Oct
31st
2011
How the Google doodle team created the Halloween logo.
posted in: Google

Today's time lapse Halloween logo from Google is pretty impressive. I'm sure many of you have already sat and watched it the whole way through. This video from the Google doodle team shows just how much effort went into creating one of the most interesting doodles we've seen to date. With all th...

Oct
30th
2011
Google+ introduces ‘Ripples’ visualising social sharing.
posted in: Google
Google+ introduces ‘Ripples’ visualising social sharing.

In the past few days, Google have introduced a brand new visualisation  and analytics feature into Google+.  'Ripples' allow you to easily see just how your message has spread across the network in a visual way. The application allows you to literally see every path that your status update has ta...

Oct
28th
2011
FusionPublisher – Build an App within an App.
posted in: Reviews

URL: http://fusionpublisher.com/ FusionPublisher is a newly released app by the team at Belfast based mobile studio Ecliptic Labs. Currently in beta, its a mobile application that lets you build your own custom mobile app within the application itself, and publish it live on the Apple store....

Oct
27th
2011
Hey Google where are my real time protocols?
posted in: Google

This video published from Google webmaster help on YouTube raises an interesting question. How does Google know who owns content, and what is the canonical source of it. It's a problem that many content publishers suffer from. You publish a new, unique piece of content, and the people who syndic...

Oct
22nd
2011
Google accidentally publishes Search Quality Rating Guidelines.
posted in: Google
Google accidentally publishes Search Quality Rating Guidelines.

Many of you will be aware that as well as algorithmic selection of quality, Google also employ Search Quality raters to hand pick and test websites for relevancy. With the Panda updates this year impacting many webmasters, its been an uphill struggle to determine exactly what magic Google have g...

Oct
22nd
2011
Monetate – a unique testing, targeting and personalisation platform.
posted in: E-commerce
Monetate – a unique testing, targeting and personalisation platform.

URL: http://monetate.com/ Monetate is a testing, targeting and personalisation platform all rolled into one. Without the need for technical support you can quickly deploy personalisation campaigns, A/B test them and improve your site conversion rate in a snap. It is particularly tiered towar...

Oct
20th
2011
Facebook could face €100,000 fine for privacy misconduct.
posted in: Facebook
Facebook could face €100,000 fine for privacy misconduct.

Wondering what data Facebook are actually storing about you? That's exactly the question that Max Schrems' a 24 law student from Vienna has asked himself, and following a full data request of all his personal data from the service, coming up with some scary results. European data protection l...

Oct
20th
2011
Google Street View Train takes to the Alps.
posted in: Google

In cooperation with Rhaetian Railway, Google Street View has collected images from one of the world's most scenic railway routes—the Albula-Bernina line in Switzerland. Google took a trike mounted version of their camera, and strapped it to flat rail car which was pushed through the mountai...

Oct
16th
2011
Clipboard – saving the web one clip at a time.
posted in: Reviews

URL: http://www.clipboard.com Since the recent re-launch of Delicious.com by Avos, has been a bit of a disappointment, the web has been searching around for a service cool enough to take its place. I put my own spin on the alternatives out there for bookmarking, but when Clipboard caught my e...

Oct
15th
2011
Mind = Blown. Introducing the Magic Cube Holographic Keyboard.
posted in: Business, Reviews
Mind = Blown. Introducing the Magic Cube Holographic Keyboard.

In environments where space is at a premium, historically its been difficult to find a convenient yet practical keyboard solution. As many of you mobile users will know, typing anything more than a 140 character SMS update is often painful at best. That's until now. Korean company CelluonÂ...

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