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Archive for May 2008
Quality, not quantity of social networking stats
A recent post seems to have struck a chord with Google with ‘Lies, damn lies and social networking statistics‘ currently among the top few positions on Google in a number of markets for the search term social networking statistics. As an update, Wired claimed in March 2008 that MySpace had an average growth rate of … Continue reading
Gearing up for something more useful
So, Gears (formerly known as Google Gears) is a year old. I trialed using this offline-enabling application as a way to keep up with my Google Reader RSS feeds when on the move without web access and as backup for on some of the flakier days for internet access. I used it for the first … Continue reading
Windows Surfacing
Over the last few months, there has been increasing levels of buzz around user interface. From Microsoft’s Surface to the wii and iPhone, the trend is clear – the humble mouse and keyboard/keypad’s dominance are likely to fade as more intuitive and ultimately ‘human’ forms of interaction emerge into the mainstream through touch, motion and … Continue reading
Straight down the Pubmatic
Although TechnoCloud doesn’t normally carry advertising, I’m going to make an exception to test out a new service, Pubmatic, for consideration on some higher profile sites. The service claims to optimise between ad networks you are a member of as well as ad colour to calculate the highest return. I’ve selected a small ad unit … Continue reading
Google will see you now
Buried in a post on search quality on the Google blog was an interesting titbit: we now offer an early form of face recognition on advanced search Frustratingly that was all there was – it would be interesting to hear if this is technology they had developed themselves or if they are using a third … Continue reading
The Wii factor
Deep in TechnoCloud Towers is a room which I use to showcase consumer technology. This allows colleagues to familiarise themselves with the home entertainment gadgets that their budget or interests wouldn’t normally bring them into contact with. There’s no doubt which two gadgets excite the most interest – the Apple TV and the Wii. For … Continue reading
