louisgray-com:
On Thursday, Google caught the eyes of Web developers around the world with the company's move to open source its Closure JavaScript compiler, library and template system to the Web community - the very same tools that power popular applications, including GMail, Google Docs, Google Maps, Google Reader, and no doubt many ot (Read More)
The Inquisitr:
One of the constants that has been with Twitter since day one has been its hands off approach towards the service as it is presented to the users at the Twitter home page. They have let a rich and vibrant 3rd party developer ecosphere build up around the service as they have given the impression more than once that they are (Read More)
mashable:
We know there are a lot of interesting and unique uses for Twitter. We’ve seen Twitter used for customer service, tweets to monitor power usage, and even 140 character marriage proposals, but we never thought about it being used to quickly respond to incidents such as a kid being bit by an otter.Earlier today, a group of Tw (Read More)
Conversation Agent:
Twitter is evolving from simple chatter to themed content distribution. The jump was made with the roll out of a new feature - Twitter lists. News media organizations have been fairly fast to utilize this feature. Most notably, the New York Times dedicates a screen on thier site to lists [hat tip Zee]:The power of Twitter (Read More)
TechCrunch:
There are many sites that show trending links across the web including TweetMeme, Topsy, and Bit.ly. Recently launched splurb is now in the mix with its site that shows the most popular links that are trending on social media sites. splurb currently indexes Digg, Reddit, Mixx, Propeller, TweetMeme, Yahoo Buzz and Fark.Splu (Read More)
Scripting News:
A few days ago I added OPML export to listbrowser.org.Today I want to extend that support to include information from the social network about each user. In this case, the social network is Twitter. I could see situations where this namespace might be used to present information from status.net or Facebook, when they suppor (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Last week Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said that they would take steps to remove scammy advertising offers from their social games. There have been a couple of missteps since then, and Facebook responded by taking Zynga’s newest game, FishVille, offline.Zynga insists they are serious about cleaning up the industry. And today Pincu (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
In this issue of Media Literacy Digest, open education advocate George Siemens, takes you to news and stories on emergent media, technology and learning, helping you make good sense of the many changes taking place around you and of how these directly impact your daily lives.Photo credit: Victor HabbickInside this Media Lit (Read More)
Submitted by Sfoskett
from Google Reader:
The time between our first conversation about it and the actual event date? A mere 35 days. This, my friends, is the speed of our new social world. To me, this shows that there is a world of opportunity out there, recession or no recession. What will you do with it?. (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Life360 is often described as an "OnStar for life," providing its users with tools to track and protect people and things through a variety of interfaces.The company offers IRL services such as child identification paraphernalia, medical IDs, and credit and identity protection; but they also have a cool suite of features th (Read More)
Submitted by Marcel
from Google Reader:
Vor zwei Tagen hatte ich folgenden Tweet veröffentlicht:Twitter / Leander Wattig: Zeitungen – Wie geil ist d … via kwout Darin habe ich auf dieses Video bei YouTube verwiesen (4:20 min), das aus dem letzten Jahr stammt und das das Thema Zeitung auf witzige Weise aus einer überraschenden Perspektive beleuchtet:Henri Nannen P (Read More)
Submitted by Catepol
from Google Reader:
Per fortuna i magrissimi introiti da amministratore pubblico mi costringono a continuare il mio vecchio mestiere da insegnante. E così anche quest'anno deambulo divertito fra otto classi, due laboratori e quasi duecento studenti (pardon: scolari). E, come gli altri anni, mi sono ingegnato a studiare le potenzialità digital (Read More)
Mashable!:
Google Wave debuted in a whirlwind of buzz and expectation, and yet few of us have managed to make it part of our workflow. What is Google Wave good for anyway? Those use cases are still emerging, it seems.Here’s an interesting one: Charlie Osmond at the FreshWorks blog points out that Twitter hashtags – adding the confer (Read More)
Submitted by Marcel
from Google Reader:
Die britische Pop-Sängerin Lily Allen hat sich verschiedentlich mit aus meiner Sicht teilweise etwas wirren Argumenten gegen das File Sharing ausgesprochen:► My Thoughts on File Sharing► More Piracy StuffThe internet is the most amazing thing, but it should be OUR thing, and ironically piracy is just playing into the hands (Read More)
: "Who said that musicians have to be millionaires? Who made this a rule? We don’t need that much money. We just don’t. We only need enough to make music and to eat and to go on tour."
Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
Vehicle Tracking Systems on Teesside, Covering Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Darlington, Durham, and North Yorkshire, we support small to large fleets of vehicles.We come to you whether that be in Darlington for your vehicle tracking, or a GPS unit in Durham, we will travel a 50 mile radius from our Stockton base.We want to (Read More)