The (never ending) Battle of Status Updates!
on Nov 19, 2009 in online community social media twitter MSN Messenger and other chat programs probably didn't know at the time they would initiate such a massive trend when letting people add a short personal message next to their nickname. Yes, I do believe they're at the origins of this.And now, it just...

Do you know the SEO rapper?
on Nov 18, 2009 in video Music seo SEM The SEO rapper has been posting videos on his Youtube channel talking about SEO/PPC and other related topics. He has definitely reached a niche audience but went viral via a several now-famous videos, some of which are over 2 years old. If you don't...

"Assassin's Creed Lineage" series
on Nov 18, 2009 in HD video game Tomorrow is the Australian release date of the Assassin's Creed sequel on Xbox 360. I have played the first game and absolutely loved it. The graphics were impressive and the gameplay/storyline clearly different from what I had seen before. I was sli...

Grooveshark and Internet Music Streaming Sites
on Nov 13, 2009 in Music Internet radios and online music libraries have been at the center of my interests in the recent years. I have been using many services such as Pandora, Last.fm, We are Hunted and the French Deezer just to name a few. All with libraries containing mi...

The Android Market gets a sister version for netbooks: Insyde
on Nov 2, 2009 in mobile chrome os google Android, the now famous mobile phone operating system (OS) developed by Google is becoming increasingly successful for many reasons: It is open source, free, and can easily be adapted to many devices, screen sizes and uses. Moreover, the Android Mark...

Dunlop Volley Warehouse hilarious ads
on Oct 31, 2009 in video fun advertising It seems like some brands will do pretty much anything in order to attract the attention of the consumer and create some buzz around their product or service. The other day, I came across the brand Dunlop which decided to advertise their shoes in a v...

ICANN's decision to Internationalize Domain Names
on Oct 28, 2009 in feel like learning? Internet The ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is currently meeting in Seoul, Korea in order to decide on whether or not the domain names should be opened to other alphabets. So far, websites could be in any language but their domain...

The Google Story video
on Oct 26, 2009 in google Soon after its 11th anniversary, the Google UK youtube channel has released this animation video retracing the story of Google from the time it was created. It lists mosts of its main innovations, achievements or purchases in a nice artistic way.Not...

Vodafone recreates a Tchaikovsky symphony using 1000 mobile ringtones!
on Oct 23, 2009 in Music fun Vodafone New Zealand has been very impressive with the following ad. They have recreated the 1812 Overture from Tchaikovsky using nothing but mobile phones and their ringtones. A lot of patience was needed to assemble the 1,000 mobile devices onto ve...

Alan Sailer, High Speed Photographer
on Oct 17, 2009 in photography Most of you have probably seen this famous picture of an apple being shot and photographed with a high speed camera. I am not quite sure who is the actual author of that picture but there is someone else whose work is well worth looking at. Alan Sail...