Month: October 2010
Why Google Streetview is the new Holiday Brochure
Apparently 1 in 10 Brits now use Google Streetview to check out holiday destinations before deciding where to go. Of course, it's more of a useful guide for city breaks rather than beach holidays since the Google cameras only include street level photography as taken by the Google Car. And note that not all cities…
Why Archaeologists are using iPads in Pompeii
You'd think trowels would be more useful than tablet computers when you're down a hole scraping volcanic dust out of a 2000 year old oven, but turns out that iPads have their value on archaeological digs. Apple have devoted a whole page on their iPad site to how the iPad is getting used in Pompeii…
Post Voicemail to Facebook with HulloMail app
Android app Hullomail lets you speak your Facebook messages to your friends. Acting like a voicemail for Facebook, you can record a message on your phone then post it from the app to your friend's wall in a matter of minutes. It's like a talking wall post see? HulloMail say it is a way to…
Is Twitter founder @Ev Williams leaving because his tweets are just really dull?
We're not saying that is definitely the reason that co-founder of Twitter Evan Williams has decided to step down from the big job of CEO. I mean people are floating ideas of creative differences, a new direction for Twitter, and allowing more hard-headed business people in at the top, but I think the source of…
UMM: "Find Sex Offenders Free!" is a real iPhone app
It sounds like a Brass Eye hoax but looks like the iPhone app - Find Sex Offenders Free! - is a real app...And yes, that exclamation mark is genuinely included in the title. Made by a San Diego Company Thinking Drone, it works in America using what we assume is a publically available database of where…
Are Facebook Pages more Important than Company Websites?
It seems to me that companies are starting to push their Facebook pages rather than their company websites. It was noticeable in a recent football game - Arsenal vs Chelsea - that most of the big banners around the pitch were promoting Facebook pages like facebook.com/adidasfootball And it's the subject of an article in the…
Reuters: Stop H8ing on our Serious Journalism
Reuters just announced a new initiative to make their comment boards more thoughtful. In the new system, good commenters are rewarded with points which makes it more likely their comments are approved and bad commenters get points taken away. The blog from Richard Baum, Reuters Global Editor for Consumer Media requested that people spell correctly…
Google TV launches – what it is, and why you should get it
Google TV has been in the works for a while but the site just opened to the public today - visible at google.com/tv - and the next step in Google's march to bring the internet to the screen in the sittting room. Described by Google as "an adventure where TV meets web, apps, search and…
PREVIEW: Hands-On with the iTeufel Radio iPod dock
It is smooth, retro and powder-pink and out in time for Christmas. Teufel are small Berlin-based audio-makers and this is their only entry in the personal radio cum iPod dock market. Though it still has the same retro look, it's an update on the iTeufel Radio from last year with the audio stuff inside retooled…
Jewellry actually says I Love You – messages coded into the wire
If you like wearing earrings that look like twisty bits of metal and have a penchant for designs with hidden messages then you may be interested in these earrings. The wire jewellry can say "I love you" or any other 30 second message you may be interested to record in them. An interactive design student…
