Nokia Feeling the Sat-Nav Pressure
Posted 21/01/2010 – 13:40 in: Hardware, InternetNokia has announced a free map service for it’s handsets. It’s previous mainstream service only allowed basic information and they charged for additional features. This was one of the things that turned me away from Nokia. But their new Ovi map service offers this and turn-by-turn navigation for free. They even claim that developers will [...]
No Comments | Tags: gps, mapping, mashup, nokiaKeeping the momentum
Posted 29/07/2009 – 22:09 in: Industry, InternetI was recently shown the new Westminster Council website which has been given a complete makeover. They’ve gone a Google look and feel, as well as execution. As you can see from the screen shots it mimics the Google style almost in its entirety. For a council website this is quite a break from the [...]
No Comments | Tags: council, government, publicOSSAT
Posted 11/04/2009 – 22:25 in: Internet, Meetup, WordPressThe Open Source Show and Tell (OSSAT) at the Team last week went well. A great turn out for it’s inaugural outing. So a big thanks to all the speakers. I think a special mention for Phil Whitehouse who pulled it all together and Steve Blackery for rapidly getting the wi-fi working! Thanks to everyone [...]
No Comments | Tags: event, mu, ossat, presentation, twitterFacebook and User Privacy
Posted 26/03/2009 – 11:55 in: Internet, Security, Social NetworksI’ve recently been asked about privacy within Facebook applications. Basically there were concerns about messaging when adding an application to your profile. There is a screen that pops up to explain what the application has access to. This is described as photos, friends information, basically everything the application needs to run. There was concern about [...]
No Comments | Tags: applications, data protection, facebook, Security, user dataSpeaking: Open Source Show and Tell
Posted 25/03/2009 – 22:29 in: Internet, Speaking, WordPressJust announcing my next speaking event, the Open Source Show and Tell in London. I’ll be presenting alongside a great group of speakers covering a variety of different open source technologies.
So come along to for a great evening and a few beers.
To find out more and register, visit: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2149675/
IE8 Released
Posted 20/03/2009 – 11:09 in: Internet, OpinionIt’s finally landed, IE8 has been released. It seems like only yesterday I was contemplating installing RC1, wondering if it will break my machine and bring development to a grinding halt. But I did install the beta and that seemed to work ok, particularly with the IE7 compatibility mode.
My colleague has installed it and so [...]
Google Street View UK
Posted 19/03/2009 – 20:29 in: Google, InternetSo Google have finally launched Street View in the UK. It seems they’ve tried to uphold privacy by blurring number plates and faces, although this seems to be an inexact science. I’ve checked out my street and it looks pretty good.
Seems quite useful for checking out your journey, as well as the novelty exploring without [...]
Facebook’s New Look
Posted 18/03/2009 – 13:00 in: Internet, Opinion, Social NetworksSo once again Facebook has decided to change the layout of the homepage. It really does resemble Twitter now. It got me thinking as to why they keep changing their homepage. Basically tho only two reasons I can come up with, to keep things fresh and generate media buzz.
Let’s take the latter to start with, [...]