Google has updated its map of London to provide live public transport information and directions, and the mobile version of the new service can also detect users’ locations and direct them to the nearest tube station or bus stop. The Google Maps app for Android smartphones will also alert users when they should get off their bus or train.
Nifty little Gmail add-on
If you are a Gmail user and haven’t discovered it yet, here is a nifty little add-on which shows information about the person you are emailing or have received email from.
Pet profiles
A new study has revealed that one in ten of all UK pets have their own Facebook page, Twitter profile or YouTube channel, and more than half of UK pet owners are sharing photos of their pets online. The latter, of course, is quite normal and natural.
MySpace goes for a song
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has finally sold its ailing social networking site MySpace to online advertising firm Specific Media, with pop star and actor Justin Timberlake having a stake in the business and set to play a major role in developing the creative direction and strategy for the company. News Corp paid $580m for MySpace in 2005, but users and …
Focus-free digital camera
Will this be the next big thing in digital photography? Basically, the camera captures all the information it possibly can about the field of light in front of it and you get a digital photo that is adjustable in an almost infinite number of ways. You can focus anywhere in the picture, change the light levels and, if you have a …
Full Tilt Poker closed down
Full Tilt Poker, an American-run online gambling site registered on the Channel Island of Alderney, has been closed down by the authorities on the island.
DIY Chromebook
Samsung and Acer have both released versions of the consumer-oriented ‘Chromebooks’ as they are being called, fast booting netbooks for those people who do all their work online. However, if the thought of spending $400 on a new machine is daunting then why not, if you already have a suitable machine, give it a go for free? How to Make …
Firefox 5 released
The Mozilla corporation has moved to a rapid release development cycle, similar to Google and Chrome, which means that now, after only three months, Firefox 5 is available for download.
Google Chrome 12
Google Chrome 12 is now the stable release of Google’s web browser and there are a few improvements relating to security, privacy and graphics capabilities.
Just a slight change of direction
An interesting article in the NYT relating to Jonathan Kaplan, founder and chief executive of Pure Digital, the company that made the wildly successful Flip camcorders, the company that Cisco bought two years ago for $590 million and the company that Cisco then shut down last month. Flipping to Grilled Cheese