Chumbawamba… No it's a Chumby the portable wifi computer..
Chumby, the “squeezable wireless beanbag computer” is an open source consumer device that is in its own category, whatever that is.It is sort of like a cross between a PDA and a pet. It was invented by hackers for hackers and its functions are determined by the owner according to which “widgets”...
This video is to promote a new season from the BBC called “Superpower” which launches on 8 March, in the video “the people of the internet” are portrayed as extraterrestrial figure sending messages to the people of Earth, showing how important the internet has become to civilisation and its impact on how we live.
Just spotted this pretty cool site Casper that maps flights on a Google mashup !
“Casper is an innovative web-solution to present aircraft movements. In an attractive design, live and recorded traffic is presented using Google Maps.”
Is set at the moment to cover deaprtures – arrival from Schipol Airport apparently can be configured for other areas though! Pretty impressive tool and not just one for the Plane Anoraks
Quite a few announcements yesterday from Google one of the most important has to be the one about Social Search -launched on google labs that is based on the “social graph” principles whereby all friends and associated content within your cirlce should provide a more relevant source of results:-
“(..) a new feature that allows you to see results for queries from people in your social network. This works by using your Google Profile. If you fill it out with the other social networks you’re a member of, such as FriendFeed, Google will scan who you are connected to and give your results from those people.”
This opens up a whole new area to certain sectors especially travel and I will let Kevin May over at tnooz explain it in detail, it also has a major impact on SEO and how people get the best results and act on them something that is discussed here on huomah.
