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Blue Whale Song Mystery Baffles Scientists

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:38:16 +0000

Blue Whale Song Mystery Baffles Scientists: Blue whales are singing in a lower voice all around the world, but scientists can’t figure out why.

What a lot of rubbish everyone is talking about Google and paywalls

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:38:15 +0000

What a lot of rubbish everyone is talking about Google and paywalls:

The biggest load of old rubbish ever has been written about the changes to Google’s first click free program. Here’s a round up of who understands what they are talking about (and might survive…

Google Thinks Your Site Is Slow – Will Help You Fix It

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:38:15 +0000

Google Thinks Your Site Is Slow – Will Help You Fix It:

Google has just launched Site Performance, a new tool that “shows you information about the speed of your site and suggestions for making it faster.”

Google states that faster sites do…

the school of artisan food

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:19:48 +0000

the school of artisan food

Google Turns To Twitter To Help Friend Connect Fly

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:16:57 +0000

Google Turns To Twitter To Help Friend Connect Fly:

Somedays, it seems like Facebook Connect is slowly taking over the web. It’s becoming so ubiquitous that it’s more surprising now to find a site that doesn’t allow you to log-in with your…

Introducing twitter’s first augmented reality iPhone app with geo-tagging built in.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:34:54 +0000

Introducing twitter’s first augmented reality iPhone app with geo-tagging built in.:

Twitter 360 is an iPhone app that lets you visually see the flow of tweets from locations nearby, layered on top of your natural “real” environment.

Thanks to to the iPhone’s video camera…

Vibrating kettles: The power stations of the future?

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:34:54 +0000

Vibrating kettles: The power stations of the future?:

Researchers at Bristol University want to harness power of vibration to provide free energy. From BusinessGreen.com, part of the Guardian Environment Network

A team at Bristol University…

What A Square Receipt Actually Looks Like

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:34:53 +0000

What A Square Receipt Actually Looks Like:

We’ve already had a number of posts about Square, the new mobile payment platform launched by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey today, but we’re going to keep posting on it, because it’s…

Online publishing, distribution and collaboration

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:30:01 +0000

Online publishing, distribution and collaboration:

Creating an online newswire:

It started with a task I set myself to find information on pirates in Somalia and filter it in a meaningful, but automated way, and send the result out to…

Don't put Johnston Press on trial over their paywall experiment

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:18:29 +0000

Don't put Johnston Press on trial over their paywall experiment:

It is fashionable this week to write a blog post knocking Johnston Press for introducing paywalls on three of their local sites. I’m not going to do that, for a couple of reasons.

Firstly, the…

'Twitter' declared word of 2009

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:42:19 +0000

'Twitter' declared word of 2009:

Global Language Monitor’s vast survey of print and social media places Twitter ahead of Obama and H1N1 as most used word

As world leaders prepare for the climate-change summit in Copenhagen…

Volunteering for SW Radio Africa

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:33:03 +0000

Volunteering for SW Radio Africa:

Following Gerry Jackson’s emotive appearance at the Activate Summit, members of The Guardian’s back room teams have been donating time to help SW Radio Africa

Over the last couple of weeks…

Introducing JobDASH - First Job App to Integrate with LinkedIn API

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:13 +0000

Introducing JobDASH - First Job App to Integrate with LinkedIn API:

Full-Featured career management product part of LinkedIn early developer program

Why I Love Foursquare

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:20:23 +0000

Why I Love Foursquare:

IMPORTANT POINTS

Foursquare recently launched in 50 new cities & is growing at a rate of more than 50% per month.

Foursquare wants to be the Netflix of places.

Structured datasets are the…

Adnams waste conversion plans move forward

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:15:37 +0000

Adnams waste conversion plans move forward:

A Suffolk brewery’s plans to convert its waste into fuel for its delivery vehicles could be given the green light now that planning officers have recommended it for approval.

I like the thought of delivery vans powered by gas from Adnams beer > Adnams waste conversion...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:07:56 +0000

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Orange signs iPhone deal

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:38:21 +0100

Orange signs iPhone deal:

O2’s exclusive deal to support Apple’s iPhone in the UK is to come to an end, after Orange announced today that it would also be selling the handset later this year.

In a brief statement,…

Top 50 Real-Time Web Companies

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:38:19 +0100

Top 50 Real-Time Web Companies:

As part of our lead-up to The ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit, which is just over two weeks away, in this post we’re listing 50 leading companies of the Real-Time Web. Like any list, it is…

Want to be like Noel Edmonds? There's an app for that

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:15:39 +0100

Want to be like Noel Edmonds? There's an app for that:

TV presenter’s obsession with ‘cosmic ordering’ branches out with iPhone app that allows buyers to send their wishes out to the universe

Noel Edmonds might not be a name you’d readily…

The Awesomeness Manifesto

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:54:51 +0100

The Awesomeness Manifesto:

Innovation: it’s the ultimate source of advantage, the undisputed heavyweight champion of the economic ring. Innovation is what every organization should be ruthlessly pursuing, right? Wrong.

I’d…