Yesterday’s New York Times carried a front page article about the evidence that has been compiled on the "London terror plot" suspects. Anyone trying to view the article from a UK IP address is redirected to the page at left… Continue Reading
I knew that a lot of people were meeting on internet dating sites but, in all honesty, I had no idea exactly how huge the numbers have become. EHarmony, but one of the main US dating sites, reckons that “over… Continue Reading
What do crime statistics, caravans, the Divinci Code, hotdog stands, and veggie restaraunts all have in common? Yep, they’ve all been plotted, usefully and otherwise, on google maps. GoogleMapsMania is a great place to look if you’re just discovering the… Continue Reading
An Amsterdam based artist, Lotte Meijer, has created "broadcast your podcast", a technology and an idea to help podcasters get their content into the FM radio band. "The idea is to allow people to hear podcasts without the need for… Continue Reading
Yahoo is currently beta testing (US only) ZoneTag, a system that allows users to instantly tag cameraphone photos with locational data (example) when uploading them to flickr. Linked up to google maps or, more likely, the similar yahoo version, this… Continue Reading
As soon as I started using satellite navigation, I realised how much it was going to change – no longer was a journey to a place I’d never been before a chore involving getting out a map or printing out… Continue Reading
FlickrPeople Originally uploaded by mike1727. I attended my first flickr meet last Friday in St. Albans. The eight of us chatted about flickr, technology, house prices and all sorts of other rubbish for a good four hours. Had the beer… Continue Reading
I’m always going on about how, although the internet is a global network, many people use it primarily for local tasks – communicating with people they work with or already know, searching for local products, events or services, etc. Today… Continue Reading
The New York Times website is using google maps to organise reader’s comments about the transportation system strike. Want to know how to get from where you live to work, what the bus queues are like, or whether a particular… Continue Reading
UK independent broadcasting company ITV has reportedly bought Friends Reunited for £120 million in cash with a further £55 million bonus possible based on performance to 2009. Friends Reunited allows people to find and make contact (if they pay the… Continue Reading