GDG Ekiti State University

Hi Developers and Designers, GDG EKSU Developers' Conference is an annual conference targeted towards encouraging intermediate developers (across the Android and Web platform in our chapter) to create innovative solutions using various professional tools. Also, it’s an avenue to recruit new members, introduce them to the various platforms available and get them started on Coding. This year, we will also be encouraging start-ups creation among members and expose them to Google’s support for start-up (Launchpad program). Overall objective of the event: The overall objective of the event is to develop an interaction with members of our GDG and introduce to more entrepreneurial tools and technologies. Also, an avenue to spur new members’ development by providing them with necessary resources that can get them started on their own. For intermediate programmers, we would introducing them to product design and advanced resources on their various platforms (web And Android).

Hello Developers and designers, I am so happy to have met everyone on Saturday during the Devfest. Also, it's encouraging to see the growth and development in the GDG community. I am so happy to see everyone working on one thing or the other. Please keep up the good work as the world is waiting to celebrate you soon! There is a wealth of opportunities in technology which includes but not limited to: Digital marketing, content creation (blogging, youtube content creation, etc.) Software engineering and development Data mining and analysis, etc. However, only a very few people in the ecosystem have taken time to explore these opportunities. As an adage says: "Ignorance is no excuse!!!". We are in the internet age where you can learn your interest. There's no longer room for complaint on internet accessibility as it's high time this age embrace investment in internet. You can decide to invest some percentage of time and money on the internet by subscribin

Only 5 days to GDG DevFest Akure 2015, Have you book your seat yet?? Register via   goo.gl/VArp9k . Limited seats available.

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Hello developers/ designers, I have great news for you all @ GDG Ekiti State University. We will be rewarding all active members of our GDG community with a Google cardboard each. Cool, isn't it? To get yours, reply this email with link(s) to your projects which you have done with the tools/ trainings you learnt from our previous event(s) (i.e. Polymer (web), Android, Google 3D/ map maker, etc)! That's it!!! Your get your free Google cardboard to practice VR (Virtual reality). However, if you haven't got a project, it's time to get serious (at our next event or even work on what you learnt from the previous)!!!

Google is organizing a Google Developer Summit series in Sub Saharan African and has just made the announcement below: "We invite your technical team to join Googlers and experts from around the world in talks and hands-on codelabs covering Android Apps with a focus on Material Design, building non-native mobile web apps with a focus on Push Notifications and Offline Page Caching for Chrome and more. Registration is free, by invitation only, and limited to 70 participants per city." https://events.withgoogle.com/sub-saharan-africa-google-developer-summit-2015/ The Google Developers Summit is Sub-Saharan Africa's premier technical event focused on Google technology. We invite your technical team to join Googlers and experts from around the world in talks and hands-on codelabs covering Android Apps with a focus on Material Design, building non-native mobile web apps with a focus on Push Notifications and Offline Page Caching for Chrome and more. Registration is

Hi everyone, We are trying to increase the engagement and participation of all the members of our local community. GDG EKSU wasn't created for attending/organizing Google events alone, we exist also to encourage, inspire, and share ideas with each other, just like one big family; and even related to the events, we don't want to keep hosting events were more than half of the participants don't really understand all the tech stuff we are saying, because in reality, GDG isn't for everybody(our target audience are developers, upcoming developers, and those who are interested in technology in general). We understand the light situation in school, lack of internet, lectures, and all other excuses... yeah, we really do, but who said becoming great comes easy? It requires commitment, dedication, hard work, loads of sacrifices, and lots more. This is an appeal to us all, to always make out time to learn one or two languages, develop on the ones we know already, and be cu

Hello Programmers and Designers, Here are some updates that might interest you guys. Advanced Enrollment in Android Developer nano-Degree For those interested in advancing your Android development skills, enrollment for the Android Developer Nanodegree has re-opened. Enrollment will close  July 17 at 11:59 pm  Eastern Time. For Analytics and SEO lovers:  Google free Certification for  Google Tag Manager : Direct Link:   https://analyticsacademy.withgoogle.com/course05 Largest Google event coming in EKSU (where we will training students on Google apps and how to effectively use to improve academic and learning culture of studesnts in the university):   EKSUITES GOES GOOGLE!!! COMING SOON!!! STAY TUNED!!! Please send your comments ans suggestions and it will be dealt with ASAP!!!

Hello Leads, IO Extended Ekiti State University (a 3 sessions and 2 days event) held on 28/05/2015 to 29/05/2015 which solely organised by active members of GDG Ekiti State University - Ayoola Oluwatosin, Abraham, Odunsanwo Mayowa, Afowowe Adeyemi and others; since my co organizer and I are currently on Industrial Attachment (IT). The event was awesome as shown in the report below written by Ayoola Oluwatosin.  KINDLY ENJOY!!! WE WILL APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK FOR BETTER ORGANISATION IN FUTURE. Event Title: Google I/O Extended, GDG Ekiti State University Date: 2015-06-02 Attendance:  32 (27 males, 5 females) DAY 1 (Morning session):                 The event started exactly 11:00 am where attendees arrived at the newly fixed venue. Since the venue was changed due to disruption in  the School Calendar. At about 11:30 am the event kicked off with Ayoola Oluwatosin introducing GoogleDeveloper’s Group (what it means, its mission, aims and objectives); went  further to explain w

Explore the power of 3D printing!!! When Laura Palmaro was 10 years old, she woke one morning to find that the central vision in her left eye had all but disappeared. She was not ill and had no genetic issues—it was completely out of the blue. When she was 14, the same rare condition struck her right eye, and she began her freshman year of high school legally blind. Suddenly she was forced to depend on other people to read everything aloud, from school assignments to menus. The toughest part, according to Laura, was losing her sense of independence—and not knowing when or how she would get it back. Laura has since adopted technological solutions to her vision challenges, using a combination of screen-readers and magnification software to read, work and more. Now a program MANAGER  at Google, she is following her passion, helping Chrome and Chrome OS teams make their products more accessible. “Technology has truly transformed my life,” she says. “Assistive technology can tear down boun

For the last 10 months, multilingual users around the world have flocked to the  Google Translate Community  to help improve their language(s) on Google Translate through translating and validating common phrases. Since launch, we've seen some amazing contributions, from Kyrgyz speakers who are getting us closer to adding their language to Google Translate, to Bengali speakers who organized 80 translate-a-thon events, significantly increasing translation quality for their language. Translate Community: Google I/O Challenge (May 26 - June 5, 2015) Now, we're challenging  all Google I/O attendees (onsite and offsite!)  to represent your language(s) during the Translate Community: I/O Challenge running from May 26 to June 5, 2015.  Our goal is to reach over 5 million total contributions  during the challenge. You can make meaningful contributions in just a few minutes, and remember that all contributions matter—we encourage you to spread the word in your local community and a

You're specially invited to  Google I/O Extended Ekiti State university. Date: Thursday 28th - Friday 29th May, 2015. Time: 10:00am prompt Venue: Computer Engineering Lab, Ground Floor, Faculty of Engineering, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Register @  www.bit.ly/gioeksu About Google I/O: Google I/O  is an annual  s oftware developer-focused conference held by Google in San Francisco, California. Google I/O features highly technical, in-depth sessions focused on building web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Chrome, Chrome OS, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more. Google I/O was started in 2008. The " I " and " O " stand for input/output, and " I nnovation in the  O pen". The format of the event is similar to that of the Google Developer Day. Google I/O Extended 2015 (Ekiti State University)  is directed towards creating a network of soft

About Google I/O: Google I/O  is an annual  s oftware developer-focused conference held by Google in San Francisco, California. Google I/O features highly technical, in-depth sessions focused on building web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Chrome, Chrome OS, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more. Google I/O was started in 2008. The " I " and " O " stand for input/output, and " I nnovation in the  O pen". The format of the event is similar to that of the Google Developer Day. Google I/O Extended 2015 (Ekiti State University)  is directed towards creating a network of software developers (Web and Mobile), by  gathering the ones we have in the GDG Chapter of our University, and bringing in more developers across the University (which span across Computer-Science, Mathematics Science and Engineering) to come and learn and view Google featuring its newest technologies. Some short

      Apply now to join AdCamp 2015 | Applications now open until the 3rd of May Google's Student Programs for Europe, the Middle East and Africa   Hello Olalere Solomon, Want to take part in a 3-day all-expenses-paid Google student program? Available to visit a Google office  from the 2nd to the 4th of September 2015 ? Interested in non-technical career opportunities in the digital industry? Excited to develop your sales and digital marketing skills? This is your chance! AdCamp 2015 will take place  from the 2nd to 4th of September at Google's office in Dublin, Ireland and Wroclaw, Poland  (participants will be allocated at Google's discretion). To find out about the AdCamp program, check out this  video . To see if you qualify to join, please review the selection criteria, application process and logistics below. Applications close on the  3rd of May 2015 , so please send in your AdCamp application now by completing this  form .   APPLY HERE   Program De

culled from Google Student's Blog Registration for the 12th annual Code Jam is now open ! This year, the competition is adding a new track to the contest that’s designed to give students more real life examples of the work they would be doing as engineers. The new track, Distributed Code Jam (DCJ), will consist of algorithmic problems that are similar to the original Code Jam. But in order to solve for them, competitors will be required to program in a distributed environment.  According to Onufry Wojtaszczyk, a Google Software Engineer and one of the main creators behind DCJ, this new track will challenge experienced engineers and help teach students the skills they’ll need to work at a company like Google.  “Most of my programming skills before I joined Google came from programming contests, and it served me really well at Google. However, the one thing that programming contests didn’t prepare me for were the distributed computations that become obvious once you work at Goog