A gentle introduction to Twitter
A gentle introduction to Twitter. Thanks to @carlhaggerty for spotting this, and to @nancywhite for a great double act! Nancy & Suzy_INTRO TO TWITTER from CommunityMatters on Vimeo.
Mozilla launches ‘open’ app store.
Web applications are simply Web sites with an accompanying configuration file. This file contains extra information necessary to install the Web app, which in some instances may make it available when there’s no network connection. Google’s We…
How books used to be made
Thanks to my colleague – Conrad Taylor – for pointing me at this. A fascinating video showing how books were made before the introduction of digital typesetting and electronic publishing. As Conrad observes in the comments: “Some …assume that th…
Fake social media friends to promote propoganda
For most savvy users of social media, this article won’t come as any surprise. After all, the ability to bulk-create false personas has been with the hackers and marketeers (now I come to think of it, an apt bracketing of these folk) for some time…
Yahoo! Announces shutdown of MyBlogLog
Another of Yahoo!’s web services bites the dust. I’m a user of the service, as I am for Delicious, another of Yahoo!’s services that they identified as wanting to off-load in an announcement they made last month (January). It’s a pity because I’ve…
Android’s dominance in mobile ecosystem should translate to better quality medical apps
More evidence that open systems and open standards are more likely dominate social business and the socia, web? I think so.Amplify’d from www.imedicalapps.comAndroid was the most popular mobile platform at the end of 2010, according to a press rel…
Is something wrong with Google?
URL: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/02/17/is-something-wro…I think the last two paras say it all for me: “The risk with Google’s steady stream of new features is that most will not click with enough consumers. But it’s just as likely that peop…
OFT clears national addressing database joint venture – The Office of Fair Trading
URL: http://www.oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2011/18-11The proposed joint venture combines the spatial address databases of Ordnance Survey and the Local Government Improvement and Development Agency (LGID), to create the National Address Gaz…
Stephen Wolfram: Can he topple Google? | Technology | The Guardian
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/12/stephe…I don’t know about Google, but Mike Lynch (Autonomy founder) eat your heart out! Having frequently used the WolframAlpha website I can testify to the fact that it is as close as you’ll…
ID Card Database Destroyed
May the National Identity Scheme rest in peace. Maybe all those people who were persuaded to fork out for the cost of an ID card can claim a refund (good luck with that!). Is anyone betting that it won’t get resurrected under some future administr…