I finally got the confirmation email from Google DevFest 2011 Singapore. This is my second year attending this event and it will be held on Saturday, 12 November 2011at Grand Hyatt, Scotts Road.

The agenda for this event can be found at the 2011 Google DevFest site.

Thanks iPrint.com and Google for this free laptop sticker.

“We are going to move forward,” Schmidt said Thursday (as quoted by the Seattle Times). “We are in the process of talking to the government. They’ve not indicated one way or the other how they’re dealing with us. We always worry a little bit, but we think our arguments are pretty strong. Yahoo has made it very, very clear they’re going to take the best parts of their network and ours and combine them.”

The advertising partnership which would serve Google AdWords powered sponsored search ads along with Yahoo Search Marketing ads in the Yahoo Search results pages along with other forms of sponsored search contextual advertising throughout the Yahoo network is expected to bring Yahoo a mighty fine infusion of $800 million a year in new advertising revenue, something Yahoo and its stock holders seem very happy about.

Under the agreement, Google AdWords ads will be shown in Yahoo Search results when their cost per click value is expected to be higher than Yahoo Search Marketing ads, after a revenue split between Yahoo and Google. The deal expands Google’s ad distribution tremendously and also gives Yahoo the jolt it may need to keep on going. Ironically, it was Yahoo which gave Google search technology its start in the limelight when it licensed Google to power Yahoo Search about eight years ago. [Search Engine Journal]

The Google rival says its service goes beyond usual search techniques that focus on web links and traffic patterns. Instead it analyses the context of each page and users’ requests. Cuil was founded by search pioneers, including Mr. Tom Costello and wife, Anna Patterson.