Location-based classifieds in 140 characters or less
Posted by Marcel Cramer in advertising, location based, news on 18/07/2010
Thanks to GPS-enabled mobile technologies, neighbours are communicating as never before. Where BlockChalk facilitates geo-tagged messaging in general, Anttenna focuses on creating a new, location-aware alternative to the traditional classifieds. Read the rest of this entry »
Pin your past !
Posted by Marcel Cramer in news on 13/07/2010
Ever thought of sharing your history with others? Like the idea of finding undisclosed parts of your past and those of others through photography and a map? Well historypin.com does exactly that. Their aim is to bring people together around photo’s. Generations can come together and share their worlds. Here’s what they have to say.
YouTube Mobile Gets a Kick Start
Posted by Marcel Cramer in news on 12/07/2010
(Cross-posted with the YouTube Blog)
It’s well known that the mobile internet is huge and growing fast; what’s surprising is exactly how fast. According to a recent report, within 5 years more users will connect to the internet via mobile devices than desktop PCs. YouTube consumption on mobile devices has also grown considerably — playbacks were up 160% in 2009 over the previous year. (Cross-posted with the YouTube Blog)
It’s well known that the mobile internet is huge and growing fast; what’s surprising is exactly how fast. According to a recent report, within 5 years more users will connect to the internet via mobile devices than desktop PCs. YouTube consumption on mobile devices has also grown considerably — playbacks were up 160% in 2009 over the previous year. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple iPad Offers Freedom For Porn, At Least In One Berlin Ad
Posted by Marcel Cramer in news on 29/05/2010
Apple’s Steve Jobs famously offered us “freedom from porn” in his ongoing war with Adobe Flash on the iPhone and iPad. But notoriously liberal Berlin has a different take on the matter, perhaps offering us freedom from being told what to do by Apple…
Billboards announcing the arrival of the iPad on Friday have been going up all over Berlin, but one of them in the subway station of Rosenthaler Platz is quite different to the rest. As you can see from the images (NSFW but then it’s Saturday, right?), the iPad appears to be about to offer an entirely new experience of porn.
Sourced from: TechCrunch
Apple’s Steve Jobs famously offered us “freedom from porn” in his ongoing war with Adobe Flash on the iPhone and iPad. But notoriously liberal Berlin has a different take on the matter, perhaps offering us freedom from being told what to do by Apple…
Billboards announcing the arrival of the iPad on Friday have been going up all over Berlin, but one of them in the subway station of Rosenthaler Platz is quite different to the rest. As you can see from the images (NSFW but then it’s Saturday, right?), the iPad appears to be about to offer an entirely new experience of porn.
Sourced from: TechCrunch
Microsoft Bing Taking Over iPhone Search
Posted by Marcel Cramer in news, search on 29/05/2010
Microsoft Bing will replace Google in the next version of the iPhone operating system to be released in June, we’ve heard from mulitple sources, including a high level source who claims to have been briefed on the matter. We’re not calling this more than a rumor yet, but one thing is sure – our sources close to Google in particular are speaking freely about this as fact. In January Business Week reported that Microsoft and Apple were in talks over an iPhone search deal, and the deal certainly would be brilliant for Microsoft.Microsoft Bing will replace Google in the next version of the iPhone operating system to be released in June, we’ve heard from mulitple sources, including a high level source who claims to have been briefed on the matter. We’re not calling this more than a rumor yet, but one thing is sure – our sources close to Google in particular are speaking freely about this as fact. In January Business Week reported that Microsoft and Apple were in talks over an iPhone search deal, and the deal certainly would be brilliant for Microsoft. Read the rest of this entry »
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