Google has just brought out the first issue of its new online magazine ‘Think Quarterly’ which, as the title suggests, will be a quarterly publication. The main subject of the first issue is ‘data’ in all its aspects and the articles come from numerous, respected sources. Think Quarterly
Internet red light district
Icann’s governing body has given the green light to new suffix that will enable creation of a new internet domain specifically for pornography. Three years ago, the same idea was blocked by the same governing body. .xxx adult entertainment domain approved by internet regulators
Final version of IE9
The final version of Microsoft’s new web browser, IE9, will be available for public download as from early on Tuesday morning. IE9 was first released to the public in beta form a little over a year ago, and the company claims that the new program’s speed and security will change users’ perception of the web and even foster the creation …
Foursquare 3.0
Foursquare, the location-based network or game, depending upon your perspective, and pioneer of the checkin, has just introduced version 3.0 and there are quite a few changes and improvements, as one would expect. It all started with a checkin.
Virtual stamps
One is always wary of new services, schemes or systems scheduled to start on April 1st, for obvious reasons, but this one does seem to be widely reported. Denmark looks set to introduce virtual postage stamps, which means you can always get a ‘stamp’, as it were, at any time of day or night. Also saves endless queuing in some …
Angry Birds for Facebook
According to Rovio CEO Mikael Hed, the hugely popular Angry Birds game is coming to Facebook next month and with ‘new aspects’ and, apparently, the pigs will have a more prominent role.
iPad2
The Apple iPad2 has arrived. Well, soon in the US at least, probably by the end of the month. The European version will still be a couple of weeks after that. And there is already talk of the iPad3. The announcement has sparked the usual number of comparisons, reviews and comments, this being one of them: iPad 2 vs. Motorola …
Sheen on Twitter
Charlie Sheen, star of the comedy series Two and a Half Men, now has two entries in the Guinness World Records, the latest being ‘Fastest Time to Reach 1 Million Followers’ on Twitter.
Blocked knighthood for Steve Jobs
According to a former senior UK Labour Party MP, the founder and head of Apple, Steve Jobs, had been proposed for an honorary knighthood in 2009 for his outstanding service to technology. Microsoft’s Bill Gates was similarly knighted in 2005. However, despite the proposal being in the final stages of approval, the move was blocked by the then-Prime Minister Gordon …
Online popularity in the UK
A survey carried out in the UK by Nielsen and UKOM shows that many of the Top 50 most popular online brands are some of the more traditional brand names you associate with ‘real life’.