From the BBC’s website this morning:
I was beginning to think Twitter - the micro-blogging service that’s all the rage amongst the technorati - was just another fad for people who want to share too much of their rather dull lives. Until this morning.
When I logged on to my desktop Twitter application (sad, I know) it [...]
To socialize these days, hundreds of millions of people every month turn to social networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook. But what if the Web itself worked as a social network, asks the Washington Post.
At the O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, Google will launch a new product called “Friend Connect,”, a set of APIs [...]
Eye-Fi, the company that embedded a tiny WiFi client in a 2Gbyte SD card, today announced three new products, the $79 Eye-Fi Home, a new lower-cost card that only connects to your own computer (not public hotspots), the $99 Eye-Fi Share, essentially a re-branding of the original Eye-Fi card, and the $129 Eye-Fi Explore which [...]
The Internet Engineering Task Force has kicked off a new effort that could deliver a key building block for wireless sensor networks, says EE Times. The Routing Over Low-power and Lossy Networks (ROLL) group aims to define a standard for Internet Protocol as early as next summer.
Sensor networks may be the next big thing. Companies [...]
Handsets frequently send tiny communications — basically saying “here I am” — to cell towers and other receivers, regardless of whether you’re using them.
With triangulation, it’s possible to determine the handset’s (and thus your) approximate location. Over a period of time, your path through a mall or other space can be tracked.
Path Intelligence, a startup [...]
AT&T is planning to cut the price of Apple’s new iPhone to $199, say a variety of news reports. According to Fortune:
AT&T is preparing to subsidize $200 of the cost of a new iPhone, bringing the price down to $199 for customers who sign two-year contracts, the source says. Apple is expected to have two [...]
First it was Google Earth. Then Google Sky. Next up: Google Ocean, says CNet.
The company assembled an advisory group of oceanography experts from institutions around the world to the Mountain View, Calif., Googleplex, says C/Net. There, they discussed plans for creating a 3D oceanographic map, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The tool–for now called [...]
The 2008 Presidential Election is headed down to the wire with today’s Pennsylvania primary. Perhaps the easiest way to follow results is with a map mashup.
The Los Angeles Times Primary Tracker puts all the information in one easy-to-navigate page with a movable time line. The Washington Post’s Campaign Tracker blends a custom Google Map [...]
Actsoft, a small Tampa company, can tell you exactly where The Pope is. They’re tracking the papal entourage using GPS-enabled cell phones as the pope travels through New York (pdf).
Sprint’s Direct Connect phones will be used. The walkie-talkie like phones can be recognized by the chirp which indicates someone is trying to contact [...]
From Google’s Android Developer’s Blog:
I’m thrilled to share the news that developers from over 70 countries submitted 1,788 entries to the Android Developer Challenge!
What I find truly amazing is how global the interest in the challenge has been. Developers from the United States submitted one-third of the total applications while the rest came from countries [...]
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