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Is Google Street View Taking Its Cameras Indoors
February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Google Street View can take you down almost any street in America, and through just about each major city worldwide. But Street View stops right where its name implies — in the street. That might be changing though, if a source that e-mailed the blog, Search Engine Land, is to be believed. New York City nut and candy shop, Oh Nuts, e-mailed Search Engine Land claiming a representative from Google came in and took pics of the store and its products for a new feature tentatively called Google Store Views. The store... [Read the full story]
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Japanese College Distributing Free iPhones
February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Sounds too good to be true - Japan’s Aoyama Gakuin University will be giving away about 500 iPhones to students and faculty members in a deal with Softbank Mobile, as part of the new Mobile & Net Society Education and Triaining program. The basic charges will be paid by the university so there will not be any extra financial burden on the students. The catch To track the students’ attendance using the built-in GPS system in the iPhones given to them. There are also plans to roll out tests and handing out assignments... [Read the full story]
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Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is snowed in
February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Much like the rest of the nation, Weekly Webcomic Wrapup HQ is currently buried beneath roughly a half-mile of fresh snow. Despite our encasing, we’ve somehow managed to hold onto our world wide web connection. We know, that doesn’t make a lick of sense — we’re guessing that somewhere out in the arctic wilderness, a router is still powered on, fueled by an unseen, tenacious modem. We’ve used this inexplicable world wide web access to bring you our seven favorite webcomics, listed below. Check... [Read the full story]
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NewsGator Launches Recommended Feeds Based on Attention Data
May 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Ever since news aggregators emerged on the web, they’ve been aiming to provide recommendations for the ideal news to read. The trend has recently resurfaced with new tools, user feedback and communities, all of which provide an ample amount of data that can be used to infer certain things about the popularity of a given news item. NewsGator’s on the web RSS Reader, which includes FeedDemon and NetNewsWire under its umbrella, has teamed up with SenseArray to provide suggestions to its users. SenseArray filters through... [Read the full story]
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addLib App Simulates Sleek Swiss Style for iPhone Pics
February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Ever fancied yourself a graphic designer but found that you lack the skills to compose an arresting image As usual nowadays, the iPhone has come to your rescue. A new app called addLib will translate your iPhone photos into works of modernist Swiss style. If you want your blurry, poorly shot photos to look like the products of design luminaries like Jan Tschichold and Josef Mller-Brockmann, look no further. The app apparently runs an algorithm that chooses from Mller-Brockmann’s grid system, fractal theory, the Golden... [Read the full story]
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Cell Phone Driving Bans Have No Effect, Study Finds
February 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Given all the fuss over the need for laws banning cell phone use while driving, the latest study from the Highway Loss Data Institute will probably be as much of a shocker to you as it has been to experts. Despite the fact that researchers have found speaking on cell phones has the same effect on drivers as alcohol, such laws have apparently had no effect on the number of accidents in New York, Connecticut, California, and D.C. where cell phone driving bans are in effect. While the Highway Loss Data Institute is currently... [Read the full story]
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Is Google Street View Taking Its Cameras Indoors
February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Google Street View can take you down almost any street in America, and through just about each major city worldwide. But Street View stops right where its name implies — in the street. That might be changing though, if a source that e-mailed the blog, Search Engine Land, is to be believed. New York City nut and candy shop, Oh Nuts, e-mailed Search Engine Land claiming a representative from Google came in and took pics of the store and its products for a new feature tentatively called Google Store Views. The store... [Read the full story]
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