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Archive for April 2007
Stumbling upon Google
Interesting to see that Google is moving into StumbleUpon’s serendipitous discovery territory with the addition of a recommendations button to its toolbar. In a twist from StumbleUpon’s social discovery approach (people like you, like this), Google’s dice icon will take you to its recommendations based on your own search history. Another step in Google’s personalisation … Continue reading
Breaking News the game
Now I’ve seen it all, with MSNBC’s NewsBreaker, news for the addicted gamer (or easily bored). They have taken the classic brickbreaker game and added a news twist. During the game, news stories are released by knocking out certain bricks, with the headlines drifting down, before aligning themselves in a right-hand column. Click on a headline and … Continue reading
One widget to rule them all
OK – so I should have said one widget API to rule them all. Netvibes have released the Universal Widget API, which, according to the details here, is an API that allows you to write one widget and run it on most platforms (I suspect that the marketing department vetoed the suggestion that it be … Continue reading
What’s hot?
Here‘s a chart based on threads on LinkedIn and VentureBeat that shows the hottest startups of Silicon Valley. The usual suspects are represented and a few besides. Worth a look.
EMI and Apple set the music free
Not so long ago, as I posted here, Steve Jobs was setting out a vision for a DRM-free future. Today, the future has arrrived a little more quickly than some might have thought: Apple have announced that the entire EMI Music catalog will be available DRM-free worldwide starting in May. The DRM-free tracks will be … Continue reading
