghana's political parties and the media to an event tagged " Elections Going Digital" tomorrow Thursday, 22nd November, 2012.

JQuery Datatables is an awesome and easy to use plugin for displaying data in a table from almost any source. It is very flexible and easy to use. I however came across a little problem of adding extra columns in a dynamic table. I googled and still could not find a very suitable or easy to implement solution so I had to improvise with the technique below.

If you are new to  FuelPhp , chances are you might have faced one or two errors during your setup. One of the common errors has to do with configuring the database for your app. If you keep coming across the error below, it could be due to two reasons.

Alswell is the latest search assistant from  nCodedev Labs  for  GetFeatured.biz  a classified which was released in 2011. It allows you to search for Jobs, Accommodations, Autos, Businesses, Deals and more directly from any of the available listings on GetFeatured.biz without opening the browser. It also comes with a  MapMode  feature which allows viewers to see listings on a Google map.

Getfeatured.biz  is the new kid on the Ghana classified block and its already kicking ass with its sleek interface and easy to use features. The MapMode which is still in beta mode currently allows viewers to see locations of listings on a rather well designed Google Map. Getfeatured currently accepts listings on  Jobs  |  Autos  |  Real Estate   Users of this service cannot only list ads, but they can also add their own locations to the  places  mode of Getfeatured